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Command Line Tools taking up 2.7Gb of space

How do I free up this space as it seem to be redundant


MacBook Air, macOS 14.2

Posted on Oct 20, 2024 10:15 PM

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Oct 21, 2024 4:08 AM in response to davefromtheblock

davefromtheblock wrote:

What is Command Line Tools? Is it something I may need in the future?

The source code compilers, linker, make command, debugger, etc… for building your own programs from source code you wrote, or downloaded.


If you installed Homebrew, or similar open source code manager, it would have included the command line tools, so it could build the open source programs you ask it to install.

Command Line Tools taking up 2.7Gb of space

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