Winston

Understand your Mac.

The companion that explains what needs attention, why it matters, and what to do next, without a technical manual.

Notarized by Apple No credit card One-time purchase Private by design

Try Winston free for 14 days

Everything unlocked, no credit card, nothing cleaned without your approval. Notarized by Apple. Current download: Winston 0.4.0.

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Launch offer

A healthier Mac. One payment.

No yearly renewal and no growing maintenance bill. Buy Winston once and keep using this version.

$17.99 launch price · once · not a subscription

Introductory launch price. Your licence key is emailed to your PayPal address after checkout.

Paste the key in Winston to unlock. Discount codes work in checkout. Notarized by Apple. macOS 14 or newer.

What your licence gives you

  • Plain-English explanations before you take action
  • Storage cleanup and complete app removal
  • Performance, privacy and developer insights
  • Keep Awake, on-device Winston and automation
  • A lifetime licence for this version

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Built for how you actually use a Mac

Different jobs. Same confused Mac.

Winston is one app with clear answers for the people who hit these problems hardest.

Your Mac tells you almost nothing

You notice the problem. Finding the cause is the hard part.

Activity Monitor, Storage Settings and Finder show numbers. They rarely explain what changed, what is safe to remove, or whether you should be concerned.

  1. 01

    Your Mac feels slow, but you do not know why

    Several apps, background jobs and low free space can collide at once. Restarting may hide the symptom without finding the cause.

  2. 02

    Free space disappears faster than expected

    Developer tools, downloads, mail, app caches and local AI models can quietly consume tens of gigabytes.

  3. 03

    Deleting an app does not delete everything

    Support files, caches and preferences remain scattered across your Library, sometimes using more space than the app itself.

  4. 04

    Generic cleaners ask you to delete things blindly

    “8GB of caches” is not enough information. You deserve to know what created them, whether they matter and what happens after removal.

  5. 05

    Maintenance tools become another monthly bill

    You should not need an ongoing subscription just to understand and maintain the Mac you already own.

Built for how people work now

See why Winston exists

Your Mac runs longer jobs and heavier tools. Winston explains what needs attention and what is safe to do next.

Why Winston ›

See Winston in action

A clearer way to look after your Mac

Every area starts with an explanation and leads to a safe next step.

Your starting point

Open it and know what needs attention

Home brings recommendations, storage, memory, CPU and battery together. Winston tells you what is worth doing now.

Winston Home showing recommendations and Mac health

Get your storage back

See where the space went before deleting anything

Safe cleanup, Mail, disk growth, folders and duplicates in one view, with an explanation of what can be recovered.

Winston Storage overview with safe cleanup

Stop guessing

Ask your Mac what is going on

Ask why it is slow, why the battery is draining or where storage went. Answers come from live local information.

Explain My Mac with private on-device assistance

One app. The important jobs covered.

More ways Winston keeps your Mac under control

Use only what you need. Every area follows the same explain-first approach.

Find wasted space

Duplicates, oversized folders, old Downloads and Mail attachments without searching by hand.

Remove apps completely

Find the support files ordinary deletion leaves behind in your Library.

Keep development lean

Inspect Docker, Xcode, Homebrew, package caches, Ollama and LM Studio from one place.

Keep Awake for long jobs

Prevent idle sleep during agent runs, builds and downloads, from the menu bar when you need it.

Start up with less baggage

See which apps launch automatically and remove the ones you no longer need.

Let routine maintenance run

Schedules for repeatable housekeeping. Check or run each routine whenever you choose.

Your Mac should not require a technical manual.

Winston turns system data into four useful answers: what is happening, why it is happening, what you should do, and whether Winston can do it for you.