CCleaner for Mac alternatives, and what the Mac version actually is
CCleaner on a Mac is a different product from the Windows one people remember. What it cleans, what it cannot, and the free ways to do the same job.
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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.
OnyX alternatives, and the jobs OnyX is genuinely the answer to
OnyX is a free maintenance utility, not a disk map. What it is good at, what it will not tell you about storage, and what to pair it with.
Gemini 2 alternatives, and when a duplicate finder is worth paying for
Gemini finds duplicates on a subscription. Here is what duplicate finders can and cannot know, and the free checks that cover most of it.
How much free space should a Mac have, and what happens when it does not
The honest answer is a range and a reason, not a number. What macOS needs the space for, and the point where a full disk starts causing problems.
The disk is full and there is nothing to delete. Where it actually went
When Finder shows a few gigabytes of files and macOS says the disk is full, the space is in four places Finder never shows you.
Safari's storage is in four places, and only one is the cache
Safari keeps caches, website data, offline reading copies and history in separate places. Which is large, which is safe to clear, and what clearing costs you.
Firefox on a Mac: old profiles are usually the reason it is large
Firefox keeps a folder per profile and never removes the old ones. Where they are, how to tell which is live, and what clearing the cache actually does.
Slack on a Mac keeps a cache per workspace, and never shrinks it
Slack stores caches, service worker data and downloads per workspace. Where they are, what quitting first changes, and what actually comes back.
Discord keeps three caches and every installer it ever downloaded
Discord's cache folders grow quietly and its updater leaves old builds behind. Where both live, and which one is actually worth clearing.
Teams on a Mac: two apps, two caches, and one of them is dead weight
A Mac that has had both the classic and the new Teams carries two full sets of data. How to tell which is live and clear the rest safely.
nvm on this Mac holds eight Node versions and 4.5 GB
Every Node version you ever installed is still there, and one of them is usually far larger than the rest. How to see which, and remove the dead ones.
Rust: the toolchain is 1.5 GB and the target folders are worse
A Rust install is large before you compile anything, and each project's target folder can beat it. What to clean, what to keep, and the commands for both.