Yes, I have restarted/rebooted my mac but the result is still the same. Andrew
> On 8 May 2026, at 02:10, Jonathan Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Try doing. a reboot. The Electric Light Company web site indicates this > cleared out his purgable disk space. > > https://eclecticlight.co/2023/04/15/what-is-purgeable-disk-space/ > >> On May 6, 2026, at 1:45 PM, 'Andrew' via MacVisionaries >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I have macbook air M1 with 250GB hard drive. I’ve been getting messages >> that my hard drive is nearly full. I use dropbox and icloud to store most >> of my files. When I go to “get info” for my hard drive, what I hear is the >> following: "89.64 GB (71.81 GB purgeable)”. If 79 gb is purgeable, how can I >> purge it? I am mystified. What in the world takes up 79gb of space on my >> hard drive? This seems absurd. Please help if you can. >> >> Andrew >> >> -- >> 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: >> [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/AEFBB2B1-10BD-4183-9E2D-D93E3BD67F9D%40me.com. > > > -- > 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: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > 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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/6D4D42F3-3657-4702-BA6B-10D532BDC9A4%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/6D4D42F3-3657-4702-BA6B-10D532BDC9A4%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/C0713C8D-1A69-44FD-A549-A1A842C7EDC2%40me.com.
