Who invited
the resource hog?
Live CPU, memory, GPU and network readings. Apps grouped with their helpers, so you can see the whole appetite.
Find the hungry apps ↗Illustrative graphic · real readings in the appNative Mac app. Questionable mascot.
Your Mac,
but hogger.
Find what’s hogging your Mac’s power
before it turns into a potato.
Live monitoring. Deep cleanup. Less digital junk.
One deeply unserious pig keeping an eye on it all.
Made for macOSLocal & privateYou stay in control
Serious tools.
Zero table manners.Go on.
Boop the hog. ↗
Zero table manners.Go on.
Boop the hog. ↗
Pigcesses✳Thermal BBQ✳Memory munchers✳Disk diet✳Cleanup crew
28 seconds. One questionable mascot.
Meet your
new sidekick.
The launch film.
Sound on for the full introduction.
Native app preview · actual interface with demonstration data · music, no narration
A little less “why is my fan screaming?”
Know your Mac.
Catch the hogs.
Your Mac has places to be. So do you. See what’s working hard, what’s taking up space, and what can go—with the final say always yours.
Who invited
an air fryer.
Keep an eye
on the sizzle.
Read available temperatures and fan speeds. Hardware support varies; the app tells you what it can see.
Monitoring only. No automatic fan control.
Big files.
Small excuses.
Explore a space map, find the largest nested files, and pause or continue a scan when it suits you.
See where it all went ↗Yes, this is a real Mac app.
Welcome to
the Hog Hub.
All that power.
Still fits in your menu bar.
Actual native interface · demonstration dataNo account. No cloud dashboard. Just your Mac.
Cleanup Crew, reporting for duty
Take out the junk.
Keep the good stuff.
Old caches. Forgotten installers. Rebuildable project files. Find the clutter, search the results, and protect anything you want to keep.
Evict an app with a clear list of related files. App data stays yours to decide about.
Inspect the cleanup crew ↗- 1
Sniff it out.
A scan reads metadata. It doesn’t remove files.
- 2
You call it.
Review exact paths. Keep what matters. Confirm what goes.
- 3
Leave a trail.
Every completed move gets a receipt. Restore eligible items from local Trash without replacing existing files.
Recent, active and incomplete items are protected. Trash isn’t emptied automatically. Recovery depends on the item still being there; older receipts and external volumes use Finder.
Big personality. Small movements.
A hog with
some manners.
The pig gives a little greeting and moves during a scan. Native image-layer animation keeps the effect simple. Hide the window and the movement stops. Reduce Motion and an off switch are built in.
Live monitoring and disk scans still use resources. Full-app performance benchmarking is ongoing.
Before you crank anything
A few
fair questions.
Can I download it yet?
Crank My Hog 1.6 is a local preview in active testing. A public download is being prepared.
Will it work on my Mac?
The current preview requires an Intel Mac running macOS 15 or later and has been tested on an Intel Mac Pro. Apple silicon builds are not included yet. Available GPU, temperature, fan, battery and system-power readings vary by hardware.
Does “crank” mean it changes system settings?
No magic turbo switch. Monitoring shows resource use; cleanup is a read-only scan until you choose files and confirm moving them to Trash. The app doesn’t overclock your Mac or automatically adjust its fans.
Can I get deleted files back?
Eligible items moved by this version can be restored through Hog History while they remain in local Trash. Existing files are never replaced. Missing parent folders, external-volume items, login agents and older receipts require manual Finder recovery. Moving to Trash does not free disk space until it is emptied.
Is my data going anywhere?
Monitoring history and receipts stay on your Mac. The app has no account, cloud sync or analytics. This website has no tracking scripts or forms; the host processes ordinary requests to serve the site.
What happened to WattPig?
New name. Same app underneath. Crank My Hog preserves WattPig and Pulse preferences and local history. Internal data-folder names still say Pulse to avoid disrupting existing installations.
1.6 / IN THE PIG PENGood Macs
Good Macs
don’t oink.
Our native Intel preview is getting its reps in.
Public download and Apple notarisation are still ahead.
Less hogs.More go.