homebrew-macsift

Homebrew tap for MacSift — a transparent disk cleaner for macOS Tahoe.

Install

brew tap Lcharvol/macsift
brew install --cask macsift

Then open MacSift:

open /Applications/MacSift.app

On first launch, grant Full Disk Access in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access.

Update

brew upgrade --cask macsift

brew update also checks for new releases automatically when you run brew outdated --cask.

Uninstall

brew uninstall --cask macsift

To remove preferences, the audit log, and everything MacSift wrote outside the .app bundle:

brew uninstall --cask --zap macsift

Note that Homebrew can't undo the Full Disk Access grant — you'll need to remove MacSift manually from System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access.

Why a personal tap and not homebrew-cask proper?

MacSift is ad-hoc signed (no paid Apple Developer ID yet). The official homebrew-cask repo prefers notarized apps and tends to push back on casks that need Gatekeeper workarounds. Once MacSift is notarized, the plan is to submit a PR upstream so brew install --cask macsift works without adding a tap.

License

The cask file is MIT. MacSift itself is MIT — see MacSift/LICENSE.