Petal 0.1.0

The first release of Petal: a fast, exact disk-space explorer for macOS with a live sunburst chart.

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Highlights

• Live from the first second. The chart fills in while Petal reads, and you can explore before the scan finishes.
• Fast. A whole Mac (about 6 million files) in roughly 25 seconds.
• Exact. For the startup disk, the chart adds up to the disk's used space, to the byte.
• Findings. Xcode build files, simulators, caches, node_modules, the Trash and more, each labelled Safe to delete or Review first.
• Savings you can trust. APFS clones and hard links are counted once, so "frees" means what it says.
• Collector. Gather what you don't need and move it all to the Trash in one go.
• Private. Petal reads file metadata only. It never sends anything anywhere.

Install

1. Download Petal-0.1.0.dmg below, open it, and drag Petal into Applications.
2. Open Petal. Because this build isn't notarized by Apple yet, macOS will say it can't verify the app. Click Done, then go to System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway next to the message about Petal. You only need to do this once.
   (Or, in Terminal: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Petal.app)
3. For a complete picture, give Petal Full Disk Access when it asks. It works without it, but some folders stay private to macOS.

Requirements: a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 13 Ventura or later.

SHA-256 of Petal-0.1.0.dmg: 64140fa0befed33b7e3ce31ebcd53b302643dc56da7d75f1b7a1eb721def15a5