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How to Clean Up Homebrew (brew) and Maximize macOS Storage

At some point, every dev hits it.
You’re installing something routine—npm install, a Go build, whatever—and macOS throws it in your face:

Disk Full.

You check storage, expecting the usual suspects. Not your videos. Not even Docker (okay, maybe a little).
It’s Homebrew quietly eating your SSD in the background.

Left unchecked, Homebrew turns into a museum of bad decisions:

  • tools you needed once, 14 months ago
  • duplicate runtimes “just in case”
  • dependencies of dependencies of dependencies

Let’s fix it—without nuking your setup.

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How to record a Demo/Meeting on MacOS

To record a meeting or a demo on a Mac, you can use the built-in QuickTime Player app.

Here’s how:

1. Open the Quicktime Player app from your Applications folder.
QuickTime Player is the default media player for your Mac.
It lets you record audio and video.
You can use Spotlight (cmd+space bar) to open it.

2. In QuickTime Player, choose File > New Screen Recording.
This will open Screenshot and display the tools.

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