I’ve a MacBook with 500GB inside storage. I’ve a 1TB exterior SSD.
I take advantage of iCloud Images, and have the library on the exterior drive. It downloads the originals.
First the scenario was this:
Mac:
Exterior drive:
- Images Library: 600GB
- Folder with different information: 150GB
- Accessible area (in response to ‘Get Information’): 200GB
Then, as a result of the exterior SSD was beginning to get fuller, I moved the folder with different information (150GB) to the Mac, and deleted it from the exterior drive. I additionally emptied the trash whereas the drive was related.
After that I made some metadata modifications to photographs within the Images Library, and I additionally added 1.5GB of photographs.
Now the scenario is that this:
Mac:
- Folder with different information: 150GB
- 200GB free area left
Exterior drive:
- Images Library: 610GB
- Accessible area on the drive (in response to ‘Get Information’): 10GB
Images says “Synching paused. Not sufficient native area.”
So, me desirous to make extra space on the exterior drive (plus have this folder at all times out there on my Mac), precipitated Images to cease synching as a result of there may be not sufficient area. The Photograph’s Library (Get Information) is 610GB. There are not any different information on the drive, and all hidden folders are just a few KB or MB.
What’s taking 380GB of the area? Is it Images, in that case, why it would not present that?
How do I get again the area with out creating a brand new Images library that downloads all photographs from iCloud?
Or is my solely choice shopping for a 2TB drive now?
Additionally, I’ve the 2TB iCloud subscription, of which over 1TB continues to be out there. The used area is taken by Images Library and some hundred GB of different information.
Thanks prematurely. If extra data is required, let me know.
EDIT: I scanned the drive with GrandPerspective. There may be 310GB “miscellaneous used area”
Additionally, my MacOS model is Ventura 13.5. Images model is 8.0.