{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "reviewedOn": "2026-10-01",
  "name": "Mint for Mac",
  "publisher": "DZG Studio LLC",
  "website": "https://mintstorage.app/",
  "pricingUrl": "https://mintstorage.app/pricing/",
  "guideUrl": "https://mintstorage.app/build-journey/how-mint-works/",
  "minimumMacOS": "14",
  "architectures": [
    "Apple silicon",
    "Intel"
  ],
  "positioning": "Smart Storage. For you and your agents. Automatic file organization and storage care for everyday workflows; agent access through CLI and MCP is available in Mint Direct.",
  "productMethod": {
    "summary": "Mint looks at what data is, where it came from and whether it is in use. Then it separates opportunities to store it more efficiently, things you can clean, personal decisions and files to keep.",
    "outcomes": [
      {
        "label": "Optimizable",
        "action": "Keep files. Use less space.",
        "detail": "Eligible identical copies share storage while every file stays in place. Supported idle files and Codex screenshots can also take less space without losing the content the workflow needs."
      },
      {
        "label": "Safe to clean",
        "action": "Review what can go.",
        "detail": "Review identified caches, build output, old logs and app leftovers with their reasons and current-use checks. Some data will be rebuilt or downloaded again when needed."
      },
      {
        "label": "Yours",
        "action": "You decide what to keep.",
        "detail": "Your files, apps, conversations and media need your judgment. Choose the items and read what each action removes; personal content is not disposable just because it is large or old."
      },
      {
        "label": "Keep",
        "action": "Leave required data in place.",
        "detail": "Required, active, protected and uncertain data stays unchanged. System and app data that Mint cannot justify changing is not presented as space to recover."
      }
    ],
    "ongoingCare": [
      "Auto Care runs the supported Disk, folder and memory routines you enable, within the scope and schedule you choose while Mint is running.",
      "Organize files by source, type, date or topic, with a preview and a record of the moves. Review app memory and release it separately from disk cleanup.",
      "Auto Care requires Mint Unlimited after a 7-day trial (Direct 1.0.83 or later). Disk and Memory Auto Care require Direct 1.0.80 or later; manual organizing and memory release remain free and unlimited in Direct. Memory is also available in Setapp, but not the Mac App Store edition."
    ],
    "agentScope": "Mint Direct’s CLI and MCP let an agent inspect storage, understand growth and review supported cleanup. The current MCP execution tool moves eligible scan-plan items to Trash with a receipt. Conversation optimization, media removal, storage sharing, folder setup and memory management are reviewed in the app; they are not all MCP actions.",
    "referenceUrl": "https://mintstorage.app/agent-safe-file-operations-mac/"
  },
  "direct": {
    "summary": "Free to download, with no account or card. Disk scans, manual file organizing and manual memory release are unlimited. Disk cleanup includes a shared, one-time 1 GB allowance. Auto Care is free for 7 days in Direct 1.0.83 or later, then requires Mint Unlimited. Cleanup, Optimize, compression and app uninstall share that allowance; it never expires or resets. To clean beyond that, buy once for $39.99 plus $20 for each additional Mac, up to five, or choose Rent to Own for one Mac: four monthly payments of $9.99 ($39.96 total before tax).",
    "free": {
      "expires": false,
      "unlimited": [
        "disk scans",
        "manual file organizing",
        "manual memory release"
      ],
      "sharedCleanupAllowanceGB": 1,
      "allowanceResets": false,
      "autoCareIncluded": false
    },
    "oneTime": [
      {
        "devices": 1,
        "price": 39.99,
        "currency": "USD",
        "includedUpdateYears": 1
      },
      {
        "devices": 2,
        "price": 59.99,
        "currency": "USD",
        "includedUpdateYears": 1
      },
      {
        "devices": 3,
        "price": 79.99,
        "currency": "USD",
        "includedUpdateYears": 1
      },
      {
        "devices": 4,
        "price": 99.99,
        "currency": "USD",
        "includedUpdateYears": 1
      },
      {
        "devices": 5,
        "price": 119.99,
        "currency": "USD",
        "includedUpdateYears": 1
      }
    ],
    "rentToOwn": {
      "devices": 1,
      "monthly": 9.99,
      "payments": 4,
      "totalBeforeTax": 39.96,
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "updates": "Covered versions remain usable. Later major upgrades are optional paid purchases. Existing orders keep their receipt terms."
  },
  "appStore": {
    "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6762415711",
    "access": "Separate seven-day trial, Monthly subscription and Lifetime purchase through Apple.",
    "excluded": [
      "Memory",
      "Uninstall",
      "CLI",
      "MCP"
    ]
  },
  "setapp": {
    "url": "https://setapp.com/apps/mint",
    "access": "Purchase and access follow Setapp’s offer for Mint. A general membership promotion does not establish this app’s entitlement.",
    "excluded": [
      "CLI",
      "MCP"
    ]
  },
  "retiredFeatures": [
    {
      "name": "Redact",
      "retiredOn": "2026-09-13"
    }
  ],
  "recovery": "Eligible operations require the files and history to remain available. History retains up to 90 days or 5,000 batches. Permanent deletion, emptied Trash and removed conversation media cannot be undone.",
  "privacy": {
    "url": "https://mintstorage.app/privacy",
    "fileAnalysis": "On device",
    "usageSharing": "On by default after the disclosed Welcome acknowledgement from Direct 1.0.76 and Setapp 1.0.36; earlier choices are kept. App Store requires a separate opt-in. Limited Direct/Setapp app-opened and setup signals continue when sharing is off."
  }
}