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Understand every gigabyte. Reclaim only what is safe.

DiskKind is a native macOS storage investigator. It measures where space went, then builds a separate evidence-backed list of what is worth reviewing.

Examine the sample survey Release status
  • Stays on your Mac
  • No permanent deletion
  • No telemetry
Overview
Sample data
Sample volume

Measurement complete

✓ Complete

74.6 GBmeasured on disk

  • ◎ Reviewable 18.4
  • ↺ Developer 15.2
  • ◇ Personal 14.0
  • ◆ Protected 12.1
  • ↔ Shared 8.6
  • ? Unknown 4.0
Best places to reviewEvidence, not guesses
On disk
↺cache-storeBuild tool · re-creatable on next build5.7 GBexact
△container-imagesInspect attached volumes first3.1–4.0 GBestimated
↔shared-supportOwnership ambiguous · cannot be stagedunknownnot measured
Logical contents 82.9 GBAllocated on disk 74.6 GBSelected nothing
Product illustration · Sample data · invented names and figures.

Built for cautious decisions.

Exact disk factsClear risk languageFinder-equivalent TrashReceipts and rescan
Two questions, kept separate

Large doesn’t mean safe to delete.

DiskKind first explains where space is used. Then it builds a separate, evidence-backed list of places worth reviewing.

01Understand

Where is space used?

Explore a hierarchy-aware map and an exact sortable list together. Switch between physical disk space and file contents without confusing the two.

Developer31.8 GB
Personal19.4 GB
Apps12.1 GB
Smaller itemsMeasured together
02Review

What deserves attention?

Recommendations show the producer, evidence, consequence, confidence and recovery path. Personal and shared data never masquerades as easy cleanup.

Known re-creatable cacheReviewable · never preselected
!Personal decisionLarge, but only you know its value
Protected or sharedDiskKind refuses direct staging
§ 02 · Explore

Hierarchy and exact values, together.

The map answers where; the ranked list makes comparison precise. Patterns, glyphs, labels and values keep meaning visible without relying on colour.

Explore · Sample volume
Sample data
↺ Developer15.2 GB
◇ Personal14.0 GB
◆ Protected12.1 GB
◎ Reviewable18.4 GB
⋯ Smaller itemshonestly grouped
NameMeaningOn disk
◇ archive-01Personal11.2 GB
↺ cache-storeDeveloper5.7 GB
◎ old-exportsReviewable4.6 GB
◆ managed-storeProtected3.8 GB
↔ shared-supportSharedunknown
Sample data · invented names and figures · breadcrumbs preserve drill-down in the native app.
§ 03 · Evidence

A recommendation has to show its work.

“Large” is not evidence. A reviewable suggestion states the producer, proof, consequence, confidence, recovery, and whether its size is exact, estimated, or unknown.

↺ Developer · reviewable

cache-store

Sample volume / workspace / cache-store5.7 GB · exact
What it is
Build output cache
Producer
Build tool
Evidence
Known cache signature and complete scan
Consequence
The next build recreates required output and may take longer
Confidence
High · direct evidence
Recovery
Finder-equivalent Trash; recoverable until emptied
§ 04 · Category key

Six meanings. Never colour alone.

Every category has a glyph, pattern, hue, and word. Protected and shared-or-ambiguous items cannot be staged.

◎
ReviewableEvidence supports review; never preselected
↺
DeveloperConsequences stated; manage ambiguous data with its tool
◇
PersonalOnly the person can judge its value
◆
ProtectedmacOS-managed; direct staging refused
↔
Shared or ambiguousOwnership unclear; direct staging refused
?
UnknownInsufficient evidence; never printed as zero
A focused Mac toolkit

Power when you ask for it. Restraint when it matters.

Super Power Search

Combine name, path, kind, size and age filters. Extend a scan with scoped Spotlight search without building a permanent private index.

kind:archive size:>2GB age:>1y

Application review

See complete top-level apps and evidence-backed residue. Shared containers and personal state stay out of automatic cleanup.

App + evidence + consequence

Live Mac facts

Lightweight CPU, memory and battery readings remain informational—never a diagnostic score or cleanup instruction.

CPU18%
Memory63%
Battery84%

Stage. Recheck. Trash. Verify.

Every reviewed target is canonicalized and measured again immediately before a Finder-equivalent Trash move. A receipt records what happened; a rescan shows what changed.

  1. 1Stage
  2. 2Review
  3. 3Recheck
  4. 4Trash
  5. 5Verify
Local-first by design

Your Mac is not marketing data.

File names, paths, scan results, app inventories, cleanup plans and receipts stay on your Mac. The website has no analytics, ad pixels, fingerprinting or tracking cookies.

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DiskKind Pro

$29 once. Three Macs. No expiry.

Pro unlocks reviewed cleanup, Super Power Search, application review, receipts, accessible themes and priority email support.

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