X-Plane on a Mac: why the install is so large, and how to keep only the scenery you fly
X-Plane's global scenery is most of its size, and you can install it by region. How to measure each part and remove what you do not fly over.
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Mac storage, explained.
What fills your disk, where it hides, and what is safe to remove. Every guide gives you a way to check it on your own Mac.
Rancher Desktop's disk only grows: diffdisk, image pruning, and getting space back to macOS
Rancher Desktop stores containers in a virtual disk that keeps its size after you delete images. How to read its real size and hand the space back.
git clean -ndX: list every ignored build file across all your repositories, and the trap in it
One git command lists exactly what your .gitignore says is disposable. Run it across every repo to find build output, but read the list first: .env files are on it.
"Disk is too slow" in Logic Pro: the storage causes, and the settings that actually help
Logic stops playback when the drive cannot keep up. Often it is the drive itself, how full it is, or something else using it. How to tell, and what to change.
"iOS is not installed" in Xcode: downloading platforms, and the runtimes left behind afterwards
Xcode no longer ships with simulators built in, so a fresh install can refuse to build. How to get the platform, and how to remove old runtimes that stay forever.
Tart virtual machines: where ~/.tart grows, and how its automatic pruning really works
Tart keeps pulled images in an OCI cache and local VMs alongside them, each tens of gigabytes. How to measure both, and how to prune without losing a VM.
Kodi's Thumbnails folder: why a media centre grows to gigabytes of artwork, and how to reset it
Kodi caches artwork for every film, show and album it has seen, and never trims it. Where the cache is on a Mac, how to clear it, and how to keep it small.
brew uninstall --zap: removing the files a Homebrew app leaves in your Library, and the catch
Uninstalling a Homebrew cask removes the app but leaves its settings and caches. The zap option removes those too, sometimes more than you meant.
CurseForge on a Mac: every modpack is a complete copy of Minecraft, worlds included
Each CurseForge instance keeps its own mods, worlds, logs and resource packs. How to see which instances are large, and remove them without losing a world.
XCTestDevices: the simulator clones parallel testing leaves behind
Parallel UI tests clone simulators into a folder most developers have never opened. How to measure it, and remove the clones without touching your own simulators.
~/.pulumi/plugins: every provider version you have ever used, kept forever
Pulumi downloads a full provider binary for each version a project asks for, and never removes old ones. How to list them by size and clear them safely.
~/.cache/pre-commit: a separate environment for every hook version in every repo
pre-commit builds a full environment for each hook repository and version it meets. One command removes the ones nothing uses any more.