• M500@lemmy.ml
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    8 days ago

    macOS is pretty bad about using up storage space. There are always huge 10gb+ cache files for cloud related stuff. Even if I’m like, don’t store it locally.

    I’ve not used macOS in years, so many that issue has been resolved.

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      8 days ago

      That reminds me of when I used to have an iPhone and needed to free up storage, and there was this cursed mysterious “other data” block that took up like a majority of it.

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        8 days ago

        I’m sure it’s the exact same thing happening in both operating systems.

        It’s just clouded cache files that need to be cleaned up.

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        8 days ago

        I still prefer it over windows. If it were not for their absurd pricing, I’d have a MacBook Air over my thinkpad.

        I’d much prefer to run Linux, but I’ve yet to find a way to do my main work task on something other than Mac or windows.

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          Honestly if it weren’t for the headache of some software still not ported over to arm 4 years later, Macs would be pretty good for software development since they have a lot of the POSIX tooling.

          For the same reason I have windows so that games will “just work,” I have Linux so my programming setup will “just work.” Low level languages like C/C++ are so much easier to work with on Linux.