Using macOS storage manager

• Go to System Settings, Storage
• Click on the info circle to further investigate each category and remove applications or files that you no longer need

Clearing cache from developer tools

• docker system prune --all
• remove unused conda environments conda info --envs, conda remove -n <name> --all
• cargo cache https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/12/11/cargo-cache-cleaning.html

Manually searching for large directories and files

• set “Calculate all sizes” in Finder - Show View Options
• run: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles yes to show hidden files

Directories to focus on:

• /Library/
• ~/, particularly ~/Library/ApplicationSupport/ for application cache (e.g. Slack, Zoom)

Other tools for manually searching:

• https://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2017-02-06/flamegraphs-vs-treemaps-vs-sunburst.html (also see https://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2017-02-05/file-system-flame-graph.html)