Moving from DaisyDisk

macleanup has no map. If you like seeing the whole disk as a sunburst, keep DaisyDisk: the two do different jobs and run happily on one Mac. macleanup's reports are text, and its cleanup sections go after the caches, logs and leftovers you would otherwise hunt down by eye.

What maps to what

In DaisyDisk	In macleanup
The sunburst disk map	Section 26, folder sizes as text
Spotting the largest files	Section 18, everything from 500 MB up in $HOME
Deleting a big file you chose	Section 24, large and untouched, moved to the Trash

Move across

1. Ask where the disk went. Both sections are reports and delete nothing.

   npx macleanup --only "18,26"

2. Read the dated .txt files in ~/.macleanup/reports/.

3. Preview the big, old files. Both the access and the change date must be old, so a large file you opened recently will not appear. Section 18 shows those.

   npx macleanup --only 24 --large-file-size-gb 2 --large-file-days 180 --dry-run

4. Preview what a map never labels for you: caches, logs and temp files.

   npx macleanup --profile minimal --dry-run

The facts, dated

Last checked 7 November 2026. Check DaisyDisk yourself

DaisyDisk plan	Price	Source
Mac App Store editionThe vendor's own site states a one-time licence fee for the stand-alone edition but shows no figure on the pages we checked	$9.99 once	Source7 November 2026

macleanup's own prices are on Plans and allowance.

What	DaisyDisk	macleanup
Clears caches	Not stated on the pages we checked	YesSections 3, 5 and 19.
Clears logs	Not stated on the pages we checked	YesSection 7.
Finds orphan files from removed apps	Not stated on the pages we checked	YesSection 12.
Uninstalls apps	Not stated on the pages we checked	YesSection 21, moved to the Trash.
Disk usage map	YesSource	PartialA text report from section 26. No visual map.
Free to use	PartialFree trial: you can browse the map; deleting needs the paid app.Source	YesThe command line has no limit. The app has a Free plan with a monthly run limit.
Mac App Store or notarised	YesSource	NoNot notarised by Apple and not on the Mac App Store.
Open source	Not stated on the pages we checked	PartialThe command line is MIT and public. The desktop app source is private.