... hidden cache files, random Launch Daemons, and preference files still lurking deep in your ~/Library folder. Why is this considered normal? Why don't apps clean up after themselves? When I was testing the Uninstaller feature for OptiClear, I was shocked by how many popular tools intentionally leave tracking IDs and hidden folders behind just in case you install them again. It feels intrusive. Let's vent: Which app is the worst offender for leaving digital trash behind on your ... ... system? (For me, it s anything by Adobe ). Comment from Orhan Kilic(@orhan_kilic): Honestly, digging into this issue while building the Uninstaller module for OptiClear

... Product Hunt community! OptiClear is officially live, and while the current cleanup tools are saving tons of GBs, I m already looking at the roadmap for the next big update. I want to build what you actually need. Which of these features would make your Mac life easier? 1 Duplicate Finder: Find and remove those annoying identical files & photos. 2 Uninstaller Improvements: A more powerful way to wipe every trace of deleted apps. 3 Cloud Storage Cleaner: Scanning ... ... there something else you ve always wanted in a Mac utility? Drop a comment with your vote or share your wildest feature ideas. I'll be reading every single one and building the most requested ones! Let s make OptiClear

... utility market is notoriously crowded. If you search for "Mac cleaner," you'll see multi-million dollar companies dominating the ads and the first page of Google. As a solo indie maker building OptiClear , I realized I couldn't win that war. So, I decided to play a different game: Programmatic SEO (pSEO). Instead of fighting for broad keywords, I targeted the specific pain points of specific users. Here is the exact playbook I am currently executing: 1 Hyper-Specific ... ... clean their Mac manually. (e.g., Open Finder -> Hit +Shift+G -> Type ~/Library/Caches -> Select all -> Delete). 3 The "One-Click" Hook: Right after giving them the manual, tedious, and slightly risky steps, I introduce the alternative

... spaceship dashboard. They have spinning radars, giant red warning signs flashing "YOUR MAC IS IN DANGER", and custom UI elements that look nothing like macOS. It s designed to create panic and force a purchase. When I started building OptiClear , I decided to take the exact opposite approach. I wanted the UI to be almost... boring. I used standard SwiftUI. I embraced Apple's native design guidelines, added clean glassmorphism effects, and made sure it looked exactly like a default ... ... That s exactly it, Henry! There s a real 'design fatigue' happening. When an app is too aggressive, it feels like it s screaming for attention, and as a user, you immediately go on the defensive. I wanted OptiClear

... Lately, it feels like every single app update comes with a forced "AI-powered" feature. The other day, I saw an AI integration for a basic calculator app. Are we losing our minds? When I was building OptiClear (a Mac storage cleaner), I got a lot of "advice" from other makers: "You should add an AI smart-cleaner!" "Use an LLM to analyze the junk files!" I explicitly said NO. I wanted to build a "dumb" app. An app that ... ... still prefer "dumb" but reliable tools for certain tasks? Let s vent! Comment from Orhan Kilic(@orhan_kilic): If you want to see what a refreshingly 'silly' and fully functional Mac utility looks like, you can check out OptiClear

... Product Hunt family! Just wanted to share a little "behind the scenes" pain from the OptiClear launch. We all know the Apple App Store review process can be a rollercoaster, and I definitely hit a loop. I had built this sweet "Invite a Friend" feature. The logic was simple: generate a code, share it with a friend, and both of you earn free premium days. A classic, organic growth loop, right? Well, Apple hit me with a rejection. Apparently, unlocking ... ... premium features outside of their standard In-App Purchase flow (even as a reward) is a big no-no. To get OptiClear

... community! We launched OptiClear on April 14th to help everyone tackle the 'Disk Full' nightmare. The support so far has been amazing, but the best part has been the feedback! A fellow maker (@gaurav_singh91) already pointed out a huge pain point: 'Xcode Junk' and iOS simulators. Those hidden GBs are now officially at the top of our roadmap! My goal is to make OptiClear

... been there: You check your storage, and there s a massive yellow bar labeled 'Other' or 'System Data' taking up 50GB+. In OptiClear, I built the Large & Aging Files analyzer specifically to hunt these down. It's often forgotten .dmg installers from 2 years ago or massive log files that serve no purpose. Yesterday, a user told me they found 12GB of old screen recordings they forgot they ever made! Question for the community: What was the weirdest ... ... largest 'forgotten' file you ever found while cleaning your drive? Comment from Orhan Kilic(@orhan_kilic): @johnny_ishak  Great question, Johnny! From what I ve seen with OptiClear

... scans your caches, your logs, your old downloads. But why do these massive corporate apps need to send "anonymous usage telemetry" back to their servers? Why do they need to know what you are cleaning? When I built OptiClear , I decided to do the exact opposite. I put a strict "No Telemetry" rule in place. The app is fully sandboxed. It does its job locally, cleans the junk, and stays completely quiet. No background tracking, no data harvesting, no "phoning ...

... Family! Following up on my "deleted feature" post that went viral in the newsletter (thanks for the love! ), I wanted to get brutally honest about the numbers. I just hit $81.72 in total sales for OptiClear this week. But when I checked my "Proceeds" tab, I saw $37.42 . At first glance, seeing Apple and taxes take more than 50% of your hard work feels like a punch in the gut. But as an indie maker from T rkiye, here ... ... just a storefront. By the way, the growth wouldn't have happened without this community's advice on my previous thread. If you want to see the tool that started all this chaos, you can check it out here: OptiClear

... everyone! I just received the news that OptiClear is now fully compliant with the Digital Services Act (DSA) and verified on the App Store for the EU market. As an indie developer, I was initially a bit worried about this process. We ve all heard stories about verification loops, rejected documents, or the privacy concerns of listing contact info. But getting that "successfully verified" email felt like a small but significant victory for the global reach ...

... starts lagging just a tiny bit, or apps take 2 seconds longer to open. Most of the time, it's not the processor it's the disk struggling with thousands of tiny cache files and logs. I built OptiClear to be a 'one-click refresh' for this exact reason. Aside from cleaning your disk, what s your go-to trick to bring that "New Mac" speed back? A full restart? PRAM / SMC reset? Or just finally closing those 50+ Chrome ... ... think they need to start up the second you turn on your Mac. That 'silent' background activity is a huge resource killer. That s exactly why I focused on making the disk cleaning part as fast as possible in OptiClear

... rage-type killall node and hope I didn't break something else in the background! Having a visual, one-click kill switch for this is such a massive Quality of Life (QoL) improvement. As a fellow Mac utility maker (OptiClear), I absolutely love seeing tools that solve these hyper-specific, daily developer annoyances. Awesome feature, Arda! Comment from Arda Can K rko (@ardacankrko): @orhan_kilic  haha yeah same here, terminal history full of lsof and kill commands that whole kill ...