Macroscope v0.2.2

Highlights:

• Localization: full Turkish translation across the UI and AI-generated findings
• Project Roots: type a path directly (with validation) — no more picker-only workflow
• Keychain permission is now an explicit step in onboarding and Settings — no more silent prompts mid-test
• Bug fix: AI Provider test button no longer hangs when keychain access is denied

Macroscope v0.2.1

Highlights:

• Auto-update is here — future releases install with one click
• New: project build artifacts (node_modules, target/, .venv) are now surfaced as findings
• Reveal in Finder and Copy path on every result row
• Onboarding and Settings now clearly distinguish what Macroscope always scans vs. your custom project directories
• "Security" tab renamed to "Startup & Background" with clearer grouping

v0.2.0 — Initial preview

First public preview of Macroscope — an AI-assisted macOS audit tool that helps you understand what's actually on your disk and which apps deserve their permissions.

This is a preview release: core flows work, but rough edges remain. Feedback welcome.

Highlights

• Disk audit — context-aware scan of caches, logs, and large artifacts. Detects running apps and warns before suggesting cleanup of their data.
• Security audit — surfaces privileged daemons, launch agents, and unexpected persistence items. Flags them; you decide.
• Apps analysis — installed-app inventory with last-opened dates and per-app artifact discovery across Application Support, Caches, and Preferences.
• AI insight layer — Rust handles deterministic data collection, Claude provides per-finding explanation and risk context.
• Allowlist + audit log — every action is recorded; items can be permanently excluded from future scans.
• Tabs UI — Overview, Apps, Files, Security, and Logs.

Requirements

• macOS 12+ on Apple Silicon (aarch64)
• Anthropic API key for the insight layer

Install

1. Download the .dmg below
2. Open it, drag Macroscope to Applications
3. First launch: right-click the app → Open (build is not yet code-signed)
4. If Gatekeeper still blocks it:

   xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Macroscope.app

Known limitations

• Not code-signed or notarized — Gatekeeper warnings on first launch are expected
• Apple Silicon only; no Intel build in this release
• First-run analysis can take ~1–2 min on cold cache (subsequent runs ~30–50s)
• Long lists may overflow horizontally on narrow windows
• No auto-update — watch this page for new releases

What's next

• Code signing + notarization
• Files tab feature parity with Apps tab
• Snapshot diffs over time

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Early preview from a solo dev. Issues and feedback welcome via the issue tracker.