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DiskPrune vs CleanMyMac

They are not the same category. CleanMyMac is a paid subscription suite: malware scans, updaters, and a cleaner that markets large “cleaned” numbers. DiskPrune is a native storage instrument. Scan is free. Cleanup is a $19 lifetime license. The only mutation is moving approved items to Trash.

Price

DiskPrune is $19 once, up to three Macs you own or control, 14-day refund. CleanMyMac is a subscription (and often a Mac App Store upsell). If you want an antivirus-plus-updater-plus-cleaner bundle, that is their product. If you want to understand why the volume is full and then trash specific known locations, paying yearly for a suite is the wrong shape.

What happens to files

DiskPrune cannot permanently delete. There is no removeItem fallback, no empty-Trash call, no snapshot deletion. A dry-run sheet says “Nothing has changed yet.” The receipt reports estimated recoverable, moved to Trash, and storage immediately available as three different numbers — because they are.

CleanMyMac’s marketing treats cleanup as a cleaned-gigabytes event. That is a different trust model. We will not race them on a bigger number.

System Data, Xcode, Docker

DiskPrune names Xcode DerivedData, protects Docker.raw, and lists APFS snapshots without a delete control. Those three are the usual “System Data is huge” story. A suite that offers to sweep them in one click is offering to be wrong in a way you cannot undo.

Read System Data, DerivedData, and Docker.raw if that is the actual problem on your Mac.

Notarization

Both ship notarized. DiskPrune is a Developer ID signed, notarized, and stapled DMG — it opens with a double-click. Download it.