Disk at 96% full — 962 GB used of 1 TB, only 5.1 GB free. Below recommendations could free ~293 GB total.
Scope: these recommendations target old archives and media only. Active code, skills, MIDI working dirs, and plugin installs are listed in the Protected Paths section below and are never moved.
Offload Chunks
7
candidates identified
Total Available
293 GB
if all moved
Memory Ledger
log all moves here
How to use: pick a chunk, plug in an external drive, copy the source folder to the destination, verify with
du -sh, then delete the source. Log every move in
FILE_TRACKING.md with BEFORE / AFTER paths.
10 GB Offload Chunks (recommendations — nothing has been moved)
Generated Images Archive
ChatGPT image output. Rarely re-opened after first use.
21 GB
BEFORE: ~/Downloads/Generated Images/
AFTER: /Volumes/Cold-Storage/Generated-Images-2026-Q1/
- 10 GB oldest half by date
- 10 GB middle third by date
TV Episode Library
Bluray rips of streaming-available shows. Heavy space cost.
25 GB
BEFORE: ~/Documents/complete/complete/Community/ + Huge TV/
AFTER: /Volumes/Cold-Storage/TV-Archive/
- 13 GB Community folder
- 12 GB Huge TV folder
Desktop Archive & Projects
Old project work clogging Desktop.
21 GB
BEFORE: ~/Desktop/Archive & Projects/
AFTER: /Volumes/Cold-Storage/Desktop-Archive-2026/
- 10 GB largest single project
- ~11 GB remaining items
Old Downloads Complete
Already-finished downloads.
7 GB
BEFORE: ~/Downloads/complete/
AFTER: /Volumes/Cold-Storage/Downloads-Archive-2026/
- Whole folder, single 7 GB chunk
Triple-Nested Complete Archive
Largest single space hog. Mixed media: TV, music albums, M4L dupes, sample packs.
199 GB
BEFORE: ~/Documents/complete/complete/complete/
AFTER: /Volumes/Cold-Storage/Documents-Complete-Archive/
- 20 sub-chunks of ~10 GB each — sort by directory size, move heaviest first
- DO NOT MOVE the max for live devices/ subfolder until diff vs live library is verified
Personal on Shared
On a shared volume but rarely accessed.
14 GB
BEFORE: /Users/Shared/Personal/
AFTER: (your choice)
- 10 GB largest items first
- 4 GB remainder
Recovery Course Archive
Reference course content. Read once, archive forever.
6 GB
BEFORE: ~/Documents/complete/complete/Recovering from Narcissistic Abuse & CPTSD/
AFTER: /Volumes/Cold-Storage/Courses-Archive/
Immediate Easy Wins (no external drive needed)
- Empty Trash — could reclaim several GB
- Delete .DS_Store files recursively:
find ~ -name ".DS_Store" -delete - Clear browser caches:
~/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome, ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari - Delete Xcode derived data if present
- Audit ~/Library/Caches for >100 MB items
Protected Paths — Never Move or Delete
These are referenced by active code, skills, and running projects. Verified 2026-05-10 by grepping all .py and SKILL.md files. Move/delete them and things break.
Active dashboards / scripts
4 paths
- ~/Desktop/project-audit-dashboard/
- ~/Desktop/Scripts/
- ~/.claude/skills/
- ~/.claude/projects/
MIDI generation working dirs
4 paths
- ~/Desktop/MIDI-Sessions* (Failure, Shiner, copy, Magnified, etc.)
- /Users/Shared/Beach House/
- /Users/Shared/MIDI-Sessions Hooray/
- /Users/Shared/hooray/, /Users/Shared/beach-house-analysis/
Loop / sample libraries (skill-referenced)
4 paths
- ~/Desktop/bass/, ~/Desktop/drum/
- ~/Desktop/artist_loops/, ~/Desktop/bass_loops_FINAL/
- ~/Desktop/Music Production/
- /Users/Shared/Music Stems/
- ~/Desktop/Rider-Waite Tarot/
- ~/Desktop/Tarot Docs/
- ~/Desktop/Finished Guides/
- ~/Desktop/Shiner-Analysis/
- ~/Desktop/substack-transfer-skill/
- ~/Desktop/substack-transfer-30-posts.md
- ~/Desktop/project-audit-dashboard/etsy-launches/
Studio install paths (system)
3 paths
- ~/Music/Ableton/User Library/
- /Applications/Waves/
- /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/
Waves V12
0
bundles installed
Waves V14
1
Waves Harmony only
UAD Plugins
0
not installed
Install paths: bundles at /Applications/Waves/Plug-Ins V12/ and V14/. AU shell at /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/WaveShell1-AU 12.7.component. VST3 at /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/WaveShell1-VST3 12.7.vst3.
UAD not detected. No UAD/Universal Audio plugins found in /Applications, AU Components, or VST3 folders. If you install UAD later, they typically land in /Library/Application Support/Universal Audio/.
No literal "Nostalgia" or "Zero-G" branded sample pack was found on this system. Searched: ~/, /Users/Shared/, /Applications/. Below is your closest match — the personal stem extractions from your indie/alt-rock reference catalog (Failure, Toe, A Perfect Circle, Shiner-style), scored for nostalgia/indie-rock fit.
Loops Scored
0
from stem collection
Library Paths
~/Desktop/bass/
~/Desktop/drum/
/Users/Shared/Music Stems/
Loops ranked by nostalgia/indie-rock fit