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salamanderjuice · 05-09-2021, 02:40 PM

OmniDiskSweeper can give you an idea where big files are. It doesn't support files that are compressed by APFS correctly yet so totals may not be 100% with what other tools report. The Application Support folder in "~/Library" can be big too but may be stuff you actually need although sometimes programs don't clean up very well after themselves after being uninstalled. Obviously don't delete stuff you're unsure of!

EDIT: Catalina also changed the definition of what's in System to just core System files and puts the rest in an "Other" category. Do they give an easy way to clean "Other"? No. Sigh.

05-09-2021, 02:40 PM	#6
salamanderjuice Guru Posts: 627 Karma: 9374158 Join Date: Jul 2017 Device: Boox Nova 2	OmniDiskSweeper can give you an idea where big files are. It doesn't support files that are compressed by APFS correctly yet so totals may not be 100% with what other tools report. The Application Support folder in "~/Library" can be big too but may be stuff you actually need although sometimes programs don't clean up very well after themselves after being uninstalled. Obviously don't delete stuff you're unsure of! EDIT: Catalina also changed the definition of what's in System to just core System files and puts the rest in an "Other" category. Do they give an easy way to clean "Other"? No. Sigh. Last edited by salamanderjuice; 05-09-2021 at 02:45 PM.