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Commerce · February 7, 2011

Space Gremlin, my christmas project just accepted for the Mac App Store

Space Gremlin, my christmas project just accepted for the Mac App Store launched on February 7, 2011 with 41 votes, #20 of 163 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 15 years on.

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In plain words

Space Gremlin is a Mac application for visualizing and cleaning up hard drive space. It scans local and external drives to show users what is taking up storage, with the option to focus on specific folders or home directory locations. The tool runs on Mac OS X 10.6 and higher and is available exclusively through the Mac App Store.

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Space Gremlin 2.0 has finally arrived! More features have been added to make Space Gremlin the most powerful tool for visualizing and cleaning up your drive in OS X. Try it out now to see how much space you could clean up on your Mac. Built for Mac OS X 10.6 and higher. Exclusive to the new Mac App Store. From the instant you open Space Gremlin you'll have access to all your hard drive volumes and external drives ready to scan. If you prefer you can also limit your search to popular places within your home directory. Clicking a folder takes you in to our finely tuned scanner that beats all the competition. A lot of time and care went in to making sure Space Gremlin could provide the most…from spacegremlinapp.com

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