Disk Xray for Mac

The current version at the Mac App Store is 3.0

This is not a review per se, it is a discussion of the class of software to which this program belongs. As a public service to the MacUpdate community, I've found as many of these "cleaner" apps on this website as I could and listed them them below. (I did a search for 'cleaner'.) If MacUpdate will let me, I intend to post this every time a new or updated version of one of these things shows up on this site. There are 36 in the list, and it seems like new entries in the 'Mac cleaner' market space pop up every day, metastasizing like a cancer. Unfortunately, more is not better. They are all of dubious value. Many have no reviews at all. Many have what look to be essentially fake 5-star reviews with no useful commentary. Many -- probably the most accurate and honest -- have negative reviews, by users who have been burned by them. Most of the developers' descriptions boast about what a great job they do, but the truth is, there are no good, comprehensive, head-to-head reviews of these programs by impartial 3rd parties. True experts in macOS maintenance advise against using any of them, because in general they serve little useful purpose and they can easily do more harm than good. Macs simply do not need "cleaning." (See for example: https://www.thesafemac.com/the-myth-of-the-dirty-mac/) Some of these programs are notorious for being little more than malware. The user is well-advised to read any program documentation and make a RELIABLE BACKUP before attempting any changes. If I have missed any programs that should be on the list, please leave a comment and let me know. I will rate all these programs with one star, probably one more than they deserve. And I would appreciate comments. If you disagree, please speak up. But if all you can come up with is 5 stars and a sentence or two saying that program X is great and I don't know what I'm talking about, please save your breath. No one here will take you seriously. And I apologize for the almost unreadable formatting, a severe limitation of MacUpdate itself, which compresses maximum text into minimum space, leaving no whitespace for readability. :: BEGIN LIST: : Aooro : App Cleaner & Uninstaller : AutoTrash : AweCleaner : CleanGeeker : Clean Me : Cleaner One Pro : CleanMyMac X : Combo Cleaner : Disk Aid : Disk Cleaner : Disk Cleaner Pro : Disk Health : DiskKeeper Advanced Cleaner : DiskKeeper Cleaner - Modern : DiskKeeper Pro : Disk Xray : Doctor Disk Cleaner : HD Cleaner : MacBooster : Mac Cleaner : MacClean : MacClean360 : MacCleaner Pro : MacCleanse : MacEnizer : Mojave Cleaner : PowerMyMac : Pro Disk Cleaner : Quick Cleaner : Sensei : Stellar SpeedUpMac : TrashMe 3 : Washing Machine : WeCleanse : Wise Mac Care :: END LIST : :: The only system maintenance tool I recommend is TinkerTool System, a true bargain priced at only $14 for a single license. TinkerTool System is a an exceptional piece of quality engineering, safe when used properly, and superbly documented, with in-depth tutorials for every option. As for the rest, listed above, it is safe to say that nobody who really knows what they're doing with Macs and macOS will touch them. Don't get sucked in by a pretty interface. You may very well regret it. -SB

I use it since a year and found no problems working on my 4GB external hd and removed tons of duplicates. They release updates quite often

Sure, it’s only $10, but that’s a couple of burgers and fries. Also, the burgers and fries don’t claim to do something they don’t. The first time I tried to search for duplicates on a 3TB external disk, DiskXRay chocked about 5% through the drive. Apple’s Force Quit Applications showed that DiskXRay was “paused,” though how I paused it is a mystery. And if I paused it, why can’t I un-pause it? I couldn’t. I had to force quit. I made sure the 3TB disk was OK (disk utility) and ran OnyX, then restarted. Threw all the plsts away, too, just to make sure. Tried DiskXRay again. The program is slow and if you click anywhere it doesn’t like, such as a scroll bar, you get the SBOD (Spinning Beach Ball of Doom). Sometimes it’s doing this in lieu of giving you a status, or maybe this IS the status. Sometimes the SBOD stops. Sometimes it doesn’t. Oops, it’s hung again. Or has it? After a while, I realize that it just takes forever to think things through and may be just “pausing” for a few minutes. Nope, this time it seems to have really just hung again requiring yet another forced quit. Aside from it being slow and buggy, it lacks some features one would expect, like a “don’t show this again” button so you don’t have to reassure it you really do want to trash yet another group of files. As a beta, it’s promising. As a product to pay for, no. Was running this on an iMac under 10.9.5

The current version is 2.0.5