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Save disk space with symlinks. Symbiote is a native macOS menu-bar utility that keeps apps and large files on an external drive while they still appear where you expect them — using symbolic links to free up your Mac's internal storage.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Gary, the maker of Symbiote.
This one started with a frustration: my Mac mini's internal drive was always full, while a perfectly good external drive sat right next to it, but apps and big files all want ( or actually need ) to live on the internal disk. Symbiote fixes that with symbolic links: keep the real files on your external drive, and they still show up exactly where you expect — in /Applications, your Documents, an Obsidian vault, wherever. No copying, no duplicates, just lightweight pointers that take up almost no space. Best of all, when you remove or add a file, it automatically syncs the symlinks.
This is Symbiote 2.0: a complete rebuild, and a free update for existing users:
• Multiple source → destination pairs, each toggled on/off
• Real‑time syncing that only processes what changed
• Auto‑resumes when your external drive reconnects
• Per‑pair status + live link counts, Sync Now, runs from the menu bar
• Sandboxed and private — collects zero data
It sits quietly in your menu bar and just keeps everything linked.
I'd love to hear: where are you running low on space, and what would you point Symbiote at first? Happy to answer any questions 🙏
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About Symbiote on Product Hunt
“Save disk space with symlinks”
Symbiote was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 6 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #85 on the daily leaderboard. Save disk space with symlinks. Symbiote is a native macOS menu-bar utility that keeps apps and large files on an external drive while they still appear where you expect them — using symbolic links to free up your Mac's internal storage.
Symbiote was featured in Mac (103.6k followers), Productivity (655.6k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 156k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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