Adafruit ESP32-S3 - Other MacOS Space-Saving Tips

(Replace file_name.mpy with the name of the file you want to copy.)
Or to copy a folder and all of the files and folders contained within, use a command
like:
cp -rX folder_to_copy /Volumes/CIRCUITPY
If you are copying to the lib folder, or another folder, make sure it exists before
copying.
# if lib does not exist, you'll create a file named lib !
cp -X file_name.mpy /Volumes/CIRCUITPY/lib
# This is safer, and will complain if a lib folder does not exist.
cp -X file_name.mpy /Volumes/CIRCUITPY/lib/
Other MacOS Space-Saving Tips
If you'd like to see the amount of space used on the drive and manually delete hidden
files here's how to do so. First, move into the Volumes/ directory with cd /Volumes/ ,
and then list the amount of space used on the CIRCUITPY drive with the df
command.
That's not very much space left! The next step is to show a list of the files currently on
the CIRCUITPY drive, including the hidden files, using the ls command. You cannot
use Finder to do this, you must do it via command line!
There are a few of the hidden files that MacOS loves to generate, all of which begin
with a ._ before the file name. Remove the ._ files using the rm command. You can
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