Pankaj Kholiya

Maker of Strata

Pankaj Kholiya makes Strata, the disk space analyzer and cleaner for macOS, and builds, signs and releases every version of it. These guides come from what that work turns up: where macOS keeps things, what is safe to remove, and what the other tools do differently.

On X as @Panku005. Questions about Strata, and corrections to anything written here, to support@stratamaccleaner.com.

Articles

Your Startup Disk Is Almost Full: What to Do on a Mac macOS 27 System Data Huge After Updating? What to Check WizTree for Mac: What WizTreeMac Does, and Alternatives TreeSize for Mac: Free and Paid Alternatives Compared SpaceSniffer for Mac: The Closest Alternatives in 2026 idleassetsd: When Aerial Wallpapers Fill Your Mac's Disk System Data on Mac: What It Is and How to Shrink It Purgeable Space on Mac: What It Is and How to Free It Where Are iPhone Backups Stored on Mac? Find and Delete Them How to Delete Ollama Models (and Other AI Models) on Mac How to Clear Cache on Mac (and Which Caches to Leave Alone) Best Uninstaller for Mac in 2026: 8 Apps Compared Best Mac Cleaner Apps in 2026: An Honest Comparison Best Disk Space Analyzers for Mac in 2026, Compared AppCleaner Alternative: AppCleaner vs Strata's Uninstaller WinDirStat for Mac in 2026: 5 Alternatives Compared OmniDiskSweeper Alternatives: Size-Sorted Disk Lists on Mac GrandPerspective Alternatives for Mac in 2026 DaisyDisk vs GrandPerspective: Which Mac Disk Map in 2026? CleanMyMac Alternative: CleanMyMac vs Strata in 2026 DaisyDisk Alternative: DaisyDisk vs Strata for Mac (2026) Disk Inventory X on Apple Silicon: What Still Works in 2026 Full Disk Access on Mac: How to Turn It On, and Is It Safe? Find Duplicate Files on Mac Without Deleting the Wrong One Mac Startup Items: What Really Starts When Your Mac Boots How to Show Hidden Files on Mac, and Which Ones Use Space Uninstall Mac Apps Completely: The 9 Places Leftovers Hide How to delete files on a Mac without regretting it How to find large files on a Mac (and why the sizes lie) What is actually taking up space on your Mac