Of course users must always have control of the storage they paid for, so if you need it, your needs should come first. So it's not surprising that if you have a lot of storage, macOS is going to use it. It has also become apparent they consider unused system resources (such as memory and storage) wasted resources. Reasons are likely to involve maintaining IP security regarding their highly proprietary Apple File System, and the fact they want the flexibility to change things at their whim without having to explain or justify their decisions to anyone. I would become concerned if you needed to download something, and found you could not due to lack of space.Īpple has been their usual tight-lipped self on the subject and has yet to explain the way it works to anyone's satisfaction. Let me know how it goes.įor now I would avoid burdening yourself with concern about it. Then, if you still need to reclaim space, read and follow Free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support. Wait, what? Disk space might be both available and used at the same time? Is that supposed to describe Schrödinger's cat's litter box or something? Yes, I suppose it does. Available storage space includes free storage space and purgeable disk caches (disk space might be both available and used at the same time). Free storage space is physically open space on a disk. "The remaining space is free storage space. Continue below, where it says ( emphasis added): Pay particular attention to the description of System Data. The videos you deleted should fall into that category.įor now read See used and available storage space on your Mac - Apple Support. It does that by identifying storage space that is "purgeable" and purging it. The theory is that if you need space for a large file you need to download (a movie or a macOS upgrade, for example) the system will make it available to the extent possible. What's going on is that recent macOS versions made what used to be a simple determination of available disk space inscrutable.
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