Help: Is there a safe Application that can find and delete junk from my M4 MAX Drive?

[hassiman]

Hello,
For some reason my M4 Studio's drive seems to be filling up. I was wondering if there is there a safe Application that can find and delete junk from my M4 MAX Drive? I have looked at MacKeeper but it seems overly expensive and does a lot I don't need. Thanks!

 

[MarkC426]

How do you know it’s junk and not system files….?
Your Mac may be creating TimeMachine snapshots, which can sometimes eat up space (temporarily).

An application to find junk, will need to be told ‘what is junk’, and not important data files.

 

[Fishrrman]

I'd suggest trying something like the small, free utilities:
- OmniDiskSweeper
or
- DiskWave

They're simple to use and understand, and you can find out what's "eating up" your space.

 

[bogdanw]

How do you know it’s junk and not system files….?

You can't delete system files.
"Signed system volume security" https://support.apple.com/guide/security/signed-system-volume-security-secd698747c9/web

@hassiman Try Onyx - maintenance https://titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html

 

[Ben J.]

You can't delete system files.
"Signed system volume security" https://support.apple.com/guide/security/signed-system-volume-security-secd698747c9/web

@hassiman Try Onyx - maintenance https://titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html

But then there are lauchagents, launchdeamons, and everything else in the library/userlibrary folders, that are located on the -Data partition, and therefore are completely deletable even thought they could be essential for functionality.

I always advise people to not bother with files carried over from perhaps many transfers from macOS versions and mac-to-mac, like settings and prefs from apps you no longer use. They are so small in size, and are never the cause of problems or slowdowns. I feel that the concept of 'junk files' is not really a thing. People who use 'Clean My...' types of utilities may get a good feeling after running them, like you do after cleaning up your living room, but it's really just about the feeling.

I use Daisydisk (there's a 30-day fully functional demo) to get an idea of what is really using big space on my drives, because it makes it easy to see the BIG folders that you may not be aware that you had, and manually delete them. Be sure you're backed up.

Nothing wrong with Onyx, though - but it's not really a file/disk manager.

 

[eSaF-Eddie]

like you do after cleaning up your living room, but it's really just about the feeling.

What a strange analogy!!! Personally I would think it is more than just a feeling and more like a clean living space.

 

[Ben J.]

What a strange analogy!!! Personally I would think it is more than just a feeling and more like a clean living space.

I'll try again, then; mac-cleaning utilities: it's like tidying up and vacuming your car - it gives a good feeling, but doesn't really improve the car's performance. 😀

 

[bogdanw]

But then there are lauchagents, launchdeamons, and everything else in the library/userlibrary folders, that are located on the -Data partition, and therefore are completely deletable even thought they could be essential for functionality.

Not System launch agents and daemons, but user installed ones that might actually impact the functionality.

 

[SDAVE]

DaisyDisk is one of the best

Don't use tools like CleanMyMac.