LanguagePURGEABLE
Time Machine corrupted backup
File type: Backup file
Files with purgeable file extension are typically encountered as corrupted and thus renamed Time Machine backups.
What is purgeable file?
File type category:
Backup file
Date updated: November 29, 2024
The purgeable file extension is mainly related to the Time Machine backup app on Mac OS X platform.
These files are backups which Time Machine deems corrupted and renamed them with purgeable file extension.
Should this happen, you will most likely need to create a new backup.
How to open purgeable file?
Users report they were able to get some of the time from Purgeable files using the Disk Drill Media Recovery app.
How to convert purgeable file?
It does not seem possible to recover *.purgeable file, you will need to make a new backup.
Suggested software to open purgeable file:
Associated software actions with the purgeable file
Software apps that recover purgeable files:
Disk Drill (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving purgeable files:
Time Machine (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Mac OS X (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
macOS (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)