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In the Advanced view, clicking the menu-bar icon opens a popover with your status and every main action:

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Switch views in Settings → Interface.

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Getting started · Finding your way around

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What's in the Advanced view's menu bar popover?

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Short answer: It shows a status header, a status block, free-space cards for both drives, the Free Up Space Now button, paired actions such as Pause, Dry Run and Rollback Last Batch, a licence card and a footer with Log, Rules and Help.

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In the Advanced view, clicking the menu-bar icon opens a popover with your status and every main action:

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  • Header — a status icon, the version and a one-line summary such as All systems normal.
  • Status block — the drive, automatic actions, quiet hours, idle time and last run.
  • Two cards — free space on your internal drive and your external drive.
  • Free Up Space Now — the primary button for the day-to-day clean-up, with live progress.
  • Paired actions — Stop Service and Pause, Run Rules Only and Dry Run, Clean App Caches and Rollback Last Batch, plus Data Transfers, Cloud Accounts and drive buttons.
  • Licence card and footer — Log, Rules, Inspect, Help and More.
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Switch views in Settings → Interface.

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