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title: "Tidy Mac vs OnyX: maintenance toggles or explained cleanup?"
description: "OnyX is a free Mac maintenance utility full of scripts and toggles. Tidy Mac explains your storage in plain English and clears only what you approve."
url: https://tidymac.space/compare/tidymac-vs-onyx/
updated: 2026-10-16
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# Tidy Mac vs OnyX

OnyX is a free Mac maintenance utility full of scripts and toggles. Tidy Mac explains your storage in plain English and clears only what you approve.

Updated October 2, 2026By the Tidy Mac team

The short version

Pick OnyX if you are comfortable with maintenance scripts, cache rebuilds and hidden system settings, and want them free. Pick Tidy Mac if your goal is to understand and safely shrink System Data: it explains each part, sorts junk by safety, cleans to the Trash with undo, and shows your free-space trend in the menu bar.

## Side by side

Feature

Tidy Mac

OnyX

Plain-English explanation of System Data

Yes

Not a focus

Junk sorted by how safe it is to clear

Yes

No

Maintenance scripts and hidden settings

No, by design

Yes

Moves to the Trash first, with undo

Yes

Deletes as part of maintenance tasks

Free-space trend and low-space alerts

Yes

No

App uninstaller with leftovers

Yes

No

Price model

$9.99 once, 2 Macs

Free

Based on [OnyX’s public website](https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html), October 2026. Prices and features change; [tell us](mailto:hello@tidymac.space) if something is out of date.

## Who should pick which

### Pick OnyX if…

-   You want free maintenance scripts and hidden system settings
-   You know what each option does and want full control
-   You don’t need explanations

### Pick Tidy Mac if…

-   You want to know what is using space before changing anything
-   You want clear safety triage instead of technical checkboxes
-   You want a heads-up before your disk fills

## About OnyX

OnyX by Titanium Software is a free utility that runs macOS maintenance tasks, rebuilds caches and indexes, and exposes many hidden settings. Each macOS version needs its matching OnyX version.

![](/img/brand/tidy-128.png)

### Get Tidy Mac

See what fills your Mac, System Data included. $9.99 once, on two Macs, with everything going to the Trash first. Use both tools if you like.

[Download](/download/TidyMac.dmg) [Buy for $9.99 once](/buy/)

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**Tidy Mac**

See this on your own Mac in under a minute. $9.99 once, 2 Macs.

[Download](/download/TidyMac.dmg)