Tech Specs
Plugin formats
Minus Six reads the standard plugin folders and groups every format of a plugin into one product.
DAWs it recognizes
Minus Six finds the DAWs installed on your Mac and knows which formats each one loads. A format none of them loads is marked as unused.
- Logic Pro
- GarageBand
- MainStage
- Final Cut Pro
- Ableton Live
- Pro Tools
- FL Studio
- Cubase
- Nuendo
- REAPER
- Studio One
- Bitwig Studio
- Reason
- Digital Performer
- Maschine
- Komplete Kontrol
- Gig Performer
- Renoise
- Audacity
Intel-only plugins
On Apple silicon, Minus Six reads each plugin’s binary (Mach-O header) and flags plugins built only for Intel. They run under Rosetta in some hosts, or not at all.
DAW projects
Projects in your home folder and /Users/Shared, with their audio, bounces and backups counted together.
- Logic Pro (.logicx)
- GarageBand (.band)
- Ableton Live (.als)
- Pro Tools (.ptx, .ptf, .pts)
- FL Studio (.flp)
- Cubase (.cpr)
- Nuendo (.npr)
- REAPER (.rpp)
- Studio One (.song)
- Bitwig Studio (.bwproject)
- Reason (.reason)
- DAWproject (.dawproject)
- Renoise (.xrns)
- Audacity (.aup3, .aup)
Sound libraries
Standard library locations, sized one by one.
Disk mode
- Interactive map of any disk or folder
- Breakdown by file type: apps, audio, video, plugins, libraries, caches and more
- System and hidden data, shown as its own category
- “What is this file?” — identifies a file and the app it belongs to
- Free up space: app caches, logs, Xcode data, simulator caches, Mail attachments, developer tool caches, installers, old large downloads, the Trash
Safety
- Nothing is removed until you select it and confirm.
- Every item is marked Safe, Review or Keep. Items marked Keep can’t be selected.
- macOS system files protected by System Integrity Protection are never touched.
- Everything you remove goes to the Trash, so you can put it back.
- No automatic cleaning, no background jobs.
Privacy
- Reads file metadata — names, sizes, types — not file contents.
- Your scan never leaves your Mac.
- No tracking, no analytics, no ads.
Full Disk Access
macOS hides some folders — Mail, the Trash, parts of the system and other apps’ data — from every app by default. With Full Disk Access, Minus Six can read their names and sizes and show the complete picture. It doesn’t let Minus Six remove anything on its own, and you can turn it off any time in System Settings → Privacy & Security.