ronnycoding/remove-cache-from-mac.sh

## remove-cache-from-mac.sh
#!/bin/bash

# Function to get list of installed applications
get_installed_apps() {
    find /Applications -maxdepth 1 -name "*.app" -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 basename | sed 's/\.app$//' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'
    find ~/Applications -maxdepth 1 -name "*.app" -print0 2>/dev/null | xargs -0 -n1 basename | sed 's/\.app$//' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'
}

# Get list of installed apps
INSTALLED_APPS=($(get_installed_apps))

# Directories to clean
CACHE_DIRS=(
    "$HOME/Library/Caches"
    "$HOME/Library/Application Support"
    "/Library/Caches"
)

# Function to check if a string contains system-related keywords
is_system_related() {
    local name=$1
    [[ "$name" =~ (com\.apple|apple|system|framework|webkit|coreservice) ]]
}

# Function to check if an app is installed
is_app_installed() {
    local app_name=$(echo "$1" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
    [[ " ${INSTALLED_APPS[*]} " =~ " ${app_name} " ]]
}

# Main cleanup function
cleanup_caches() {
    for dir in "${CACHE_DIRS[@]}"; do
        if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
            echo "Cleaning $dir"
            for item in "$dir"/*; do
                if [ -d "$item" ]; then
                    item_name=$(basename "$item" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
                    if ! is_system_related "$item_name" && ! is_app_installed "$item_name"; then
                        echo "Removing cache for uninstalled app: $item"
                        sudo rm -rf "$item"
                    fi
                fi
            done
        else
            echo "Directory $dir does not exist, skipping..."
        fi
    done
}

# Run the cleanup
echo "Starting cache cleanup..."
cleanup_caches
echo "Cache cleanup completed."

# Optionally, clear system caches
echo "Do you want to clear system caches as well? (y/n)"
read answer
if [[ $answer =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
    echo "Clearing system caches..."
    sudo purge
    echo "System caches cleared."
fi

echo "Cleanup process finished."