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Hyperspace

Hyperspace finds files with identical contents and then reclaims the disk space taken by all but one of the identical files—without removing any of the files . To learn more about how Hyperspace works, please read the FAQ. Hyperspace is available in the Mac App Store.

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Releases

1.7.1 - August 9, 2026

Improved recovery when a clone operation fails before the target file has been modified.

Layout fixes and improvements to the settings and purchase screens.

1.7 - August 6, 2026

Improved reclamation efficiency and reliability.

Improved scan source validation and error handling.

Improved search performance in the review and errors windows.

Improved the control and presentation of alerts and other dialogs.

Improved the handling of locked and append-only files.

Added post-reclamation verification of resource fork storage sharing.

Fixed several state sync bugs in the review window.

Fixed a bug that could allow an acknowledged abort to resurrect itself.

Fixed several byte accounting bugs when a scan or reclamation is aborted.

Fixed a bug that caused celebration animations to run when a reclamation was aborted.

Fixed a bug that could cause a dialog loop when a scan or reclamation was aborted.

Fixed a clone consolidation bug when reclaiming three or more identical clone families.

Fixed a bug that disabled the checkbox in the column header of the review window.

Fixed a bug that could cause multiple main windows to appear.

Added a defense against hanging when opening a FIFO or character device.

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1.6.3 - July 11, 2026

Added the ability to copy file group information from selected rows in the review window.

Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect savings calculations when interrupting a reclamation.

Improved the detection of files changed by other processes during reclamation.

1.6.2 - June 21, 2026

Reduced the peak memory usage during long scans.

Added more detailed information about entitlements.

In the review window, show the potential savings for unselected identical file groups.

Fixed a bug that could prevent the review window from refreshing at the end of a reclamation.

1.6.1 - June 18, 2026

Added Shortcuts support.

Improved the handling of Family Sharing purchases.

1.6 - June 11, 2026

Added support for loading and saving sets of scan sources to files.

Added document commands to the File menu: Open, Close, Save, Save As, etc.

Added menu commands for the main app functions: Scan, Review, Reclaim, etc.

Made item swaps atomic when the “free storage space immediately” setting is disabled.

Fixed a bug that could cause valid items to be filtered out of scans incorrectly.

Fixed a bug that allowed scan sources to be changed while scanning or reclaiming.

Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect savings calculations for identical file groups that contain multiple existing clones.

Fixed a bug that caused incorrect filtering in the errors windows.

Fixed several bugs related to scan source drag-and-drop.

Fixed several UI bugs in the allowed file types list.

Improved the handling of failed clean-ups.

Improved access control list verification.

Improved the detection of existing clones.

Improved purchase transaction processing.

1.5.10 - May 30, 2026

Removed the “Source Only” option from the context menu for a scan source when a scan is in progress.

1.5.9 - May 15, 2026

Minor stability and performance improvements.

1.5.8 - April 9, 2026

Improved the performance of exports from the review window.

Added a progress spinner during large exports from the review and errors windows.

Improved the accuracy of the savings calculations for file groups with existing clones.

Added clone id information to the data exported from the review window.

1.5.7 - April 4, 2026

Improved the consolidation of existing clone files during reclamation.

Fixed a bug that could cause the source index for a file group to be out of bounds.

Fixed a bug that prevented files with certain extended attributes from being reclaimed.

1.5.6 - March 31, 2026

Fixed a bug that caused some operations on multiple items in the review window to fail.

1.5.5 - March 19, 2026

Fixed a layout bug in the Advanced settings dialog.

Minor performance improvements.

1.5.4 - March 13, 2026

Improved expired transaction handling.

1.5.3 - February 17, 2026

Further protection against scan sources that are parents or children of other scan sources.

Minor performance improvements.

1.5.2 - February 14, 2026

Added preflight access requests for more Library directories.

Improved the performance of the review window when opening it for the first time after a scan that found a large number of eligible files.

1.5.1 - February 8, 2026

Improved the performance of path parsing during scans.

Improved search query highlighting in the review window.

Improved the display of cloud storage file paths in the review window.

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