Q: What does Hyperspace do? A: Hyperspace searches for files with identical contents within one or more folders. If it finds any, it can then reclaim the disk space taken by all but one of the identical files— without removing any of the files! You can learn more about how this is done, if you’re interested, but the short version is that Hyperspace uses a standard feature of the macOS file system: space-saving clones. The Finder does the same thing when you duplicate a file. Q: What are terms that I should know before reading this documentation? A: The following words and phrases will be used in this document and throughout the Hyperspace user interface: Scanning : The process of examining files to determine if they are candidates for reclamation . Reclamation : The process of replacing a set of files that have identical contents with space-saving clones of each other, reclaiming disk space . When a file is “reclaimed” that means it is replaced with a space-saving clone.…