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But for oddness like you mention, run a disk check to make sure it's ok. Failing that do a NVRAM reset. https://www.macworld.com/article/224955/how-to-reset-a-macs-nvram-pram-and-smc.html", "context": "", "use_case": "Finding what uses disk space", "switched_from": "", "story": "Have You Restarted Your Computer This Week?"}, {"id": 768276497, "item_id": 48017281, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48017281", "by": "dlcarrier", "date": "2026-05-04", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Don't pay $10 for what you can get for free", "excerpt": "Don't pay $10 for what you can get for free: https://github.com/RobinNaumann/disko, https://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/, https://www.derlien.com/, etc\u2026 Otherwise, this is good advice. 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