11 guides · macOS

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Find junk, duplicates, big files, and app leftovers — and see how much you can reclaim before you pay a cent.

Scan & clean How to Free Up Disk Space on a Mac (and See What You Can Get Back First)

Your Mac says the disk is full and you don't know why. Spotless scans for caches, duplicates, big files and app leftovers, and shows the total before you pay.

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Developer clutter How to Clear Xcode DerivedData, Archives and Device Support Files

Xcode quietly eats tens of gigabytes. Here is what DerivedData, Archives and iOS DeviceSupport are, which are safe to delete, and how Spotless clears them.

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Duplicates & similar photos How to Find and Delete Duplicate Files on Mac

Find duplicate files on your Mac by content, not filename. Spotless groups identical files so you can keep one copy, and also groups near-identical photos.

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Uninstaller & Leftovers How to Uninstall a Mac App and Remove Every Leftover File

Dragging an app to the Trash leaves caches, preferences and support files behind. Here is how Spotless removes the app and the leftovers of apps you deleted long ago.

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Large files & visualizer How to Find the Biggest Files on Your Mac and See Where Space Went

Sort your Mac's largest files and explore an interactive disk map to see which folder is eating your storage, then decide what is worth keeping.

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Choosing a version Spotless: Mac App Store vs. Direct Download — Which Should You Get?

The App Store and direct versions of Spotless are not the same app. Here is exactly what each can clean, how billing works, and which one to pick.

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Licensing Spotless Direct License: Key Delivery, Seats and Refunds Explained

How Spotless direct licenses work: the key arrives by email, one Mac on the 1-year plan, up to three on Lifetime, how to move a seat, and what a refund does.

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System Data Mac Storage Full and "System Data" Is Huge: What It Is and What You Can Safely Remove

macOS shows a giant System Data bar and no way to open it. What lives in it, which parts are safe to remove, and how to find the real culprits with Spotless.

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Safety Is It Safe to Delete Mac Cache Files? What Breaks, What Doesn't, and How to Check First

Cache files are safe to delete in theory and scary in practice. What a cache is, what happens when you remove it, and how Spotless lets you review before deleting.

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Pricing Free vs. Paid Mac Cleaners: Why Spotless Shows the Full Scan Result Before You Pay

Many Mac cleaners blur results until you pay. Spotless shows every file and size for free, and charges only to remove. How that works and what it costs.

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Browser privacy How to Clear Browsing History, Cookies and Site Data Across All Your Mac Browsers

Clearing history browser by browser is slow. Review and clear history, cookies and site data across the browsers on your Mac from one place with Spotless.

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