You can safely delete everything in the folder for the other iOS versions. Keep the folders for the iOS versions you still care about. This folder is about 95 GB for me, and it contains symbol files dating back to iOS 6! This is more than a little unnecessary. Navigate to Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS DeviceSupport. Let’s start by dealing with our build-up of Xcode files. Feel free to look around and see if you have any other massive file hoards, but we’ll be focusing on the Android and Developer folders.
As a mobile developer, Xcode and Android Studio are going to be the primary targets for the purge.
That will show you how much space each item takes up. Go ahead and click it.įrom here, you can right click any of the folders inside and click Get Info. Holding down the option key reveals the Library folder. Just in case you’ve forgotten how to get there, open up a Finder window, hold down the option key, and click on the Go menu at the top. If you’re a developer, you’re probably accustomed to opening the Library folder every once in a while. Apple hid it for a reason, so be careful! Navigating the Library Folder Be advised that these files reside in the infamous Library folder. First, we have to identify what these files are, and then we need to figure out a safe way to dispose of them. Unlike pictures and music, it’s not so obvious how to clean them up. If you’ve been developing mobile apps for a few years on the same computer, I suspect you also have a glut of these opaque system files on your machine. It takes up over 300 GB of my 500GB hard drive! If I go to the About This Mac menu, and click on the Storage tab, the primary culprit is the System type. I don’t keep any music on my computer, and I have relatively few pictures. My 5 year old MacBook recently started complaining about not having enough space.