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Xcode simulators as usual multiples and expands turning ~/Library into a dumpster

now on 256gb drive there is no space to install xcode 14.2 and i;m thinking to resolve the issue extensively buying an external 0.5tb drive

How could I auto mount it to ~/Library upon login and migrate all the stuff that's currently in ~/Library to it?

could I just mount it in ~/.profile ? I assume user interaction is needed if I sudo mount anything and .profile / .bashrc was meant to run without UI.

thanks

PS i've eased the pain somehow blowing off tvos and watchoff caches

rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Caches//dyld/19G73/com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.tvOS-1*

which in turn led to this question

How much space does xcode 14.2 really need?

UPD2 /CoreSimulator/Devices/udid/plistishere you can go through the list of udids and check plists in there to see if you actually use or plan to that particular simulator for ipod torch 3rd generation :^)

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  • ~/Library hold browser caches, among much more. Moving it to an external drive will probably slow down browsers and more. – lhf Dec 3 '20 at 12:02
  • i'm considering a rather speedy thunderbolt 3 ssd drive as opposed to a molasses like usb-c drive used for backups – Anton Tropashko Dec 3 '20 at 12:05
  • Does not have to be library, I can drill further down the tree: 98G ~/Library/Developer – Anton Tropashko Dec 3 '20 at 12:10
  • the main offender: 60G /Users/Anton.Tropasko/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator – Anton Tropashko Dec 3 '20 at 12:12

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