MacSense changelog

Version 6.4 · October 31, 2026

Speed Check measures your drives, memory and processor, and compares each run with your own earlier ones.
Keep Awake stops the Mac sleeping for a set time or until an app quits, and always ends by itself.
A private Mic & Camera log, and Storage now shows what grew over the last 30 or 90 days.
Pro: Check-ups adds sleep and wake history, macOS update status, profiles and system extensions, browser extensions and Change Watch. Energy Use estimates electricity use and cost.
Hover over charts for exact values, go Back and Forward between screens, search Settings, pin Favorites, and see what happened while you were away.

Version 6.3.3 · October 25, 2026

MacSense does less in the background still: the menu bar colour dots, the menu bar popovers, the Wi-Fi Scanner and the Network screen’s “Who is using the network” now stop working when the window is hidden, and the Memory, Storage Map and fan animations stop too.

Version 6.3.2 · October 25, 2026

MacSense uses much less processor time in the background: screens stop measuring while the window is minimized or closed, the checks behind the menu bar share readings instead of each taking their own, sensor and disk lookups are cached, and each menu bar item redraws only when its own value changes. New menu bar items update every 5 seconds, and a new Light background mode (Settings, Menu Bar) slows the chart and alert checks while no window is open.

Version 6.3.1 · October 24, 2026

Pro: Uninstall now says when an app was installed with an administrator password (Mac App Store apps and installer apps), and a several-app uninstall has the Ask Finder to move them to the Trash button, so Finder can ask for your password and finish the job.

Version 6.3 · October 24, 2026

Pro: Uninstall lists the apps not opened in over a year with their total size and a Tick all, says how much space an uninstall frees once the Trash is emptied, and Apps rows have Quit & Uninstall…. Clicking the Dashboard IP address copies it.
The Apps bar can be split by memory, CPU or power.
New IP address item for the menu bar (IPv4, or IPv6 when there is none) with a dropdown that lists the connection and copies the address.
Pro: Uninstall can export the installed-apps list as CSV or text, has an info button and right-click menu on each app, and Apps has Reset Columns.
Fixed: the Network, Apps, Hardware and Storage screens could keep resizing and use a lot of processor time, caused by the tab bar's scroll-to-selected-tab step. It no longer animates.
Pro: Uninstall is now its own tab under Storage, next to App Leftovers, instead of a button that opened a small window. Pick an app, see it and every file that belongs to it, untick anything to keep, and it all goes to the Trash.
Pro: apps open on the Startup screen have Quit and Quit & Uninstall… buttons, and on the Uninstall tab an open app can be quit and removed in one step (it asks the app to quit, never forces it).
Pro: the Uninstall list sorts by name, size or last opened, shows when each app was last opened, lets you tick several apps and remove them in one review, and is also in Simple mode.
Apps: click an app in the coloured memory bar to select it in the table; the App column is wider and the number columns (CPU, Memory, PID, Threads, Power, Disk, Uptime) are narrower, so more columns fit in the same window.
Network: Interfaces starts with Only show primary interface ticked, and the Dashboard header shows the primary IP address (IPv4, or IPv6 when there is none).

Version 6.2.1 · October 23, 2026

Pro: fixed Host Monitor showing a host as Down after two missed checks even when you asked for more before an alert; it now waits for your number. Quitting MacSense saves the latest Host Monitor checks, and the route monitor no longer risks a clash when stopped and started quickly.
Pro: the network tools refuse a host name that begins with a dash, and a screen group's tab bar scrolls to keep the chosen tab in view.

Version 6.2 · October 23, 2026

Pro: Path Monitor and Host Monitor join the Network tabs, and Tools gains DNS Compare (with a check for DNS interception), MTU Finder, IP Owner and a Network Report you can save as text or a PDF.
Everyone: a Certificate Inspector and Wake on LAN in Tools, and Website Check now shows where the time goes: lookup, connect, handshake and server wait.
Pro's Internet Speed also says whether delay rises when the line is busy.
Network now has an Interfaces tab: the list of connections (Wi-Fi, Ethernet, VPNs) moved off the long Network screen to its own tab.
Pro: a new Open Ports tab lists every port on this Mac that is waiting for a connection and the app that opened it, says which can be reached from your network, and flags unfamiliar programs. It also tells you when the macOS firewall is off.
What MacSense sent has its own tab under Privacy. Pro adds Check now, which matches the log to the connections MacSense really has open, and the log now also covers app update checks and update downloads.
Fixed: the Healthy status at the top of the window no longer sits in a box inside a box.

