- Complete AboutView redesign with macOS 26 UI Kit inspiration
- Vibrancy effects and glass morphism throughout the interface
- Gradient backgrounds with dynamic color changes based on selected tab
- Hover effects with smooth spring animations
- SF Symbols 6 integration with advanced rendering modes
- Custom tab selector with pill-shaped design and gradient borders
- Floating footer replaced with integrated action cards
- 6 feature cards in 3x2 grid layout (Smart Clean, Duplicate Finder, System Safe, Performance, GitHub, Website)
- Compact header with horizontal layout for better space utilization
- App logo integration in both header and sidebar
- Automatic logo deployment via enhanced run_app.sh script
- Credits & Branding section with partner logos (Tariq Said & MWHEBA Agency)
- AsyncImageView component for remote logo loading with local fallbacks
- Professional credits layout with acknowledgments, technologies, and tools
- AppLogoView component - Reusable logo component with multiple fallback options
- Enhanced build script - Automatic asset copying and app bundle creation
- Logo asset management - Proper handling of LogoLarge.imageset resources
- Responsive design - Optimized for different window sizes without scrolling
- Modern animations - Spring-based transitions and symbol effects
- Glass morphism cards - Ultra-thin material backgrounds with subtle borders
- Local logo integration - TariqSaid-logo.png & mwheba-Logo.png in Resources
- Deletion performance boost - From 1 file/sec to 100-500 files/sec
- Concurrent processing - Batch operations with AsyncSemaphore
- Background I/O operations - Non-blocking file system operations
- Memory optimization - Efficient resource management during large operations
- UI responsiveness - Smooth interactions during heavy processing
- Button responsiveness - Fixed unresponsive UI elements
- Navigation improvements - Auto-redirect to Results after scan completion
- Color consistency - Unified AppColors across all views
- Font standardization - Consistent typography and logo sizing
- Settings integration - Proper confirmBeforeDelete functionality
Release Date: November 12, 2025
Tag: v1.0.0
Status: Production Ready
- ✅ Complete UI/UX redesign with macOS 26 inspiration
- ✅ 50000% performance improvement in file deletion
- ✅ 8 advanced scan types implemented
- ✅ Professional branding and credits system
- ✅ Frontend-backend integration (85% complete)
- ✅ Comprehensive documentation and screenshots
- Minimum file size slider for large files detection (10MB - 500MB range)
- File age threshold stepper for old files cleanup (7-365 days)
- Excluded paths management - Add/remove custom exclusion paths
- Scan threads count - Performance tuning (1-8 threads)
- Default export format picker (CSV/JSON selection)
- Default save location - Choose preferred export directory
- Include metadata in exports toggle - Add file permissions, creation dates, etc.
- Log level selection dropdown (Error/Warning/Info/Debug)
- Memory usage limits - Set maximum RAM usage during operations
- Scan timeout settings - Configure maximum scan duration
- Auto-backup before delete toggle - Automatic backup creation
- Backup location chooser - Custom backup directory
- Backup retention days stepper - Auto-cleanup old backups (1-30 days)
- Create
MenuBarManager.swift - Design compact status item UI
- Add disk space monitoring
- Implement quick actions menu
- Add notification badges
Files to Create:
Sources/CleanME/UI/MenuBar/
├── MenuBarManager.swift
├── MenuBarView.swift
└── QuickActionsMenu.swift
Key APIs:
NSStatusBar.system.statusItem(withLength: NSStatusItem.variableLength)
NSMenu with custom NSView- Create
CleanME.entitlementsfile - Update
Info.plistwith required keys - Test with sandboxing enabled
- Update permission request flow
- Add security documentation
Entitlements File:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-write</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.files.bookmarks.app-scope</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.temporary-exception.files.absolute-path.read-write</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/Caches/</string>
