Automating Trash and Downloads Cleanup with Hazel

This week, Federico and John clean house, deleting old apps, screenshots, half-built shortcuts, huge downloads, and more. A look at the workflows and apps we use to stay organized and clean up our digital messes.

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Links and Show Notes

Tackling Digital Clutter

• Backups
  • Backblaze
  • Arq
  • Carbon Copy Cloner
  • Samsung T9 SSD
• Finder Alternatives
  • Bloom
  • Forklift
• Hazel’s App Sweep feature
• File Management Apps
  • CleanMyPhone
  • CleanMyMac
  • Shutter Declutter
  • Daisy Disk
• Fluent - similar to Sky
  • Federico’s Sky Preview

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