Version 6.0 · October 22, 2026

Pro: when a drive won't eject, MacSense names the app holding it open and offers Quit and Eject; Large & Old Files can remove the local copy of an iCloud file instead of deleting it everywhere.
Pro: macsense diagnose and macsense checkups in Terminal, one crosshair across the Comparison charts, and Move to Trash from the Storage Map. Pro's unlock is now kept in the Keychain and nothing runs before it is unlocked.
Screens in a sidebar group are tabs with a dot on the one that needs a look, plus Command-Shift-[ and ]; Storage Map and Uninstall an App are easy to find.
Update speed applies at once, Settings… in the menu bar opens Settings, the Dashboard shows its live tiles sooner, and the folder you pick once is used by Large & Old Files too.
Fixed: custom themes colour every card, there is one main window so the processor numbers agree, the Disk scan no longer restarts when you switch tabs, and Timeline hours read as times.

Version 5.8 · October 22, 2026

Pro: a Backup check-up that says when Time Machine last backed up, and a row of chips at the top of Check-ups that shows what needs a look and jumps to it.
Pro: Free purgeable space on the Disk screen releases the local Time Machine restore points and then reports what was really freed; a Developer caches card selects Xcode and package-manager caches in one step.
An optional low-battery alert for Bluetooth accessories, and an Alerts MacSense sent list on the Timeline screen.
Command-K now also finds running apps and files, MacSense reopens on the screen and sort you left, and new users get a short tour.
Diagnose says what each button does, tiles fade between colours, and upload lines on the network charts are dashed.

Version 5.7.4 · October 22, 2026

Fixed: MacSense used about a fifth of a processor core with the Dashboard open. The live numbers no longer animate, and the Dashboard and Network screens use roughly a quarter of the processor time they did.

Version 5.7.3 · October 21, 2026

A new Internet quality card on the Network screen: whether your connection looks healthy, slow, dropping out or down, with a short graph. It only runs while the screen is open.
A Network card in an app’s details window, an optional alert when one app uses a lot of network, and click an app on the network card to open its details.
Hover the live traffic charts for exact speeds, and export the Apps list as CSV or copy it as text.
MacSense uses less processor time: free disk space is read at most every 30 seconds.

Version 5.7.2 · October 21, 2026

An All apps list under the “Who is using the network” diagram, with every app’s speed and an estimate of what it has moved since you opened the screen.
Fixed: the live traffic chart on the Network screen no longer draws outside its frame.

Version 5.7.1 · October 21, 2026

Fixed: the “Who is using the network” diagram on the Network screen no longer flickers, and the screen uses less processor time.

Version 5.7 · October 21, 2026

Optional Watch my Check-ups (Settings, Advanced): notifications when a protection is switched off, an app keeps the Mac awake for hours, or an app’s memory keeps growing; a dot on Diagnose; and an optional weekly app-update check.
A Quit button beside the app keeping the Mac awake, crash loops counted once, and an Open Console button.
A steadier disk forecast with a likely range, and a small graph beside memory that keeps growing.
Wi-Fi totals survive sleep, wired traffic has its own line, and the card shows last month and this month’s pace.
Fixed: the screen-lock check no longer says “right away” for a delay, and impossible sensor readings are left out.
Both battery capacity figures are shown where the Mac reports two.

Version 5.6 · October 21, 2026

A new Check-ups tab under Diagnose: whether FileVault, the firewall, System Integrity Protection, Gatekeeper and the screen lock are on; why the Mac won’t sleep; which apps have been crashing; how USB and Thunderbolt devices are connected; and which apps have updates.
A Charger card on the Battery screen.
A disk forecast on the Disk screen, and a warning on the Memory screen when an app’s memory keeps growing.
Optional data totals per Wi-Fi network, with a monthly limit.

Version 5.5.1 · October 21, 2026

Fixed: the Sensors screen no longer shows a battery capacity of 100% and a missing cycle count. It now shows the battery’s real health and charge cycles.
The battery temperature is read from the battery sensor again, so the Battery screen and the warm-charging alert work on current macOS.

