I have a Scan Disk 4T external drive for images and video only. I believe the drive is fragmented so I took everything off the drive reformatted it and put the data I wanted back on the drive. Now it is says 90% full but It is really 40 gigs of purgeable data. How do I recall the purgeable space?
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MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.6
What is purgeable disk space? Leave the drive attached, macOS will determine when to clear the purgeable space and only when needed.
Fragmentation is only a problem with HDD spinning disks. SSDs do not suffer from fragmentation.
What is purgeable disk space? Leave the drive attached, macOS will determine when to clear the purgeable space and only when needed.
Fragmentation is only a problem with HDD spinning disks. SSDs do not suffer from fragmentation.
James, thanks for explaining that SSD do not suffer. My SSD is 75-80% full. It is 4T & I am moving 750 mg to 1200 mg. The saving takes 85 % longer than usual. So what can i do? Do U think If i remove all files reformat the drive and put them back it would resolve it self? Thanks in advance JG
Purgeable Space on Scan Disk External SSD
