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Scanning, previews, and archive validation run locally on your Mac. The app makes no file uploads. Optional App Health foreground-session heartbeats are disabled unless you configure a valid per-user native public key. Heartbeats contain a temporary session identifier and active state, with no user/device identity, events, logs, filenames or scan details. Sparkle checks the update feed over HTTPS and downloads updates when you choose to install them. The website measures page visits, traffic sources, interaction patterns and download-button clicks with App Health and Microsoft Clarity, separately from aggregate download requests. Anonymous browser identifiers recognize repeat visits; website analytics do not receive your disk contents or app activity. Download counts do not prove installation or use.

macOS may limit what an app can see. storagedaddy works with the access you grant and explains when a folder could not be scanned. Full Disk Access is optional, but broader access gives a more complete map.

No. You can select recognized caches for review, and moving anything to Trash requires a separate confirmation. Trash is still yours to empty.

Example: a project’s node_modules and its Claude or Codex history are both large. Build 119’s published guidance labels dependencies Usually regenerable: check the project manifest, available versions and local edits before cleanup. It labels Claude and Codex history Not regenerable · archive first: reinstalling a tool cannot recover conversations. A build-folder name alone leaves regeneration unconfirmed. Inspect the source-backed decision example. This is a review example, not a reclaimed-space benchmark or a promise that an export can resume a session. Check the current release metadata.

Recognized Codex and Claude sessions can be exported as a compact, date-filtered reading and analysis archive. The ZIP and content hash are validated before you review originals. It is intentionally lossy: tool payloads, attachments, and reasoning may be omitted, and the result cannot resume the original session. Originals stay in place until a separate cleanup confirmation.

Download the DMG, open it, then drag storagedaddy into Applications. Open the app and choose a disk or folder to scan. This beta supports Apple silicon Macs with macOS 14 or later; Intel Macs are not supported.

Apple uses System Data for files that do not fit a more specific Storage category, including caches, logs and other system resources. It is a category, not a folder that storagedaddy can reproduce. Scan a disk or folder to find readable large files; Developer Insights can highlight builds and caches worth reviewing. Protected locations, snapshots and shared APFS storage can make the scan total differ from macOS Storage. Review every cleanup choice, and do not assume allocated bytes will become free space. See Apple’s storage guidance. On Macs with limited memory, download storagedaddy and start with a folder scan.

Everyone who downloads during early access gets all future versions free forever. There is no trial expiry, account, checkout or subscription. The published source remains available under the MIT license. Read the code, report an issue, or contribute on GitHub. Third-party libraries and provider artwork retain their own terms; see the repository notices.

No. Add candidates, review the list, then explicitly confirm moving them to Trash. StorageDaddy does not automatically empty Trash.

Allocated and logical sizes differ. Shared APFS blocks, snapshots, protected files and scan scope also affect totals. Allocated bytes are not a guarantee of space reclaimed.

It is optional and enables broader coverage. Protected or unreadable locations may still be skipped. A folder scan is a useful starting point.

The current beta is free. Everyone who downloads during early access gets future versions free forever. There is no account, checkout, subscription or trial expiry today.