Crumb is an intuitive macOS menu-bar application designed to demystify and optimize your Mac's storage. It provides a clear, detailed breakdown of what's consuming your disk space, including often-obscure categories like "System Data," caches, logs, and developer-specific files such as Xcode build data and node_modules. Unlike the native macOS storage settings, Crumb offers granular insights, explaining exactly what each item is, its size, and whether it's safe to delete or if it will regenerate.
The application operates on a principle of transparency and user control, ensuring nothing is removed without your explicit approval. Its three-step process begins with a read-only scan that meticulously maps your disk usage without altering any files. Following the scan, you enter a review phase where every identified item is presented with its size and a clear explanation. You can untick anything you wish to keep, and for uncertain items, Crumb provides a "Safe?" check to clarify the implications of deletion. Finally, upon your approval, Crumb efficiently frees up space, showing you precisely how much storage has been reclaimed.
Crumb integrates six powerful tools into a single, easily accessible menu-bar app:
- Free Space: Identifies and totals reclaimable space from caches, logs, build artifacts, and package caches.
- Visualize: Ranks your largest folders, offering a "Safe?" check for each to help you understand their contents.
- Uninstall: Ensures complete removal of applications, including all associated support files, caches, and preferences that often linger after a simple drag-to-trash.
- Duplicates: Scans your entire Mac to find identical files, allowing you to keep just one copy and delete the rest.
- Organize: Helps declutter messy folders like "Downloads" by sorting files into type-based subfolders, with a preview of the changes before execution.
- Is this safe to delete?: A unique feature that allows you to point Crumb at any folder, and it will explain its purpose, whether it regenerates, and what might break if it's removed.
Built with trust and privacy in mind, Crumb performs all scans locally on your Mac, requiring no account or sign-in, and ensuring your files never leave your device. It prioritizes the protection of your personal documents and photos, never including them in its default recommendations for deletion. Crumb is available as a native download for both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, supporting macOS 12 or later. It offers a free version with a full scan and one cleanup, with a one-time purchase of $9 unlocking unlimited cleanups and all advanced tools, without any subscriptions.
