How to Free Up Xcode Disk Space and Reclaim 50GB+
Free up Xcode disk space fast: clear derived data, old simulators, and device support files. Follow these steps to reclaim 50GB or more today.
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Free up Xcode disk space fast: clear derived data, old simulators, and device support files. Follow these steps to reclaim 50GB or more today.
Set up Claude Code to automatically keep your Mac awake during long tasks and let it sleep again when finished, using hooks and the caffeinate command.
The Xcode MCP server connection prompt interrupts your flow every time you restart Claude Code or clear your session. Here's how to automate it away using hooks.
Skip Expo Go and test your development build directly on a physical device using Bonjour for automatic network discovery.
Need to kill port 8081? Metro won't start when an orphaned bundler holds it. Learn how to find that process and free the port in seconds.
Claude Code can commit changes automatically while it works. Here's how to set that up using hooks, CLAUDE.md instructions, and the right permission configuration.
Vercel's Skills library lets you add reusable instruction sets to AI coding agents. Here's how to use it to make agents more effective for React Native development.
React Native projects require running lots of shell commands. Here's how to configure Claude Code's permission system so you're not constantly approving the same operations.
Xcode 26.3 ships with a built-in MCP server that exposes project structure, build actions, and test results to external AI tools. Here's how to set it up.
Avoid cryptic build failures by setting up nvm to automatically use the right Node version when you cd into a project.
Stop cluttering your Desktop with screenshots. Here's how to save them somewhere else using Terminal or the Screenshot app.
Stop macOS from writing .DS_Store files to network shares and USB drives with one Terminal command. Keep your repos and external drives clean.