Scan Application Scripts, Containers and FileProvider directories for
entries that share the app bundle-id prefix (e.g. share extensions,
file-provider extensions) so they are included in uninstall cleanup.
Show "Bluetooth devices may disconnect briefly during refresh" before
actually restarting bluetoothd, so the user is not surprised by a
momentary disconnect.
Add a lightweight top-level entry cap to Containers and Group
Containers scanning. When a cache directory exceeds the threshold,
skip the expensive per-item du/find size scan and take a partial-size
/ "cleaned" output path instead. Replace find-piped-to-read loops
with pure-bash glob iteration to cut external process overhead.
Closes#586
Replace LastRecommendedUpdatesAvailable defaults check with unified
softwareupdate -l --no-scan parsing. Add caching layer and teach the
parser to distinguish macOS updates, Background Security Improvements,
Rapid Security Responses, and non-macOS entries so each gets an
accurate title in the output.
Fix reset_softwareupdate_cache() to also reset the in-memory
SOFTWARE_UPDATE_LIST_LOADED flag, and add a regression test.
Closes#585
Add MOLE_TEST_MODE=1 checks to skip AppleScript osascript calls
and sudo operations that trigger system permission dialogs during tests:
- lib/check/all.sh: Skip login items listing
- lib/clean/apps.sh: Skip running app detection
- lib/clean/user.sh: Skip Finder trash operations and sudo test calls
- lib/core/log.sh: Skip sudo status check in debug log
- lib/uninstall/batch.sh: Skip login item removal
Also add MOLE_TEST_MODE=1 export to all test files that load
these modules to ensure consistent test isolation.
Before deleting .download/.crdownload/.part files, check lsof to
detect open file handles. Files held by an active browser process
are skipped with a warning instead of being deleted.
Fixes a case where a 12GB IPSW being downloaded in Safari was
removed mid-download because the .download bundle matched the glob.
Add hint_is_system_binary() to short-circuit detection for plists that
use /bin/*, /usr/bin/*, /usr/libexec/* etc. as their program path.
These are custom scripts, not app-backed launch agents, so the stale
detection logic does not apply. Previously the function relied on the
absence of AssociatedBundleIdentifiers as an implicit skip, which could
fail on certain macOS plutil edge cases.
Also add teardown() in clean_hints.bats to explicitly remove the
LaunchAgents directory after each test, and add run_with_timeout mock
in the "skips custom shell wrappers" test to prevent mdfind from
influencing results. This eliminates the intermittent failure where
test 70 showed "Review:" in output without "Potential stale login item:".
Add ~/Library/HTTPStorages/<bundle-id>.binarycookies to targeted uninstall
cleanup. WKWebView creates both a directory and a .binarycookies file under
HTTPStorages; only the directory was previously covered. Affected apps include
cmux (com.cmuxterm.app) and Tuna (com.brnbw.Tuna).
Also add ~/Library/Preferences/<bundle-id> directory detection for apps like
VLC (org.videolan.vlc) that store preferences in a directory rather than a
.plist file.
The path column in 'mo purge' selection was capped at 60 characters
regardless of terminal width. On wide terminals (120+ cols) this caused
long project paths like ~/GitHub/Ulama/transformer-project to be
truncated unnecessarily to ~17 visible characters.
Remove the hard 60-char cap and let the available terminal space be the
only upper bound, which is already computed as:
available_for_path = terminal_width - fixed_overhead
Paths now use as much space as the terminal allows while still keeping
the size and artifact-type columns readable.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Sequential du calls with 15s timeout each meant N artifacts × 15s of potential
wait when paths are on slow storage (network mounts, Syncthing, large dirs).
Now all du processes are launched concurrently; total time is bounded by the
single longest call (≤ 15s) rather than N × 15s.
fix(protection): protect CoreAudio paths in should_protect_path (issue #553)
Add com.apple.coreaudio*, com.apple.audio.*, and coreaudiod* to the protected
path patterns so deep-clean cannot touch audio subsystem caches, reducing risk
of audio output loss on Intel Macs running macOS Sequoia.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
When no artifacts are found during scanning, `menu_options` remains an
empty array. With `set -euo pipefail` active, expanding `${menu_options[@]}`
on an empty array causes a fatal "unbound variable" error (line 1325).
Add an early-return guard after the spinner stops: if no items were found,
print a friendly "No artifacts found to purge" message and exit cleanly.
Fixes#546
- Add global caching for `detect_architecture`, `get_darwin_major`, `get_optimal_parallel_jobs`, and `is_ansi_supported` to reduce subshell overhead.
- Improve robustness of `get_lsregister_path` by returning 1 on failure.
- Enhance security of `get_user_home` by replacing `eval echo` with `id -P`.
When Mole is called from GUI applications (e.g., SwiftUI apps), the
request_sudo_access() function would fail with '/dev/tty: Device not
configured' error because /dev/tty is not available in non-TTY contexts.
This commit adds automatic detection of the runtime environment and uses
macOS native password dialog (via osascript) when running in GUI mode,
while preserving all existing TTY behavior including Touch ID support.
Changes:
- Detect TTY availability before attempting terminal-based authentication
- Use osascript to display native password dialog in GUI mode
- Maintain backward compatibility with all terminal-based workflows
- Ensure secure password handling (unset after use)
Fixes commands like 'mole clean', 'mole optimize', 'mole purge' when
invoked from GUI applications.
- Use array slicing instead of manual loop for splitting dirs
- Remove redundant early returns with duplicated safe_clean calls
- Consolidate cache/logs cleanup to single location at function end
- Fix undefined ICON_SKIP, use ICON_SUCCESS instead
- Reduce code from 46 to 27 lines with early return pattern
- Consistent styling with other whitelist skip messages
- Add whitelist checking to clean_dev_go() function
- Check both GOCACHE and GOMODCACHE before cleaning
- Show appropriate messages for protected caches
- Fix whitelist pattern from ~/go/pkg/mod/cache/* to ~/go/pkg/mod/*
- Split Go cache into separate build and module entries
Fixes#521
- Add simctl availability check before attempting cleanup
- Capture and analyze error output for better diagnostics
- Implement fallback: manual deletion when simctl fails
- Provide specific error hints (permission, in-use, service issues)
- Skip early when no unavailable simulators exist
- Show partial success status when some deletions fail
Error scenarios now handled:
- simctl not available → skip with friendly message
- Permission denied → show hint and try manual deletion
- Device in use → show hint and try manual deletion
- CoreSimulator service issues → show hint
- Partial failures → show "partially cleaned X/Y"
Fixes#520
