Precision Engineering for your macOS

An in-depth look at how Dusty surgically reclaims your storage without touching what matters.

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Developer Deep-Sweep

Dusty understands the modern developer stack. It identifies massive, redundant dependency folders that can be safely nuked and rebuilt when needed. Reclaim 20GB+ in seconds.

TERMINAL — DUSTY SCAN READY
Scanning /Users/dev/projects... Found node_modules (12.4 GB) Found .next/cache (4.1 GB) Found vendor/bundle (2.8 GB) Summary: 19.3 GB Reclaimable.
node_modules SAFE TO DELETE
.next/cache SAFE TO DELETE
.git/objects CAUTION
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AI Reasoner

Powered by Gemini Flash, Dusty explains exactly why a folder exists and what happens if you delete it.

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Risk Level: Low

"This 'Caches' folder contains temporary thumbnails for your Slack workspace. Deleting it will free 1.2GB; Slack will simply re-generate icons as you browse."

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WhatsApp Smart Clean

Unlike other cleaners that just wipe the app data, Dusty performs a Surgical Extraction. We clean media from the Message/Media directory while preserving the ChatStorage.sqlite integrity.

  • check_circle Preserve message history & metadata
  • check_circle Identify duplicate media across threads
  • check_circle Reclaim storage from 4K video forwards
Media Purged -4.2 GB
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1-Click App Uninstaller & Residual Wiper

Dragging an app to the macOS Trash only deletes the surface .app bundle. Up to 90% of an app's footprint remains trapped as ghost caches in ~/Library/Application Support, Containers, and electron stores.

  • check_circle Deep scans /Applications, ~/Applications & system stores
  • check_circle Maps hidden support folders, logs, caches, and sandbox containers
  • check_circle Safe 1-click move to macOS Trash with instant space recovery
APP RESIDUAL MAP 100% REVERSIBLE
Slack.app (Binary) 320 MB
~/Library/Application Support/Slack 2.4 GB
~/Library/Caches/com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap 1.8 GB
Total Reclaimed: 4.52 GB
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Local-Only Security Mandate

Privacy is not a feature; it is the foundation. Dusty uses native macOS APIs to scan your disk. Analysis never leaves your machine. We don't send file names or structures to any server—even AI reasoning happens via secure, on-device contextual tokens.

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Understanding Risk Badges

Safe to Clean

System log files, thumbnail caches, and legacy update installers. These can be deleted with zero side effects.

Exercise Caution

Application support data, browser profiles, and local downloads. Review these before hitting the trigger.

High Risk / Large

Git repository objects, project databases, and core application binaries. Dusty hides these by default.

Ready to breathe again?

Join developers and power users who trust Dusty with their disk health.

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$ brew install theappcenter/tap/dusty

macOS 14+ Sonoma / Sequoia • Apple Silicon & Intel