Version 5.5 · October 21, 2026

A small ⓘ beside apps in Apps, App Leftovers, Large & Old Files, the Storage Map, the Disk screen and the Busiest apps chart: press it to see what the app is and what it does. Nothing is looked up until you press it, and answers are remembered.
The info window has buttons for what to do next: Show in Finder, Quit, Tick for removal, Keep it.
The Battery tile now shows the battery’s grade, condition and charge cycles, with a wear line once there are a few weeks of readings.
Hover cards on the Storage Map, and a new By app grouping in Large & Old Files.

Version 5.4 · October 20, 2026

A Battery tile on the Dashboard: charge, charging state and time left or to full (laptops only; it turns amber at 20% and red at 10% while unplugged).
Dashboard layouts (Essentials, Performance, Battery focus, or everything) and up/down arrows to put the tiles in your own order.
Name your sensors: right-click a sensor in All Sensors and choose Rename; the original key stays beside your name.
A Shortcuts and Siri action, Get battery status.
An optional notice when the battery has sat full on power for most of a week.

Version 5.3 · October 20, 2026

Fixed: moving a file to the Trash from Large & Old Files no longer says “It changed since it was found” when nothing changed.
Large & Old Files: a type icon, size bar and coloured age on every row, and a Group menu (by folder, type or age).
A bar that stays in view with how much is ticked and how much it will free, and quick ticks for the biggest 10 or files over a year old.
Keep files or folders out of the lists for good, from a right-click.
An optional monthly reminder about files untouched for a year.

Version 5.2.3 · October 19, 2026

App Leftovers: while a name filter is on, a new button selects everything the filter found (and Deselect all clears the ticks). It only ever selects what the filter shows, and the confirmation still lists every item before anything moves.
Fixed: the Undo bar after a clean-up stayed for half an hour with no way to close it. It now has a close button; the items stay in Recently Cleaned and can still be put back.

Version 5.2.2 · October 19, 2026

Tells you up front if this copy of MacSense Pro doesn't have Full Disk Access, with the steps to add it, on App Leftovers and Uninstall an App.
Fixed: when macOS refused to move something, MacSense always said to give it Full Disk Access, even if it already had it. It now shows the actual error, says whether this copy has Full Disk Access and where it is running from, and only suggests the permission when it is missing.
Removing an app itself now points to App Management, a separate macOS switch.

Version 5.2.1 · October 18, 2026

When macOS won't let MacSense Pro move another app's data to the Trash, a new button asks Finder to do it instead. Finder already has the permission; macOS asks you once whether MacSense Pro may control Finder. It works in App Leftovers and Uninstall an App, needs no Full Disk Access, and you can put items back from Recently Cleaned.
Clearer steps for Full Disk Access if you prefer that route: click + under the list to add MacSense Pro, or use the new button to show the app in Finder and drag it in.

Version 5.2 · October 18, 2026

Optional notice when an app you removed left files behind (Settings › Alerts), matched by the app's exact ID. It never deletes anything: you review it in App Leftovers.
A wildcard filter on App Leftovers (*chrome*, com.google.*, ? for one character), and search in Startup and Background agents.
Quick Look a big file in Large & Old Files before deciding.
Uninstall an App shows how much room each app takes, and keeps Apple's apps hidden until you tick the box to show them.
Fixed: when files couldn't be moved to the Trash, the screen only counted them. It now lists each one with the reason; if macOS is protecting another app's private data it says so and opens Full Disk Access. Closing Uninstall an App no longer rescans App Leftovers.
Optional warm-charging alert on the Battery screen, a heads-up before the first automatic Home scan, and a clear “use with care” notice on every screen that removes files.

Version 5.1.1 · October 18, 2026

Fixed: freeing Time Machine snapshot space now reports how much was actually freed. It used to compare a total that includes purgeable space, so it could say nothing was freed when gigabytes were.

Version 5.1 · October 18, 2026

Clock speed for every core on M-series Pro, Max and Ultra chips, in the Processor screen and the Clock menu bar item.
Fixed: the Battery screen shows capacity and cycle count on newer macOS.
Quit (and Force Quit) apps straight from the menu bar dropdowns.
Storage shows Time Machine's local snapshots and can free the space they hold, after a clear warning that the recent restore points on this Mac are lost.

Version 5.0.1 · October 18, 2026

Fixed: in Simple mode, Dashboard tiles open their screen properly, with its sidebar row and tabs.
Fixed: the Dashboard no longer asks MacSense Pro users to choose a folder to scan.
A smaller download: a duplicate copy of the menu bar helper is gone.

