diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9feb4be..3a8105d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ _335 TILs and counting..._ ### Mac +- [Clean Up Old Homebrew Files](mac/clean-up-old-homebrew-files.md) - [Default Screenshot Location](mac/default-screenshot-location.md) ### PostgreSQL diff --git a/mac/clean-up-old-homebrew-files.md b/mac/clean-up-old-homebrew-files.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca163f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/mac/clean-up-old-homebrew-files.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# Clean Up Old Homebrew Files + +If you've been using [Homebrew](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew) for a +while, you may have built up some cruft in the form old and outdated files. +These will not be cleaned up automatically. You have do tell Homebrew to do +so. This can be done with the following command. + +```bash +$ brew cleanup +``` + +This command will report what files it cleans up as well as how much disk +space it was able to clear. + +See `man brew` for more details. + +h/t Dorian Karter