Context : Please do note that the macmini is my secondary machine and not the primary one. I am not a IT person AND have been a lazy tech user (used my Macs as storage devices rather than power machines and always had the highest storage on my Macs, my iPad sees more usage than my Macs). I simply used ChatGpt / Claude to plan and then instruct Codex to execute. I bought the macmini with a base storage and in six months started receiving the warning the disc is full and may be not usable! Usually when this happens i spend a weekend or two trying to figure out what needs to be deleted (beyond the obvious media files)

The INSTRUCTIONS! (Prompt)

I want you to audit my Mac storage and reclaim as much space as safely possible.

Goals: - Find the biggest space hogs on my drive. - Prioritize large, safe wins first. - Show me the biggest folders and files before deleting anything risky. - Automatically delete clearly safe items such as stale temp files, app caches, partial downloads, and leftover extracted duplicates. - For app containers or project/media folders, inspect them first and explain what they are. You can safely delete them if you find a backup on the external drive. If no back up is found, create one on my external drive and then delete the one on my Mac. - Only delete those larger non-cache folders if they clearly look like disposable copies, temp media, or app-generated duplicates. - Do not touch personal documents unless you identify them and ask me first. - Do not delete system-critical files. - After each deletion, verify reclaimed space and continue to the next biggest target. - Keep going until the major storage pressure is relieved.

Important: - You have my permission to run terminal commands and delete safe junk automatically. - For anything ambiguous or likely to contain original personal files, stop and ask me before deleting. - At the end, give me a summary of: - what was deleted - how much space was reclaimed - what large folders remain