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FIG. 07 — Field notes

Guides

Practical, command-by-command guides to the gigabytes your dev tools hoard — written by the developer of DevCleaner. No fluff, real commands, honest risk labels.

The big picture

Free Up Disk Space on a Mac: The Developer's Guide

Where every major toolchain hides its cache — Xcode, npm, Homebrew, Gradle, pip, Cargo, Docker — and the exact command to clean each one safely.

8 min read →
Xcode

How to Clear Xcode DerivedData & Caches Safely

DerivedData, simulators, DeviceSupport, archives: what each folder costs to delete, plus the one pitfall that breaks builds.

6 min read →
AI tools

How Much Disk Space AI Coding Tools Really Use

Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Ollama, LM Studio — caches vs. model weights, what's safe, and the session files you must never touch.

6 min read →
JavaScript

How to Clean npm, Yarn & pnpm Caches on macOS

Package-manager caches, the global pnpm store, and how to hunt down forgotten node_modules folders sorted by size.

5 min read →
Comparison

Best Mac Cleaner for Developers: An Honest Comparison

DevCleaner vs CleanMyMac vs DaisyDisk vs OmniDiskSweeper — three different kinds of tool, and when each one is the right answer.

6 min read →