# ByteSweep for Mac on the Mac App Store: Sandboxed Cleaner > The Mac App Store edition of ByteSweep: clean junk, duplicates and apps with a 7-day Undo, inside Apple’s sandbox. Free to scan, one purchase to clean. Canonical: https://bytesweep.app/mac-app-store.html Last updated: 2026-11-10 ByteSweep for Mac · Mac App Store · version 1.1 ## A Mac cleaner that only sees the folder you allow. ByteSweep for Mac is the Mac App Store edition of ByteSweep. It runs inside Apple’s sandbox, reads only the folder you choose, and shows you everything before anything goes. Anything cleaned can be put back for 7 days. [(Download on the) **Mac App Store**](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bytesweep-storage-transfer/id6822710125?mt=12) Free to scan. Cleaning is one in-app purchase, not a subscription. macOS 14 or later. ### Press Scan me once. ByteSweep reads the Home folder you choose, measures the junk that is safe to clear, and shows what takes the most room. From there, every page works the same way: look, review, then clean. - What is using space - Clean with Undo - Duplicates and photos - Find anything - Send to your devices - Apps and developer files - Make files smaller - Compared with ByteSweep Pro What is using my space? ### A map of your folders Every folder drawn by its size, so the big ones stand out. Switch to a list or a view by kind of file, and stop the scan at any time. - Biggest files first - Files you have not opened in a long time - System Data, named and measured - My disk is full: free space fast with one button, without touching your own files Clean ### Safe to clean, and why Caches, logs, temporary files and leftovers, each explained in plain words. You review exactly what will go, and nothing is removed until you press Clean. - Safe items first, the rest worth a look - Anything cleaned can be put back for 7 days - History lists every clean Duplicates and Photo clean-up ### One copy of each, the best shot kept Duplicate files, photos and folders, with a keep rule for each group. Photo clean-up finds near-identical shots and keeps the sharpest, plus blurry photos and old screenshots. - Keep the newest, the oldest, or choose yourself - Downloads: old installers and files piling up, sorted by kind and age - Cloud downloads: free the space they hold, and the file stays in the cloud - Organize a folder: see the plan first, and Undo puts it all back Library ### Find a file by describing it Your pictures, videos, music and documents in one place. Type “pdfs over 5 mb” or “screenshots from last week” and the words become filters. - See where a file came from - Copy the text out of a picture or PDF - Read on your Mac, never uploaded Send to your devices ### Straight to your iPhone, Mac or PC Files, folders, photos, notes and links go from one device to the other on your own Wi-Fi, never through the internet or our servers. The receiving device shows a code and asks you to accept first. - In Finder: right-click, Share, ByteSweep - View your phone: open your iPhone’s photos and videos from the Mac - Clean your phone from the bigger screen - Move to a new computer over Wi-Fi - Your first 10 sends are free [How Send to your devices works](https://bytesweep.app/send-files-between-devices.html) Apps and developer files ### Uninstall apps, and clear what your tools rebuild Remove an app with what it leaves behind, and see what each one takes. Developer files lists Xcode, Docker, npm, Gradle and other build caches your tools can rebuild, explained before they go. - Apps not opened in months, and apps over 1 GB - Leftovers from apps already removed - Build caches by tool, largest first Compress, convert and rename ### Make files smaller, keep the originals Compress pictures, videos, PDFs and folders. You see the saving first, and the original is kept unless you choose to replace it. - HEIC and other photos to JPEG or PNG - Videos to MP4 - Rename many files at once ### Everything in ByteSweep for Mac - **Smart Care.** One scan, then the pages that free the most space. - **Storage.** A map, a list and a view by kind of file. - **System Data.** The grey part of your storage, named and measured. - **Clean.** Caches, logs, temporary files and leftovers, with Undo for 7 days. - **My disk is full.** Free space fast with one button. - **Downloads.** Old installers and files piling up. - **Duplicates.** Files, photos and folders, with a keep rule. - **Photo clean-up.** Near-identical shots, blurry photos, old screenshots. - **Cloud downloads.** Free the space, keep the file in the cloud. - **Compress, convert and rename.** Smaller files, originals kept. - **Organize a folder.** Sorted by kind or date, and Undo puts it back. - **Library.** Search your files in plain words. - **Apps.** Uninstall with leftovers. - **Developer files.** Build caches your tools can rebuild. - **Send to your devices.** iPhone, Mac and PC on your Wi-Fi. - **View and clean your phone.** With the free ByteSweep iPhone app. - **Move to a new computer.** Your files, over Wi-Fi. - **History.** Every clean, and what Undo can still put back. ### ByteSweep for Mac or ByteSweep Pro? **ByteSweep for Mac has the cleaning essentials and stays inside Apple’s sandbox. ByteSweep Pro, from this website, has every feature, because it can read the whole disk and the system.** The sandbox keeps an App Store app out of other apps’ processes, system settings and raw disks. So ByteSweep for Mac leaves these out, and ByteSweep Pro has them: - Live monitoring, fan control and battery charge limit - Startup items and the adware check - App updates, privacy permissions, and why the Mac woke up - Getting deleted files back from USB sticks and cards, and drive health - Backup check, Chats and Mail attachments - Docker containers, AI models and dev servers - Your servers over SSH, with alerts The two are bought separately: ByteSweep for Mac through the App Store, ByteSweep Pro with a licence key from this website. A ByteSweep Pro licence does not unlock the App Store edition, and the App Store purchase does not unlock ByteSweep Pro. [See ByteSweep Pro for Mac](https://bytesweep.app/mac.html) **At a glance** | Version | 1.1 | | --- | --- | | Requires | macOS 14 or later | | Where | The Mac App Store, as Bytesweep: Storage & Transfer | | Free | Scanning and looking at everything, and your first 10 sends | | Cleaning | One in-app purchase, not a subscription | | Reads | Only the folder you allow; withdraw it any time in Settings | | Account | None | | Privacy | No analytics. Apple’s label: Data Not Collected | | Undo | 7 days | | Languages | English and 13 more | ### ByteSweep for Mac, answered. #### Is ByteSweep for Mac free? Scanning and looking at everything is free. Cleaning, moving, removing, compressing and converting files unlock with one in-app purchase. It is not a subscription. Your first 10 sends to your devices are free, and after that sending is part of the same purchase. #### Why does it ask for my Home folder? An App Store app can only read the folders you give it. ByteSweep asks when you first press Scan me, reads only that folder, and you can withdraw it at any time in Settings. #### Does it need Full Disk Access? No. ByteSweep for Mac never asks for it. That is also why it shows less than ByteSweep Pro: it sees only what you allow. #### Does it send my files anywhere? No. There is no account and no analytics. What you send to your own devices travels over your own Wi-Fi, never through the internet or our servers. #### Can I undo a clean? Yes. Anything cleaned can be put back for 7 days, from Undo and history. #### I have a ByteSweep Pro licence. Does it unlock this? No. They are two separate apps bought in two places. If you already have ByteSweep Pro, you have every feature this edition has, and more. ### Free to scan. One purchase to clean. [(Download on the) **Mac App Store**](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bytesweep-storage-transfer/id6822710125?mt=12) macOS 14 or later. Apple silicon and Intel. Want every feature? [ByteSweep Pro for Mac](https://bytesweep.app/mac.html) · [Also on iPhone](https://bytesweep.app/iphone.html) Updated 10 November 2026