How to Free Up Disk Space on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Easy Guide

Clean Up macOS 10.10 Yosemite for Free

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Find and Clean Up Manually from Garbage your macOS 10.10 Yosemite for FREE.

The Process Make Use of an Amazing Command Line Tool for Unix-like Systems: NCurses Disk Usage.

The ncdu Installation macOS Require the MacPorts and so also an XCode working Installation.

After Execution this Tool will Show Up a Directory List Ordered by Disk Usage Size that will Make your Garbage Collection a Summer Breeze ;)

1. Install MacPorts(Require Xcode) or HomeBrew.

   • How to Install MacPorts on Mac 10.10 Yosemite

     Getting-Started with MacPorts

     Macports Setup

   • If Not Xcode the Simply Install HomeBrew for macOS.

     HomeBrew Installation

     Command to Install Brew on macOS

2. Open Terminal Window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

3. Installing NCurses Disk Usage.

   by MacPorts:

   sudo port install ncdu

   by HomeBrew:

   bash && sudo brew install ncdu

4. NCurses Disk Usage Collection.

   ncdu /

   You can also specify another Target Directory instead of root, but best to disconnect unworthy Disks before Collection…

   

5. After Navigate into Directories to Find Trashes.

   • Move Up-Down by Arrow Key

   • Drill Up-Down by Enter Key (To Drill Up select the Top “../” Choice)

   Take Note of the Garbages Directories Locations…

   

6. Instructions on Cleaning Up Space.

   • Be Sure that the Target is truly Garbage.
   • Triple-Check your Command before Execution!

7. Deleting the Garbage.

   For Directories:

   rm -rf /[path/2]/myGarbageDir/

   For Files:

   rm /[path/2]/myGarbageFile