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Tidy Mac
Guides
- All guides
- Why is my Mac running slow, and how do I fix it?
- Why is Claude using so much storage on my Mac?
- How to check storage on your Mac
- How to clear System Data on macOS 27 Golden Gate without breaking anything
- How to turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 (all 11 settings)
- Purgeable space on Mac: why you get “not enough space” when Finder says there’s room
- How to check disk space on a Mac in Terminal
- How to find large files on your Mac
- “Not enough storage” when updating macOS: how to free the space fast
- “Your disk is almost full”: how to free up space on a Mac safely
- Why is my Mac running hot, and how do I cool it down?
- System Data is over 100 GB on my Mac: what’s using it?
- My Mac says storage is full, but I can’t find any files
- Why System Data keeps growing (and how to stop it)
- What is taking up space on my Mac?
- Clear System Data on your Mac with Terminal
- Clear System Data on macOS Tahoe
- The best Mac cleaners in 2026, honestly compared
- Is CleanMyMac worth it?
- Is CleanMyMac safe to use on a Mac?
- Are Mac cleaner apps safe, and do you need one?
- What’s safe to delete on a Mac (and what isn’t)
- What is “Other Volumes in Container” on a Mac, and can you delete it?
- Mac storage stuck on “Calculating…”: why it happens and how to fix it
- What is “Other” storage on a Mac, and where did it go?
- How to find and delete old node_modules folders on a Mac
- How to find duplicate files on a Mac, with Finder, Photos or Terminal
- Optimize Mac Storage and iCloud Drive: how it frees space, and when it doesn’t
- Why Finder, System Settings, Disk Utility and Terminal show different free space on a Mac
- Free disk space analyzers for Mac: GrandPerspective, OmniDiskSweeper, Disk Inventory X and macOS’s own
- Screenshots taking up space on your Mac: where they go and how to clean them up
- Apple Mail taking up too much space on your Mac: how to shrink it safely
- Chrome’s code_sign_clone folder on Mac: what it is, and what it really costs
Storage library
- Storage library
- Time Machine local snapshots on Mac
- iPhone and iPad backups on Mac
- App caches on Mac (~/Library/Caches)
- Xcode DerivedData
- Local AI models on Mac
- Old installers on Mac
- Xcode iOS DeviceSupport
- Xcode simulators (CoreSimulator) using too much space
- Developer package caches on Mac
- Log files on Mac (~/Library/Logs)
- Apple Mail “Mail Downloads” folder
- Messages attachments on Mac
- Docker.raw on Mac
- How much storage Apple Intelligence uses on a Mac (and can you remove it?)
- Application Support, Containers and Group Containers
- Hidden dot-folders in your Mac home folder
- The Trash on Mac
- What is “System Data” on a Mac, and why is it so big?
What’s this folder?
- All folders
- What is us.zoom.xos?
- What is com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap?
- What is Google/Chrome?
- What is group.net.whatsapp.WhatsApp.shared?
- What is ru.keepcoder.Telegram?
- What is discord?
- What is com.microsoft.teams2?
- What is com.docker.docker?
- What is .gradle?
- What is Android/sdk?
- What is CoreSimulator?
- What is DerivedData?
- What is MobileSync/Backup?
- What is .ollama/models?
- What is .cache/huggingface?
- What is .npm/_cacache?
- What is Caches/Homebrew?
- What is com.spotify.client?
- What is Steam?
- What is Adobe/Common/Media Cache Files?
- What is GarageBand / Logic sound library?
- What is /private/var/vm (swap and sleep image)?
- What is pnpm store?
- What is Caches/Yarn · .yarn/berry/cache?
- What is .bun/install/cache?
- What is Caches/pip?
- What is .cache/uv?
- What is Caches/pypoetry?
- What is miniconda3/pkgs · anaconda3/pkgs?
- What is .m2/repository?
- What is .cargo/registry?
- What is go/pkg/mod?
- What is Caches/org.swift.swiftpm?
- What is Caches/CocoaPods?
- What is .pub-cache?
- What is Caches/deno?
- What is Caches/ms-playwright?
- What is .lmstudio/models?
- What is com.apple.mediaanalysisd?
- What is com.apple.idleassetsd?
- What is com.apple.bird?
- What is com.apple.geod?
Uninstall apps completely
- Uninstall any app
- Uninstall Spotify completely
- Uninstall Slack completely
- Uninstall Zoom completely
- Uninstall Google Chrome completely
- Uninstall Firefox completely
- Uninstall Visual Studio Code completely
- Uninstall Docker Desktop completely
- Uninstall Discord completely
- Uninstall WhatsApp completely
- Uninstall Microsoft Teams completely
- Uninstall Notion completely
- Uninstall Figma completely
- Uninstall Telegram completely
- Uninstall Steam completely
- Uninstall Android Studio completely
- Uninstall Xcode completely
Comparisons
- All comparisons
- Tidy Mac vs PureMac
- Tidy Mac vs AppCleaner
- Tidy Mac vs GrandPerspective
- Tidy Mac vs CleanMyMac
- Tidy Mac vs DaisyDisk
- Tidy Mac vs OmniDiskSweeper
- Tidy Mac vs the built-in macOS Storage settings
- Tidy Mac vs Mole
- Tidy Mac vs OnyX
- Tidy Mac vs MacKeeper
- Tidy Mac vs Pearcleaner and AppCleaner
- Tidy Mac vs Sensei