What These Files Are—and Whether They Are Needed

This is a conservative storage decision guide. “Review” means inspect or compare first; it does not authorize deletion. Daily-use Codex, Hermes, Claude, project sources, and installed application files are retained by default.

100largest files examined

2multi-gigabyte Git packs

3protected macOS mobile assets

0files deleted or altered

Scope: local user homes, Applications, Library, local developer tooling, temporary directories, and System Library. Sizes are logical file sizes; paths that are linked or duplicated may not consume additional physical bytes independently.

RETAIN — active, project, or application dataREVIEW — potentially reclaimable; confirm firstPROTECTED — macOS-managed; do not delete directly

#	Size	Full path	What it is	Need it?