Yes. FastSweep is review-first: every finding shows its reason, size, and proposed behavior, and nothing is removed until you approve it. Where possible removals go to the Trash rather than being permanently deleted, and every action is written to a local log so you can see exactly what happened.
What is the difference between the two editions?
The Mac App Store edition runs inside the App Sandbox, so it is read-only care: the Smart Care health scan over read-only system health, the live Monitor, Silicon Health, the menu-bar popover, and the desktop widget. The Direct edition lifts the sandbox and adds every write-capable tool — cleanup, the uninstaller, Guard scanning and its realtime watch, the Shredder, cloud cleanup, the signed updater, and Screen Cleaning Mode. Both editions are the same native app; the edition is decided at build time.
Does the realtime malware monitor block files?
No, and we do not claim that it does. The realtime watch is a user-space FSEvents file-event monitor: it watches file events, matches them against the local signature database, and raises an alert with a proposed quarantine action. It takes no autonomous filesystem action — nothing is moved, quarantined, or deleted until you confirm through the normal review flow. FastSweep has no kernel extension and no kernel-level blocking.
Does FastSweep send my data anywhere?
Scanning, analysis, and cleanup decisions run on your Mac, and no account is required to scan and review. Cloud cleanup connects to your provider with OAuth PKCE over a loopback redirect so tokens never pass through a third party, and provider removals land in the provider trash so originals stay recoverable.
Will it work on my Mac?
FastSweep runs on macOS 11 Big Sur and later as a universal binary for Apple Silicon and Intel. Silicon Health adds Apple-Silicon-specific signals: swap-write rate and projection, battery cycle count against the rated design life, and the disk S.M.A.R.T. status exactly as macOS reports it.
Does FastSweep free RAM, purge memory, or benchmark my disk?
No. Those claims are marketing fiction on modern macOS. FastSweep shows you live memory, swap, and disk signals in the Monitor and explains swap-write pressure in Silicon Health, but it never purges memory or runs disk benchmarks.
Can I uninstall apps completely?
Yes, in the Direct edition. The Apps surface removes the app bundle plus related support files, containers, receipts, launch agents, caches, and preferences — and its leftover sweep finds residue from apps you already deleted. App sizes are enriched on demand so the inventory opens instantly.
Does FastSweep require a subscription or license key?
The Mac App Store edition is free with no account, subscription, or external purchase. The Direct edition is a free download: scan and review work without an account, and write-capable tools unlock with a trial or a plan managed through the in-app account.
Release notes
v1.0Current release
Smart Care dashboard with a 0–100 health score and one-click reviewable Safe Clean
Fast Scan across nine care surfaces; every finding reviewable before deletion
Similar-image clusters with a side-by-side visual compare
Apps inventory with on-demand size enrichment and a leftover-finding uninstaller
Storage Map: zoomable treemap and sunburst with synchronized list review
Monitor: live CPU, memory, swap, network, battery, and disk graphs
Silicon Health: swap-write risk, battery cycle health, and S.M.A.R.T. disk status
Guard: signature scan plus a user-space realtime FSEvents watch that alerts
