Protection

Clean. And actually protected.

A local security console: a posture check, suspicious-file signals, a privacy-permission audit, and a vulnerability sweep. All read-only; your files and results never leave your Mac.

The bundled starter rule source is public under the MIT licence: macos-suspicious.yar. A rule match is a signal to review, not a malware verdict.

Protection

A clean Mac is only half the job.

Read-only checks surface available system settings, app permissions and selected suspicious files. Permission limits and skipped locations stay visible; your files and results stay on this Mac.

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Example: Strong
Disk encrypted Firewall on Review suspicious matches
Security checkup
FileVault, firewall, Gatekeeper, SIP, sharing and account hygiene, graded into one 0–100 score with one-tap jumps to the right setting.
Suspicious-file scan
Bundled YARA-X rules flag selected suspicious behaviours in launch points and selected locations. A match is a signal to review, never a malware verdict. Nothing is removed automatically.
Permission audit
Review available Camera, Microphone, Screen Recording, Accessibility and Full Disk Access entries with app icons and unsigned-app advisories.
Vulnerability scan
Pending security updates, unsigned apps, risky setuid binaries and library-injection persistence, surfaced in plain language.
Startup & persistence
Audits launch agents and daemons, flagging orphaned or modifiable entries, the classic foothold for spyware.
How the audit works

Security you can actually trust.

Read-only by design

Every check looks, never changes. SiftSpace reads your Mac's posture and reports it. You decide what to act on, with a one-tap jump to the exact setting.

On-device and sudo-free

No signatures uploaded, no admin-password theatrics. The audit runs locally using the same signals trusted security tools rely on.

Explained in plain language

Every finding tells you what it means and why it matters, with AI-assisted explanations on the way for anything you want to dig into.

Safe by design

Ruthless on clutter. Gentle with everything else.

Everything to Trash
Nothing is ever hard-deleted. Recover any item from Finder until you choose to empty the bin.
Two-step confirmation
Before anything moves you see exactly what and how much, then acknowledge what can't be recovered once the Trash is emptied.
App data is sacred
Docker images, VM disks, databases and AI models are never treated as junk. Deleting them would break your apps, so SiftSpace won't.
Your secrets, untouched
Keychains, Mail, Messages, SSH and cloud keys are walled off from cleanup, always.
Nothing risky pre-selected
The safe choice is the only default. You opt in to anything beyond it, every single time.
File data stays on your Mac
SiftSpace does not upload your files, file names, paths, or scan and cleanup results. See the privacy policy for optional account, update, and analytics data.

Clear the clutter. Create space.

Review reclaimable storage and move selected items to Trash safely, for free.

Download for macOS

v0.1.26 · Universal Mac · macOS 12+