macOS Sierra: That means "erasable" in memory management

You can use storage management to free up storage on macOS Sierra. If "deleteable" is displayed there, you can delete this data safely. We'll tell you exactly what this means in this practical tip.

macOS Sierra: What does "erasable" mean in memory management?

If you want to release storage under macOS Sierra, use the new storage management. There you can see at a glance how much memory you still have available. Under macOS Sierra, "data can now be deleted" for some data. It means:

• You can safely delete data that shows "deleteable".
• Mac marks this data as erasable because it can be restored at any time if necessary.
• Data marked as erasable are automatically archived if hard disk space is required.

We will tell you in the next practical tip how you can use picture-in-picture with MacOS Sierra.