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May 11, 2013
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I had my full Photos library stored locally as well as about 30GB of files local, until they uploaded to iCloud. And I then changed my Photos library to 'Optimise Mac Storage'.

Though now when I'm expecting it to purge and recover a LOT of space, my 128GB storage shows the following under 'About my Mac':

101.9GB Used
44GB Free

How?!

Is this one of those background takes-care-of-itself processes on macOS?

Thanks - p.s. will feedback with results for future reference to others
 
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