{"id":"tuhi-assistant.can-tuhi-explain-mac-storage-terms","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/can-tuhi-explain-mac-storage-terms","category":{"id":"tuhi-assistant","title":"Tuhi, your storage assistant"},"subcategory":{"id":"what-tuhi-knows","title":"What Tuhi knows"},"question":"Can Tuhi explain things like System Data, purgeable space and local snapshots?","alt_questions":["What is System Data? ask Tuhi","Ask Tuhi what purgeable space is","What are local snapshots? Tuhi","Can Tuhi explain Mac storage?","Tuhi general Mac storage questions"],"short_answer":"Yes. Tuhi explains general Mac storage — System Data, purgeable space, local snapshots, caches, why a disk looks full — in plain English, and offers the right Storage Studio screen where it can help.","answer_markdown":"Yes. Tuhi knows general Mac storage, not just Storage Studio, so you can ask what **System Data** is, why your disk looks full, what **purgeable** space means, what **local snapshots** are, or whether it's safe to clear caches.\n\nIt explains in plain English and, where Storage Studio can help, adds the button for the right screen — for example **Open Local Snapshots** to see how much space they hold. For more, see [Local Snapshots](/manual/local-snapshots).","answer_html":"

Yes. Tuhi knows general Mac storage, not just Storage Studio, so you can ask what System Data is, why your disk looks full, what purgeable space means, what local snapshots are, or whether it's safe to clear caches.

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It explains in plain English and, where Storage Studio can help, adds the button for the right screen — for example Open Local Snapshots to see how much space they hold. For more, see Local Snapshots.

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Can Tuhi explain things like System Data, purgeable space and local snapshots?

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Short answer: Yes. Tuhi explains general Mac storage — System Data, purgeable space, local snapshots, caches, why a disk looks full — in plain English, and offers the right Storage Studio screen where it can help.

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Yes. Tuhi knows general Mac storage, not just Storage Studio, so you can ask what System Data is, why your disk looks full, what purgeable space means, what local snapshots are, or whether it's safe to clear caches.

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It explains in plain English and, where Storage Studio can help, adds the button for the right screen — for example Open Local Snapshots to see how much space they hold. For more, see Local Snapshots.

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