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TrailSift press kit

Everything you need to write about TrailSift: the facts, descriptions at three lengths, screenshots in light and dark, a demo video and the icon. All of it is free to use in coverage of TrailSift.

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The facts

What it isA Mac app that finds the record of where you've been, in the places other cleaners miss, and clears what you choose
DeveloperItch Studio Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Version1.3.3, released 15 October 2026, in English, German, French, Spanish and Japanese (first released 10 October 2026)
RequiresmacOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon or Intel. Notarized by Apple.
PriceThe audit is free. TrailSift Pro is £15, $19 or €17, a one-time payment covering all of the buyer's own Macs. Launch offer: £10, $13 or €11 until 19 January 2027.
PrivacyNo account, no analytics, no tracking. The only thing TrailSift asks the internet is whether a new version is out.
Open sourceThe audit script, under the MIT licence: github.com/Itch-Studio/trailsift-audit
Linkstrailsift.com · Download · What it checks · How it compares
Review licencesFree Pro licences for reviewers: support@trailsift.com

Descriptions

In one line

Your Mac keeps a record of where you've been. TrailSift finds it and clears it.

Short

TrailSift for Mac finds the record of where you've been that other cleaners miss: download logs, remembered networks, addresses, photo locations. Free audit.

Long

Your Mac keeps a quiet record of where you've been. macOS logs every file you download, with the address it came from, and leaves that address on the file itself. It remembers every Wi-Fi network you've joined, everyone you've emailed or messaged, and the words you've typed. Browsers keep lists of secure sites that survive clearing history, photos record where they were taken, and deleted apps leave their folders and startup items behind. Private browsing stops none of it.

TrailSift checks more than 30 of these places, reading only, and shows what's in each: how many, how big, from when, and what it is. Then it clears what you choose, after showing you exactly what will go. Files go to the Trash, databases are backed up for a week, and an app's data is only touched while that app is quit.

The audit, Photo Locations and the Hand Over This Mac checklist are free. TrailSift Pro, a one-time £15, $19 or €17, clears what you choose, removes apps with everything they keep, and adds the Clean Up Wizard, scheduled clean-ups and Word Search.

Video

The demo, in 45 seconds.

An audit, a clean-up and three of the tools, on demo data rather than a real Mac. 1920 by 1080, with captions and no sound, in five languages.

The demo's title card: the TrailSift icon, its name and Clear the traces other cleaners miss
TrailSift demoRun an audit, choose what to clear, see exactly what goes, and check it's gone. Download MP4: English · Deutsch · Français · Español · 日本語

Screenshots

Light and dark, 2880 by 1800.

They show demo data, not a real Mac. The previews follow your system's appearance; download either version below each one.

TrailSift's Overview page, with demo data
OverviewWhat the audit found, the space Clean Up could free, and the shortcuts. Light PNG · Dark PNG
TrailSift's Clean Up page, with demo data
Clean UpEvery trace that can be cleared, chosen before anything changes. Light PNG · Dark PNG
TrailSift's Photo Locations page, with demo data
Photo LocationsPhotos that say where they were taken, and copies without it. Light PNG · Dark PNG
TrailSift's Remembered Addresses page, with demo data
Remembered AddressesThe addresses Mail and Messages suggest, forgotten one by one. Light PNG · Dark PNG
TrailSift's Wi-Fi Networks page, with demo data
Wi-Fi NetworksEvery network the Mac has joined, with when it was last used. Light PNG · Dark PNG
TrailSift's Hand Over This Mac page, with demo data
Hand Over This MacA checklist for selling or passing on a Mac. Light PNG · Dark PNG

Icon

The TrailSift icon.

The TrailSift app icon

1024 by 1024 pixels, a PNG with transparency. Download the icon. Please use it as it is, without changing its shape or colours.

About Itch Studio

TrailSift is made by Itch Studio, a small independent studio in the UK that makes apps for Apple devices. It's sold directly from trailsift.com rather than through the Mac App Store, because the App Store's sandbox would stop it reading the places it checks.

Using these materials

You're welcome to use the descriptions, screenshots and icon in articles, reviews and videos about TrailSift. For anything else, an interview, a review licence or a question, email support@trailsift.com.