Version 5.0 · October 18, 2026

A tidier sidebar: related screens share one row with tabs at the top (Hardware, Storage, History and more), about ten rows instead of twenty-five. Each row remembers the tab you used last.
Menu bar sensor items (Clock speed, Temperature and fan, Power) now keep running after you quit MacSense Pro, like the other items.
A real speed test: Tools › Internet Speed runs macOS's own test, with download, upload and responsiveness. Public IP now asks Cloudflare, which is more reliable.
The first time Pro opens on a Mac with MacSense from the App Store, it brings over your settings and history.
Disk, Large & Old Files and App Leftovers start on your Home and Library folders by themselves.
The Clock menu bar item is no longer offered on chips MacSense can't read the clock speed of yet.

Version 4.9.1 · October 18, 2026

Fixed: Look up what it does no longer shows a different app with a similar name (such as Parallels Desktop for VMware Fusion). A match by name now has to be the same app; otherwise it says the App Store doesn't list it and offers a web search.

Version 4.9 · October 18, 2026

What is this app? See who made an app, where it came from and what it does before you remove it: About This App… in Apps, What is this? in App Leftovers. Looking up a description asks the App Store and sends only the app's ID or name.
Storage Map drill-down: measures everything once, then opening a folder and going back are instant. Double-click a tile, use the list beside the map, or click any folder in the path; ⌘↑ goes up. Right-click a file in Large & Old Files to see it in the map.
Fixed: apps and other bundles now show at their real size in the Storage Map.
The window title shows the version you are running.

Version 4.8 · October 18, 2026

Apps shows each app once with its helper processes folded in, so Google Chrome's real total is one row. Click the arrow to see the helpers; pausing an app pauses its helpers too.
A new Trend column draws each app's last minute and says whether it is Spiking, Settling, Busy or Calm. Sort by Busy the longest.
On battery, the Power column shows what each app costs (≈ 9% an hour), heavy apps are marked Drains battery, and a line says which apps cost the most.
After you quit apps, a card shows the memory freed and how processor use dropped, says if an app is still open, and offers to reopen it.
Watch an app: right-click it and choose Watch… to be told when it stays busy or uses a lot of memory. Settings › Alerts lists your watched apps.

Version 4.7 · October 18, 2026

Paused menu bar items show a pause mark and say why (Low Power Mode, idle, or display asleep), instead of a dash that looked like a failed reading.
New: keep menu bar items updating in Low Power Mode, from Settings › Menu Bar Items or right in the item’s dropdown. They still pause when your Mac is idle or the display is asleep.

Version 4.6 · October 15, 2026

The App Store edition installs MacSense Pro for you, checks it is genuine, and fills in your unlock code. You still press Activate.
Settings › Privacy lists every time MacSense reached the internet, and exactly what each request carried.
Uninstall an App removes an app together with the files that belong to it, matched by its exact ID, with Undo in Recently Cleaned.
App Leftovers says whether each item is likely or only possibly left over, and why, has fewer false matches, and stays quick with thousands of entries.
Fixed: the daily update check now starts at launch, and links no longer open a second window.

Version 4.5 · October 14, 2026

Simple mode speaks plain English: the Dashboard tiles say Processor, Graphics, Internet and Storage, each with a word like Light work or Plenty of room, and only the charts you act on.
In Simple mode, Apps is a plain list of the apps you opened, busiest first, with one sentence saying which one to look at and a Quit button.
Diagnose explains what each "Fine" means, and Help has "Words you'll see": CPU, memory pressure, swap, purgeable space and more, in plain sentences.

Version 4.4 · October 14, 2026

Customize the menu bar: choose how each item looks (value, icon, graph or status dot), its colour, colouring by value, how often it updates and what its dropdown shows. Drag to reorder, and changes show straight away.
Menu bar presets (Minimal, Essentials, Graphs, Status dots, Everything), your own saved setups, and export or import a layout file.
Sort the Apps list by any column, choose which columns to show, and right-click an app to copy its details, show it in Finder, or pause and resume it.
App details show the path, parent process, user, launch arguments and open network ports.
Custom alerts can watch swap, battery, the hottest sensor, fan speed and a lost internet connection, and can run one of your Shortcuts.
Pin sensors with live graphs, export readings to CSV, keep a daily readings log, and use the new macsense command in Terminal.
A Displays card and the startup disk's self-check result.
Fixed: the battery health alert never fired, and the network item showed a dash when set to bits per second.

