https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/ Plain-language guides to Mac storage: what is filling your disk and how to get space back. en Tue, 03 Nov 2026 03:30:00 +0000 https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/intel-apps-rosetta-macos-27 https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/intel-apps-rosetta-macos-27 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 03:30:00 +0000 macOS 27 is the last Mac release to run Intel-only apps. How to see which of yours need Rosetta, what to update or replace, and how to clear out the rest. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/free-space-dropped-after-macos-update https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/free-space-dropped-after-macos-update Tue, 27 Oct 2026 03:30:00 +0000 Lost tens of gigabytes after a macOS update? Much of it comes back by itself. What macOS holds on to, why the free-space numbers disagree, and when to act. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/apple-intelligence-storage-mac https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/apple-intelligence-storage-mac Thu, 22 Oct 2026 03:30:00 +0000 macOS 27 downloads Apple Intelligence by itself, often 20 to 30 GB, not Apple's 14. How to check yours, what you can't change, and what to clear instead. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/living-with-256gb-mac https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/living-with-256gb-mac Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:30:00 +0000 Is 256GB enough for a Mac? It can be, if you can see what is growing. A monthly habit that keeps a base-model Mac from filling up, without a panic purge. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/time-capsule-macos-27 https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/time-capsule-macos-27 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 03:30:00 +0000 macOS 27 can't back up to a Time Capsule any more. What Apple says to use instead, how to set up a new Time Machine drive, and what to check first. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/external-drive-full-mac https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/external-drive-full-mac Tue, 13 Oct 2026 03:30:00 +0000 What's taking up space on your external drive? See all of it in one picture on your Mac, clear the big old folders safely, and get the space back. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/find-old-files-on-mac https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/find-old-files-on-mac Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:30:00 +0000 Find the old files you forgot about on your Mac: what Finder can show, how to see what is both big and untouched for years, and how to clear it safely. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/klarity-disk-macworld-review https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/klarity-disk-macworld-review Thu, 01 Oct 2026 03:30:00 +0000 Macworld rated Klarity Disk 4 out of 5 and found a real bug. What the review got right, what Klarity 1.3 changed because of it, and what came next. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/how-much-space-for-macos-27 https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/how-much-space-for-macos-27 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:30:00 +0000 macOS 27 Golden Gate won't install without room to spare. How much free space it really needs, why sites quote different numbers, and how to find it fast. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/mac-storage-full-after-update https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/mac-storage-full-after-update Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:30:00 +0000 Updated macOS and lost tens of gigabytes? The space is still there, in folders with names. Here is the fastest way to see which ones and clear them. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/klarity-1-3-one-time-disk-access https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/klarity-1-3-one-time-disk-access Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:30:00 +0000 Klarity 1.3 makes Move to Trash work everywhere. Why an App Store app cannot touch your files until you point at them, explained without jargon. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/how-to-clean-up-mac-storage https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/how-to-clean-up-mac-storage Mon, 07 Sep 2026 03:30:00 +0000 A step-by-step guide to freeing up space on a Mac, ordered from safest to riskiest: Trash, Downloads, caches, System Data, old apps, device backups, and what to leave alone. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/how-to-find-large-files-on-mac https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/how-to-find-large-files-on-mac Mon, 07 Sep 2026 03:30:00 +0000 Three ways to find the biggest files and folders on a Mac: Finder list view, a Finder search by size, and a treemap disk analyzer. Plus the seven folders where the space usually goes. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/what-is-system-data-on-mac https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/what-is-system-data-on-mac Sun, 06 Sep 2026 03:30:00 +0000 System Data is macOS's catch-all storage category: caches, logs, Xcode data, snapshots and more. Here's what's actually inside it, how to look, and what you can safely delete. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/treemap-icicle-vs-sunburst https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/treemap-icicle-vs-sunburst Mon, 16 Feb 2026 03:30:00 +0000 Sunburst charts look beautiful but hide small files. Here's why treemap and icicle views find space hogs faster on a Mac — with the perception research. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/building-liquid-glass-ui-macos https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/building-liquid-glass-ui-macos Sun, 15 Feb 2026 03:30:00 +0000 Apple's Liquid Glass looks great, but .glassEffect() needs macOS 26. Here's how I built a complete glass design system for a shipping Mac app using only SwiftUI primitives available on macOS 14+. https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/why-i-built-klarity https://www.klaritydisk.com/blog/why-i-built-klarity Sat, 14 Feb 2026 03:30:00 +0000 I wanted a better way to see what's eating my Mac's storage. Existing tools didn't cut it. So I built Klarity — a $6.99 disk analyzer with treemap and icicle visualizations.