From cba2bb19e8d5386f22d263ec9e3cca1baeb21a85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alin Lupascu Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 21:14:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 708a6f1..2961199 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,2 +1,31 @@ # Pearcleaner - Open-source macOS app cleaner + + + +An open-source mac app cleaner inspired by Freemacsoft's AppCleaner and Sun Knudsen's Privacy Guides post on his app-cleaner script. +This project was born out of wanting to learn more. There's probaby parts of the code that could be done better as I'm fairly new to Swift, if you have suggestions I'm open to hearing them! + +## Screenshots + +![](https://github.com/alienator88/Pearcleaner/assets/6263626/aa48fd55-df2f-450c-a0c0-bf9507d7a465) +![](https://github.com/alienator88/Pearcleaner/assets/6263626/036eae34-a9f0-4126-943a-376074e95067) +![](https://github.com/alienator88/Pearcleaner/assets/6263626/230674bf-9f16-4b84-9b7f-e0113b4a8358) +![](https://github.com/alienator88/Pearcleaner/assets/6263626/fc2b9568-cbb1-4a94-991c-0491252d7c02) + + +## Features +- 100% Swift +- Super small app size (1.6MB) +- Quick file search +- Optional Sentinel monitor helper that can be enabled to watch Trash folder for deleted apps +- Sentinel monitor is extremely small (210KB) and uses <=5mb of ram to run in the background and file watch. Communicates to app via custom url scheme instead of xpc to keep things even lighter +- Requires Full Disk permission to search for files and also Accessibility to delete/restore files + +## Getting Sentinel + +Pre-compiled, always up-to-date versions are available from my releases page. +You might need to open this with right click-open since I don't have a paid developer account. + +## Thanks + +Much appreciation to Freemacsoft's AppCleaner and Sun Knudsen's app-cleaner script