Version 4.2 · October 14, 2026

The Timeline can now answer "what was my Mac doing then?": pick a moment on the day's chart to see the CPU, memory, heat and the busiest apps.
The Used-Mac Check is now the Mac Health Report: save it as a PDF and choose what it includes.
A Comfortable or Compact density setting, and a one-column Dashboard in narrow windows.
Smoother number and gauge motion, calmer loading and error screens, and three new themes: Graphite, Ocean and Sunset.

Version 4.1 · October 14, 2026

A Recently Cleaned screen shows everything moved to the Trash and the space freed, with Undo for each cleanup, even after a restart.
Diagnose has a "Fix it for me" button per problem, then re-checks and shows your health score moving.
Processor and memory alerts name the app behind them, with Snooze, Ignore this app and Quit.
The mini dashboard is now in the App Store edition, and there are two new widgets: Choose a metric and Why slow?
Spanish now covers the whole app, including sheets, menus, widgets, dates and file sizes.

Version 4.0 · October 14, 2026

"Why is my Mac slow?" now names the apps behind a slowdown, with Quit and Relaunch buttons.
Undo after a clean-up, healthy-day streaks, and a Share my week picture.
Pro sees every process; Diagnose shows what it checked; Comparison charts start full.
Confetti and a gentle glow for good results and attention tiles, an optional mini dashboard, and widget buttons.

Version 3.4 · October 13, 2026

Screens are ready to use: Disk opens with a Startup disk card, Diagnose runs its checks straight away, and History explains what will appear on day one.
One-click "Scan my Home folder" and "Look in my Library folder" in Disk, Large & Old Files and App Leftovers.
Charts on the Dashboard, Memory, Network and Processor start with recent history instead of empty.
The Timeline names the busiest app of each hour; background agents have readable names; Startup shows app icons.
No Battery screen on Macs without a battery; a Sensors highlights row; a redesigned Used-Mac Check; clearer wording throughout.

Version 3.3 · October 13, 2026

A redesigned Dashboard: one large health card that leads with the answer, a header with your Mac's own picture and chips, and tiles that all show a number and a trend.
"Where your memory is going" replaces the Summary card.
A live status chip and a Search box in the title bar, and coloured sidebar icons.
Themes use one accent colour, with neutral card borders.

Version 3.2 · October 13, 2026

Battery doctor: a grade from your battery's own capacity and cycle count, how you charge it (time sitting full, deep discharges, warm charging), and what to change.
An optional "charge until X%" reminder, with a button to the macOS charge limit.
The daily battery capacity reading now comes from the battery itself, so the trend and the estimate of when it reaches 80% use the real figure.

Version 3.1 · October 13, 2026

Fixes a freeze that could happen when opening Settings and scrolling in version 3.0.

Version 3.0 · October 13, 2026

Themes: Modern, Calm, Colorful, Midnight and Mono, chosen in Settings.
Per-app network lists now appear within a second or two instead of after a five-second wait.
The Wi-Fi Scanner shows networks straight away and fills in names as they arrive.
Settings shows which hardware readings work on your Mac, and protects against a macOS update breaking one.
MacSense only reads your hardware: nothing in the app can change fan speeds or write to the Mac's hardware controller.

Version 2.9 · October 13, 2026

Live visuals: a core activity strip on Processor, a liquid memory tank, a battery life curve, and a sunburst view of disk space.
A new Insights screen with a heat map of when your Mac works hardest, plus a scrubbable timeline of CPU, memory and heat.
A radar sweep while MacSense checks your Mac, a shareable before-and-after card, and an optional mood face in the menu bar.
A live network flow map, a health score widget, and a quick pill under the menu bar for busy apps and charging.

Version 2.8 · October 13, 2026

Power draw: a Dashboard card and a menu bar item showing how much power your Mac is drawing, with the GPU's share.
New menu bar items for processor clock speed and for temperature with fan speed.
A live preview of your menu bar in Settings, and a Dashboard Summary that uses the full window width.
Also since 2.4: three more menu bar items (disk, battery, heat), Processor cores card, eject drives, and tidier Dashboard panels.