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Because that space was already counted as available by your Mac. Local backups (snapshots) sit in space macOS treats as purgeable — it will give it up whenever something needs room — so clearing them is real tidying, but it doesn't raise the free-space figure Finder and the chart show.

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Rather than inflate the result, Storage Studio reports it on its own line, worded as reclaimable local backups it also tidied. The "freed" figure stays honest: only space that genuinely came back on your disk.

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To see how much your Mac is holding in local snapshots right now, open the Local Snapshots manager.

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Freeing up space · One-tap clean-up (Run Tuhi)

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Why does Run Tuhi list reclaimed local backups separately from the space it freed?

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Short answer: Local backups sit in space your Mac already counts as available, so clearing them doesn't raise the free-space figure. Storage Studio reports it on its own line instead of inflating what it freed.

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Because that space was already counted as available by your Mac. Local backups (snapshots) sit in space macOS treats as purgeable — it will give it up whenever something needs room — so clearing them is real tidying, but it doesn't raise the free-space figure Finder and the chart show.

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Rather than inflate the result, Storage Studio reports it on its own line, worded as reclaimable local backups it also tidied. The "freed" figure stays honest: only space that genuinely came back on your disk.

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To see how much your Mac is holding in local snapshots right now, open the Local Snapshots manager.

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