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On 7/17/2018 10:35 AM, Barry Hadder wrote:
Hi, Purgeable data is managed by the system and you can’t directly delete it. If you need to reclaim space for a partition, then the only way to force the system to purge the data in question is to create a gigantic dummy file that is big enough to cause the drive to reach it’s limit, or copy something over that is really big in order to do the same thing. You can create a file for this purpose by doing the following in terminal: dd if=/dev/zero of=~/bigassfile bs=20m once the drive is full, go to iCloud drive options in iCloud preferences and make sure that optimize drive storage is turned off. Then delete the big file.On Jul 16, 2018, at 6:27 PM, Antonio Guimaraes <anto...@accesstoplaces.com> wrote: Hi all, I've deleted lots of junk from my hard drive in order to create space for a Bootcamp partition. This freed up 200 gigs on my drive, but it is still considered purge data. I don't know how to quickly get rid of the purged data. I am not even sure what exactly purged data means. I think it means unused old files on my computer, but I don't know if they are old files I have decided to keep in a folder, or if it is more like songs I heard 3 years ago in iTunes, and never heard again. At any rate, I am going to trust that Apple will not delete say, my folder with mp3's I recorded in school 20 years ago, and saved in a folder with all my files, and just haven't listened to in 10 years. I want to free up what I already think is free space on my hard drive by deleting this purge data once and for all. I downloaded, installed, and ran a scan with something called Clean My Mac that would do this for you, but only completes the task after you purchase the program for $38. I've gone to about this Mac, then toolbar, then storage, then manage, and optimize storage. Nothing there indicates I can delete purged data immediately. Are there any other solutions? Best, Antonio -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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