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Created February 25, 2022 17:47
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Cleanup mac
# Disable dumping complete memory to disk for sleeping, saves lots of diskspace at the cost of not having sleepmode
sudo pmset -a hibernatemodhisto
sudo rm -fr /private/var/vm/sleepimage
sudo touch /private/var/vm/sleepimage
sudo chmod 000 /private/var/vm/sleepimage
sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Speech//Voices/*
sudo rm -rf /private/var/log/*
sudo rm -rf /private/var/folders/
rm -rf /private/var/tmp/TM*
sudo rm -fr /private/var/tmp/kernel_panics
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/*
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tjerkw commented Feb 25, 2022

Deletes lots of caches and big files on your MacOS harddrive that you need to install XCode because you bought a cheap macbook with limited storage and already hitting the disk-full error :p

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