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I have run out of space on my 13" MacBook Pro Retina (Early 2015).
I used DiskInventoryX to see what's taking up so much space and I saw that a folder in my Library was over 50 GB.
The folder in question is: /Users/Ruzin/Library/Application Support/iOSinstaller
The contents of the folder and the files that are taking up a lot space are text files
(See included screenshots)
My question is:
Is it safe to delete this folder? Which app created it?
It's the folder where iTunes saves the backUps of your iDevice. And it takes so much space because each time you sync a device, previous backUps are not deleted.
Deleting the folder will, then, mean losing those backUps. Doing this regularly is advised for saving HD space. Just make sure to make a new backUp afterwards, and that you won't need those backUps.
You can do that through iTunes too, by:
Note that all of the backUps of that iDevice will be deleted.
Those are the full install images for both CS4 and CS5 applications. Presumably you'd downloaded them at some point to install. They can be deleted, if you have copies of the media otherwise.
If you purchased through Adobe.com, you can download those images again at any time.
Best Answer
I tried deleting the folder and the system was fine after that. The file wasn't created by the PopcornTime app for Mac but the iOSInstaller of PopcornTime. I tried to install the app on my iPad and the installer created that folder and all those large files.
So to answer the question: YES you can delete that folder and all the files inside it.