Changelog

Download update — August 12, 2026 · Opens without an internet check

• The copy of Sweepr in the download now opens without needing the internet. macOS checks that an app has been approved by Apple before it runs for the first time. That approval can travel inside the app itself, and in the download it did not — so the first launch had to reach Apple to confirm it. Offline, behind a hotel or campus login page, or when Apple’s service was slow, that check could fail and macOS would report that Sweepr “cannot be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.” The approval now travels with the app, so the first launch works with no connection at all.
• Automatic updates were never affected — the copy they install already carried its approval.
• The installer window opens at the right size. It was one title bar too short, so the artwork behind the drag-to-Applications arrow was cut off along the bottom and the window opened already scrolled. It now fits exactly.
• The app itself is unchanged: same version, same signature. Only the download was repackaged, so there is nothing to do if you already have Sweepr installed.

Site update — August 12, 2026 · Readable buttons and small print

• The buttons in the header say what they say. The Tip and Download pills were drawing their label at 55% opacity over a colored fill, which measured as low as 1.6:1 against it — well under the 4.5:1 the accessibility guidelines ask for. Their labels are now solid, and the fill behind them is set a shade deeper so the text genuinely clears that bar.
• The Subscribe and Support buttons too. Their labels were colored for one end of a two-color gradient and disappeared into the other end. Both now use a single fill that the label is legible on all the way across.
• The newsletter note, the “More apps” caption and the version line under the download button were all set too faint to read comfortably; each is now above the AA threshold.
• Keyboard shortcut chips are legible against their own background.
• The screenshot viewer no longer makes every visit quietly re-download this page as if it were an image — a wasted request on each load.
• No change to the app.

Site update — August 11, 2026 · Clearer search results

• The description under this site in Google is no longer cut off. It ran past the length Google shows and broke mid-word; it now reads as a complete sentence.
• Sharing a link to the privacy, terms or changelog page now shows a proper preview card instead of a bare URL.
• The sitemap now reports when each page actually changed, so search engines re-check pages that have been updated instead of assuming they are stale.
• No change to the app.

Site update — August 10, 2026 · Screenshots retaken

• Retook both screenshots so they show a folder of sample files rather than a real one. Same screens, same features — the board with its piles, and a pile expanded to the individual files. No change to the app.

1.0.0 — August 6, 2026 · Initial public release

First release. Sweep the mess out of Downloads — see every move before it happens, undo any sweep after.

• Preview-first triage board — Sweepr scans one folder and sorts its top level into eleven obvious piles (Screenshots, Images, Documents, Installers, Archives, Audio, Video, Code & Data, Fonts, Apps, Everything else), showing real counts and sizes. Nothing moves until you press Sweep.
• Per-pile switches and per-file opt-out — turn a whole pile off, or expand it and untick individual files. The number on the Sweep button always reflects what will actually happen.
• No delete code path — Sweepr only ever moves files. It cannot delete, and it cannot empty the Trash.
• Never overwrites — a name collision becomes file (2), and the destination name is reserved atomically, so two files can never collapse into one even if something else is writing to the folder at the same moment.
• Journal-first sweeps — the undo record is written and flushed to disk before the first file moves, and each completed move is appended before the next begins. A crash or power cut mid-sweep leaves every moved file on record and undoable.
• One-click undo from History — every sweep on record can be reversed on its own, days later, and undo is collision-safe on the way back too.
• Hold back recent files — files from the last 24 hours stay put by default, and the app says how many it held. Dial it to a week, 30 days, or off.
• Left alone and reported — downloads still in flight (.crdownload, .part, .download, torrent temp names), anything modified in the last minute, hidden files, symlinks, and your own subfolders. Sweepr never recurses into subfolders, so an already-organized project folder is untouched.
• Retarget any pile — point Images at ~/Pictures or Installers at an external drive via the → chip. Cross-volume moves are done with the macOS copyfile API, so Finder tags, “where from”, permissions and timestamps survive the trip.
• App bundles move whole — a .app is technically a folder but obviously one item, so it is filed under Apps as a single thing.
• Lifetime odometer — files swept and bytes organized, kept locally; undo counts it back down.
• Keyboard and accessibility — ⌘R rescan, ⌘↵ sweep, ⌘Z undo, ? for shortcuts. Every control is reachable by Tab, dialogs trap focus and close on Esc, and the whole UI meets WCAG 2.1 AA.
• Automatic updates — signature-verified via Sparkle, checked about once a week, and switchable off.
• Signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple. Universal build for Apple Silicon and Intel. Light and dark mode. Free for personal use; $5 one-time commercial license.