<string>/var/folders/</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>- Create
SplashScreenView.swift - Design animated logo
- Add fade-in/fade-out transitions
- Implement first-launch tutorial
- Add app icon gloss effect
Animation Timeline:
0.0s - 0.5s: Fade in logo
0.5s - 1.5s: Logo animation
1.5s - 2.0s: Fade out to main view
- Increase test coverage to 80%+
- Add UI tests with XCUITest
- Performance benchmarks
- Memory leak detection
- Stress testing with 1M+ files
- API documentation with DocC
- User guide with screenshots
- Video tutorials
- FAQ section
- Troubleshooting guide
- Fix scan cancellation during deletion
- Improve error messages
- Handle edge cases (empty folders, symlinks)
- Fix memory usage during large scans
- Scheduled scans with LaunchAgent
- Smart cleanup suggestions
- File preview before deletion
- Custom scan profiles
- Integration with Time Machine
- Optimize scan algorithm
- Reduce memory footprint
- Faster duplicate detection
- Background scanning
- Onboarding flow
- Tooltips and hints
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Drag & drop support
- Plugin system
- Analytics dashboard
- Cloud sync for settings
- Multi-device support
- AI-powered recommendations
- App Store submission
- Homebrew formula
- Sparkle auto-updates
- Website & landing page
- Marketing materials
- Arabic (العربية)
- French (Français)
- German (Deutsch)
- Spanish (Español)
- Chinese (中文)
- Japanese (日本語)
- None currently! 🎉
- Scan performance with >1M files
- Permission handling edge cases
- Large file deletion timeout
- UI responsiveness during scan
- Memory usage optimization
- Better error recovery
- Minor UI glitches
- Tooltip positioning
- Animation smoothness
- AR visualization of disk usage
- Siri integration
- Apple Watch companion app
- iOS version
- Browser extension
- Machine learning for file importance
- Blockchain for file verification (?)
- Quantum computing for duplicate detection (just kidding 😄)
- Scan speed (files/second)
- Memory usage (MB)
- CPU usage (%)
- Deletion speed (files/second)
- Test coverage (%)
- Bug count
- Crash rate
- User satisfaction
- Downloads
- Active users
- GitHub stars
- App Store rating
Want to help? Pick any task from this list and:
- Comment on the related GitHub issue
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch
- Submit a Pull Request
Good First Issues:
- Add tooltips to UI elements
- Improve error messages
- Write unit tests
- Update documentation
- Fix typos
- macOS 13.0+
- Xcode 15.0+
- Swift 5.9+
- Follow Swift API Design Guidelines
- Use SwiftLint for consistency
- Write descriptive commit messages
- Add comments for complex logic
# Main branches
main # Stable releases only
develop # Active development (current working branch)
# Feature branches
git checkout -b feature/menu-bar-widget
git checkout -b fix/scan-performance
git checkout -b ui/settings-redesign<type>: <short summary>
Types:
feat - New feature
fix - Bug fix
refactor - Code restructuring without behavior change
ui - UI/UX changes
test - Adding or modifying tests
docs - Documentation updates
chore - Dependencies, build, or maintenance tasks
# Good commits
git commit -m "feat: add cache cleaning engine"
git commit -m "fix: resolve crash when scanning large folders"
git commit -m "ui: update sidebar layout for dark mode"
git commit -m "refactor: optimize file scanning loop"
git commit -m "test: add unit tests for cleanup summary"
git commit -m "docs: update README installation section"
git commit -m "chore: update SwiftPM dependencies"
# For large features, break into smaller commits
git commit -m "feat: add initial cleanup logic"
git commit -m "feat: integrate UI progress indicator"
git commit -m "fix: correct sandbox permission issue"
git commit -m "ui: polish animation timing for scan button"# Merge completed features to main
git checkout main
git merge develop
git push origin main
# Continue development on develop
git checkout developLast Updated: 2025-11-12
Next Review: 2025-11-19
Maintainer: @tariqsaidofficial