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SweepyMac
19 posts in this category.
10 October 2026 · 4 min read
Why our apps make no network requests, and the one exception
FocusLens has no network code at all. SweepyMac has one connection, for a signed malware definitions file. Here is what no telemetry means in practice, what we give up for it, and how you can check the claim yourself.
- Privacy
- Behind the apps
- SweepyMac
- FocusLens
8 October 2026 · 3 min read
What starts when you log in, and the three chores you used to need Terminal for
SweepyMac's Performance module lists your login items with a Disable button, shows the system agents macOS manages, and runs three maintenance tasks with one click. How the background helper makes that silent, and why it needs a signed build.
- SweepyMac
- macOS
- Mac maintenance
3 October 2026 · 3 min read
Space Lens and Disk: two ways to look at a full Mac
One draws your folders as bubbles you can click into and remove from. The other draws the whole volume to scale and touches nothing. Why SweepyMac has both, what each protects, and how to use them together when the disk is nearly full.
- SweepyMac
- Mac maintenance
1 October 2026 · 4 min read
Finding duplicate files on a Mac: what counts, what does not, and what to keep
A duplicate finder is only useful if it never mistakes two different files for the same one. How SweepyMac decides two files are identical, why it keeps the oldest copy, and the two cases where deleting a duplicate frees no space at all.
- SweepyMac
- Mac maintenance
28 September 2026 · 3 min read
Finding the large, old files that are actually taking the room
A folder, a size floor from 10 MB to 2 GB, and an age filter. What SweepyMac's Large & Old scanner includes, the four kinds of thing it deliberately skips, and why a hard link is listed as freeing nothing.
- SweepyMac
- Mac maintenance
23 September 2026 · 3 min read
Reading your Mac's battery health: capacity, cycles and the verdict macOS gives
SweepyMac's Battery screen shows what macOS knows about your battery and changes none of it. What maximum capacity and cycle count mean, when Service Recommended appears, and why the numbers can differ slightly from System Settings.
- SweepyMac
- macOS
18 September 2026 · 4 min read
The one delete path: how SweepyMac is built so it cannot delete the wrong thing
Every removal in SweepyMac goes through a single function with a single guard. Each module publishes the folders it is allowed to clean, the guard rejects anything outside them, and the four permanent actions are fenced off separately. A look under the hood.
- Behind the apps
- SweepyMac