Safety model

Power tools, with the brakes left on.

Utilities that clean, quit, and rearrange things should be the most careful software on your Mac. MacUtilityHub is built around a simple rule: show the exact effect first, then act only on what you approved.

Scan before anything changes

Every destructive tool starts as a read-only inventory. You see exact paths, sizes, and the reason each item was flagged before any action is offered.

Trash is the default

Reviewed items move to the Trash, and Cleanup keeps a private restore history that survives restarts. Permanent removal is a separate action with its own confirmation.

Checked again at the last second

Right before an action runs, paths and file identities are verified again. If something changed since the review, the action stops instead of guessing.

Active things are protected

Running apps, their helpers, open files, active projects, and system locations are excluded rather than cleaned around.

Read-only hardware access

Battery, thermal, and display modules only read. Charge limits, fan control, and monitor writes stay off until they are proven safe and explicitly enabled.

Unsupported is a normal answer

No battery, no fans, no permission, or an unreadable folder is reported plainly. The app never fakes a value or asks you to disable system protections.

Every destructive action

Five steps, never skipped.

  1. 1

    Scan

    A read-only inventory. Nothing is selected for you that the app cannot explain.

  2. 2

    Review

    Exact paths, sizes, and reasons, with a dry run of what the action would do.

  3. 3

    Confirm

    You choose the items. Permanent removal needs a second, explicit acknowledgment.

  4. 4

    Re-check

    Paths and file identities are verified again immediately before the action runs.

  5. 5

    Recover

    Trash moves are recorded privately so they can be reviewed and restored later.

Review before moving to Trash

3 of 4 items selected · dry run complete

  • ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Atlas-bxk…

    Build output

    6.2 GB

  • ~/Library/Caches/com.example.editor

    App cache · app closed

    1.4 GB

  • ~/Projects/site/node_modules

    Dependencies · reinstallable

    812 MB

  • ~/Downloads/Installer-2024.dmg

    Disk image · not mounted

    640 MB

Paths and identities are checked again
right before anything moves.

Permissions

Asked for only when a feature needs it.

MacUtilityHub never requests a permission at launch. Each one belongs to specific features, and missing permissions are treated as a normal state, not an error.
  • AccessibilityWindows; AI Chat selected-text capture and pasteback; clearing recent items in Cleanup › PrivacyThose features explain what is missing and how to grant it. Everything else keeps working.
  • Full Disk AccessOptional. Lets Cleanup read protected locations such as Mail data and some browser folders.Scans finish and list the locations they could not read, instead of silently skipping them.
  • Administrator approvalCleanup maintenance tasks that need a privileged helper. Requires a Developer ID–signed build and your approval in System Settings.The helper is never registered and those tasks stay unavailable.
  • NotificationsBattery charge alerts, only when you turn them on.Alerts stay off. Updates never use notifications.
  • Launch at loginOptional setting so the menu bar items and Command Center shortcut are ready after you log in.Open the app yourself when you need it.

Battery, System, Displays, Thermals, and Menu Bar need no permissions at all. MacUtilityHub never asks you to disable System Integrity Protection or Gatekeeper.

Private beta

Help shape a calmer way to look after your Mac.

A small group of testers is using MacUtilityHub before its public release. See what the beta includes and what it needs to run.

About the beta