

It showed files like virtual machines, downloaded movies in iTunes and so on.

I know there are big files and I know what they are for and I don’t want to delete them, so I did not find this particularly useful. Each section can be expanded to show the files.

There is a facility to view files organised into groups by size, such as those more than 10GB, 5 to 10GB, 3 to 5GB and so on. So again you must decide whether to keep or clear these items. You might not realise how big they have grown. I would rather go into Downloads and choose what to delete and keep, an dyou never know if there is a file in the Trash that you might need one day. Disk Cleanup is useful for pointing out the size of the Trash, Downloads and so on. Some of the items Disk Cleaner offers to clear are either so simple you can do it yourself, such as the Trash folder, or you might want to keep the files, such as items in the Downloads folder. So you really have to weigh up the pros and cons - keep them for speed, or clear them for space and possibly fix problems. However, on rare occasions poblems with applications can be caused by corrupt caches and clearing them could fix the problems. They are designed to speed up applications and clearing them could slow them down. If you have a big disk drive then caches are best left alone. If your Mac’s disk is seriously short of disk space then clearing them could make a significant difference, at least until the caches fill up again. Some SSDs are quite small and are easily filled, so this can temporarily help free up space. There are application caches, application logs, browser data, Trash Can, Downloads and a few more.Īpplication caches can grow quite big and they amounted to 1.3GB on the Mac the app was tested on.

On the Disk Cleaner tab are items that can be cleaned to free up disk space organised into categories. When it runs, it displays two tabs and there is Disk Cleaner and Uninstaller. This free app from HALFBIT (the name is app capitals for some reason), is just 1.5MB and so it downloads and installs in no time at all. Cleanup apps that free up disk space are always useful. The name makes a bold claim and that is one worth investigating.
