
Mole 1.13.0
Mole: Mac system maintenance app for cleaning and optimization

Mole is the all-in-one system maintenance solution for Mac users who want complete control over their computer's performance without juggling multiple tools. By consolidating cleaning, optimization, analysis, and health monitoring into a single app, Mole simplifies Mac maintenance and frees up valuable disk space.
What You Get
Comprehensive Cleaning & Optimization
Remove junk files in seconds—clear caches, logs, and temporary files; eliminate app remnants and startup clutter from your Dock; and handle system maintenance tasks with a single click.
Transparent, Security-First Approach
Mole operates locally with zero network uploads of your files or browsing history. Before any action is taken, you'll see exactly what will be removed and how much space you'll recover—then confirm before cleanup begins.
Smart Performance Monitoring
Get real-time insights into CPU, memory, GPU, disk, network, battery charge, and temperature usage. Analyze disk space visually with interactive tree-view maps to identify what's consuming room on your drive.
Safe & Intelligent
Deep disk scanning with full access combined with automatic detection means Mole actively skips anything suspicious, protecting your system while delivering thorough results. No guesswork—just safe, reliable maintenance.
The Result
Keep your Mac running smoothly, maximize disk space, and maintain peak system health—all without compromising privacy or security.
Version 1.13.0:
- Software updates: Chrome, WhatsApp, and Brave can now update inside Mole when a compatible package is available. Mole verifies the download before replacing the installed app, verified website packages never join Update All without confirmation, and installer handoffs stay explicit.
- Update reliability: App Store and installer updates remain pending until the app on disk changes. Update All refreshes the list so completed apps are not downloaded again after another update fails. Homebrew retries only unfinished items, with ordinary apps first, hidden updates near the bottom, and Homebrew last. Mole also recognizes Universal Purchase Mac updates such as MindNode without treating their iOS deployment target as a macOS requirement, and avoids false updates caused by Craft's iPhone/iPad release, Atlas prereleases, staged ChatGPT builds, and R's formatted bundle version.
- Uninstall: Shared media is shown for review without being preselected. Removing package-installed apps also clears their installers and background updaters, preserves unrelated Homebrew apps, and closes running apps cleanly. If an app is restored or reinstalled while its leftovers are being removed, Mole stops before touching the new installation.
- Clean and Optimize: WeChat, ChatGPT, browser, and Helium caches can clear without quitting their apps. Xcode device logs are covered, home-level dependency folders are no longer mistaken for one project, and every reviewed cache is checked again for path changes and active use before deletion. System-service cleanup preserves bundled helpers and anything still referenced by a launch item. Clean offers Scan Again after a scan, while system repairs leave Dock, iCloud, Safari, usage history, managed fonts, and active VPN tunnels alone.
- Status and Analyze: CPU core groups, memory use, and system health now follow macOS definitions; disk figures follow free-space changes, and snapshot cleanup reports real reclaimed space. Process details identify their service and startup source, aliases remain visible in Analyze, and the menu bar panel fits a 13-inch screen.
- Battery and everyday tools: Battery Care resumes charging correctly, Charge to 100% is reliable, and fan presets recover when macOS takes control. Clean Screen adds a persistent Never mode, while timed Keep Screen On sessions restore the right mode and remaining time.
- Result details: Clean, Uninstall, and Optimize now share one quieter result layout with readable grouped reasons, consistent status marks, localized labels, and details after every completed run.
- Onboarding and interface: Mole’s app icon, in-app mark, favicon, and website navigation now share the refreshed mole identity. Fresh installs open without a white flash, and the first-run screen keeps permission, trial, purchase, and license choices compact and aligned in every language. Startup matches the row height, section spacing, and content alignment of Updates and Uninstall. Refresh controls, everyday text, and update metadata are calmer, while startup-item removal, Analyze trash actions, and process termination share compact, restrained confirmations with clearer actions, outcomes, recovery details, and failure messages.
- Reliability: Closing the main window with Cmd-W now keeps Mole in the Dock in normal mode. In menu-bar-only mode, an open window remains reachable through Cmd-Tab and returns to the menu bar after closing. Activation, system-service startup status, duplicate leftovers, dialog hover isolation, and tab-bar alignment are also fixed. Thanks to 38.5 for thoughtful suggestions on Mole's security and activation experience.
Frequently asked questions
How do I install the app?
Mount the image, drag the app into the "Applications" folder and launch it. If the system blocks the launch, allow it in "System Settings → Privacy & Security".
The app is damaged or won't launch
Reinstalling from a fresh image usually helps. Make sure your macOS version matches the one listed in the compatibility specs.
How do I update?
Download the new version from the site and install it over the current one — your settings will be preserved.
The download link doesn't work
Try a mirror or a download manager. For large files the browser often drops the connection.
How do I completely remove the app?
Use an uninstaller utility — it cleans up the service files that remain after moving the app to the trash.
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Mole 1.13.0 · 18.32 MB
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Mole 1.13.0
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