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Before installing
Which Macs does Brisa need?
macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. Nothing else: no account, no network, nothing to install first.
Is it a big download?
Less than a photo: the installer is 460 KB, and the app 1.1 MB once installed.
Why is it not on the App Store?
It is handed out by hand. Getting into the App Store takes a developer certificate and passing a review; until then, macOS asks you to confirm the first launch.
How much does Brisa cost?
Nothing. It is handed out free and complete: no account, no subscription, no paid version and no locked features. If it helps you, you can support the project from the bar.
Permissions and privacy
What does Brisa send over the network?
Nothing, unless you ask for it. No account, no analytics, no version check. The only exception is “Help improve Brisa”, and it sends only what you decide.
Why does it ask for Full Disk Access?
To measure the folders macOS protects: Documents, Desktop, Downloads, Photos, iCloud, Mail and Messages. Without it, Brisa works the same and tells you what is missing.
Where does it keep what it measures?
In “~/Library/Application Support/Brisa/”: Brisa Trash, the history, your exclusions and a sample of the Mac’s state. You clear it from the app.
What it does to your disk
What exactly does a cleanup delete?
Caches apps rebuild, downloads nobody opened, repeated copies, old installers and whatever was already in the system Trash. Never photos, documents or music.
Can I undo a cleanup?
Yes: what was removed waits in Brisa Trash with its date. It is restored one item at a time, and you set the window in Settings.
What about uninstalling an app?
Yes, and Brisa warns you first. Only what you mark is removed; what other applications share stays.
How does it choose which duplicate to keep?
It prefers the best quality, the one closest to hand and the most recently used. You can change the pick before applying anything.
Day to day
What does automatic maintenance do?
It runs in the background, as often as you choose—every night, on weekends or once a month—and empties Brisa Trash when the retention window expires. When it finishes it tells you how much it freed.
Can I remove Brisa completely?
Yes, in two steps: the “--reset” command removes the maintenance and all local data, and then you delete the app from Applications.
Your Mac, as good as new.
In one minute you will know how much space you were hiding from yourself.