Find space
Browse the real folders.
Use a local Finder-like browser with hidden Library locations, mounted drives, search, sorting, and inspector context.
Mac disk space analyzer for creative work
A safer storage cleanup view for video editors and photographers.
Storage Lens helps you see the caches, scratch folders, logs, downloads, generated media, and cloud-sync leftovers that fill up a creative Mac without guessing what is safe to delete.
- Runs
- Locally on macOS
- Focus
- Creative workflow storage
- Clean
- Narrow allowlist only
The problem
A creative Mac fills up with files that do not all carry the same risk.
Resolve render caches, Adobe media cache, Lightroom previews, developer build folders, downloads, cloud-sync leftovers, logs, proxies, and backups can all look like wasted space from a distance. Some can be rebuilt. Some deserve review. Some should never be automated.
Understand risk
See what kind of space it is.
Storage Lens labels rebuildable caches, review-first folders, protected locations, and never-automate data differently.
Clean cautiously
Keep one-touch cleanup narrow.
The safe clean action only touches allowlisted rebuildable cache and log contents after confirmation.
What it checks
Built around the storage reality of production machines.
DaVinci Resolve. Render caches, logs, proxy media, gallery stills, backups, project database paths, and Resolve media locations.
Adobe Creative Cloud. Media cache files, media cache databases, peak files, old Adobe caches, Lightroom previews, and review-heavy support folders.
Mac and development storage. App caches, user logs, hidden CLI caches, Xcode DerivedData, simulator data, package-manager caches, Downloads, Trash, and large user folders.
Cloud-sync review. Dropbox and Google Drive recommendations can point to local files that may be worth making online-only. Storage Lens does not move or delete cloud files.
Resolve cache cleanup guideAdobe media cache guideSafe-delete guide
Safety model
Judgment first. Automation second.
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Safe to rebuild
Generated cache and log data that apps can recreate, with app-running checks before cleanup.
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Review first
Folders that may be removable, but could contain project history, previews, proxies, backups, or working files.
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Never automate
Project databases, catalogs, source media, credentials, Messages, Mail, Photos libraries, and other sensitive locations.
Competitor angle
Not just a largest-folder list. Not a generic Mac cleaner.
Storage Lens is built around the judgment problem that generic disk analyzers and one-click cleaners can miss: a huge folder may be rebuildable cache, expensive project history, original media, or something private.
Media-aware
Resolve, Adobe, Lightroom, proxies, backups, and creative working folders are explained separately.
Local-first
The tool is designed around local inspection rather than cloud scanning.
Risk-labeled
Items are framed by cleanup risk, not only by size.
Conservative
Automation stays narrow and excludes broad parent-folder deletion.
Preview access
For Macs where storage decisions matter.
Storage Lens is currently a local browser-based tool. Public install copy should wait until the launcher, permissions guidance, support path, and release packaging are ready.
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Best for editors, filmmakers, photographers, designers, developers, assistants, and small studios who need more space without gambling with project data.