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# MTLStorageMode.private

The resource is only available to the GPU.

```
case `private`
```

## Discussion

Metal may apply additional optimizations to private resources that aren’t allowed on shared or managed resources.

For more guidance on how to choose storage modes, see [Setting resource storage modes](/documentation/Metal/setting-resource-storage-modes).

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