Clusters for Mac
Background file compressor (formerly known as Squeeze).
$12.95
In English
Version 1.7.2When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
Clusters overview
Clusters is a background file compressor, which uses FS-compression technology to transparently compress the folders you configure it to process. OS X will read those files normally, they will just take less disk space.
What’s new in version 1.7.2
Version 1.7.2:
- Fixed a couple of issues with the menu icon when running on OS X 10.9.
- Important: Running Clusters version 1.6.x (or earlier) on OS X 10.9 may trigger a serious incompatibility problem that could cause some of your files to appear as if they had zero bytes (your data is still there, though; it just looks like it cannot be accessed). If you used an old version of Clusters in any of the Mavericks developer betas and run into this issue, please upgrade and contact support@latenitesoft.com so we can help you fix the affected files.
- The menu icon can be hidden again.
- When using multiple displays, the menu icon no longer appears several times.
Clusters for Mac
$12.95
In English
Version 1.7.2
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Dec 28 2017
Version: 1.7.2
This was a great little app, as it stands now I can't seem to get it to work since the 10.13 upgrade.
This app was a great way to gain a few extra GB of disk space on a packed HD. I also found on older systems (ones without SSDs) that it actually reduced the load times of larger applications, in some cases quite substantially...
Since the Mac OS X 10.13 update this doesn't appear to break anything, but it sits permanently idle. When I try adding a folder to the app I'm warned that it appears I'm adding a folder that is not part of the boot volume (even though I am)...
It may simply be that apple's new format no longer benefits from what this app does. If you are using an older system pre-dating 10.13, and especially if you have a non SSD, I'd still recommend this app.
This app was a great way to gain a few extra GB of disk space on a packed HD. I also found on older systems (ones without SSDs) that it actually reduced the load times of larger applications, in some cases quite substantially...
Since the Mac OS X 10.13 update this doesn't appear to break anything, but it sits permanently idle. When I try adding a folder to the app I'm warned that it appears I'm adding a folder that is not part of the boot volume (even though I am)...
It may simply be that apple's new format no longer benefits from what this app does. If you are using an older system pre-dating 10.13, and especially if you have a non SSD, I'd still recommend this app.
Nov 25 2015
Version: 1.7.2
I guess development on this is dead?
Does anyone know if it works with 10.11?
If not are there any alternatives? Terminal commands?
Nov 16 2015
Version: 1.7.2
The last blog entry on their website is from March 2012...:-/
Anyway, Clusters has been working ok for years, here on OS 10.9.5. In fact, when installed, and once it has compressed the files, you don't even know it's there — I was wondering if it was still working, indeed! ;-)
To check the gain, the easier solution I found is to Get Info on a big folder and compare it to the result for a Terminal command (du -sh path_to_the_folder) — multiplied by 1024×1024×1024, if you want a fair reading, Finder considering that 1 KB = 1000 bytes).
The result for my /Applications folder gives 36GB against 28GB, a nice 8GB gain!
If you're interested in HFS+ file compression, this article highlights a few utilities: http://www.cnet.com/news/unix-commands-for-managing-hfs-compression-in-os-x/
Some links are broken, but you'll easily find them — afsctool seems what you need to use for compressing files and folders without copying them.
Feb 10 2014
Version: 1.7.2
I have been waiting since Dec. 20th for this company to respond to my tech support request. I can't get my serial number to register in a second account on the same machine. Supposedly, I'm supposed to be able to, but it won't work, and they won't get back to me...
