Understand your Mac.
Clean carefully.

Apple silicon Macs running macOS 13 Ventura or later. Intel Macs are not supported.

Open AnyaClean on the Mac App Store, choose Get or the displayed purchase button, and let the App Store finish the installation. Updates are delivered through the App Store.

This is the normal first-launch security prompt for an app downloaded from the internet. Official builds are signed with a Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple.

Smart Scan, Duplicates, and File Search can use approved external drives. Finder-visible network volumes depend on availability, permissions, and macOS folder access.

No. Scanning and analysis happen locally. There is no cloud scanning service, advertising SDK, analytics upload, or AnyaClean account.

The macOS App Sandbox blocks arbitrary file access. AnyaClean can inspect only locations you approve and stores a secure local bookmark to remember the choice.

Saved folder access, scan results, cleanup history, exclusions, rules, schedules, and preferences from that Mac. It does not delete personal files. macOS privacy entries must be removed separately in System Settings.

Smart Scan provides a broad storage overview. File Search is precise: select a folder or drive, category or extension, and sorting options. Their locations and results remain independent.

macOS used space can include protected data, other users, snapshots, virtual memory, purgeable space, and locations AnyaClean cannot read. AnyaClean reports actual scan coverage.

Locations macOS did not allow AnyaClean to read. They remain visible as a count so the report does not imply complete access.

Large Macs and photo drives may contain millions of items. AnyaClean measures real files, builds a local index, and performs extra verification for features such as duplicates. A scan can be cancelled without replacing the last completed report.

No. Smart Scan, File Search, cache scanning, duplicate scanning, application scanning, and rule previews are read-only.

Use Move to Trash, review small groups, confirm your Mac and apps still work, and empty the Trash only when confident. Keep an up-to-date backup.

Only through an advanced option that is disabled by default. Enabling it and every irreversible action require explicit confirmation. Permanently deleted files bypass the Trash.

It excludes a file or folder from future cleanup suggestions. A folder exclusion also protects its descendants.

Candidates are grouped by size, partial fingerprints are compared, and complete contents are verified with SHA-256. Hard links are not counted as redundant copies.

No. Caches can contain active state, sessions, downloads, or expensive build products. Quit the related app, read the explanation, remove only a small group, and prefer the Trash.

No. AnyaClean favors safety. Exact bundle-identifier matches may be recommended, while shared Group Containers, documents, and uncertain data are not automatically selected.

New rules default to Recommend Only. Automatic Trash or permanent deletion needs a separate opt-in, previews, limits, and safety confirmations.

If it was removed outside AnyaClean, run the relevant scan again so the saved report reflects the current disk.

Review Notifications in macOS System Settings, confirm background scans are enabled, and make sure at least one rule is enabled.

Confirm AnyaClean is installed in Applications, then review Login Items, saved folder access, and macOS privacy permissions.

Your Mac model, macOS version, AnyaClean version and build, the feature used, exact error message, and whether the target was internal, external, or network storage. Hide sensitive file names.