You don’t need to run the fix after the scan if you have any concerns. It is read only.Īfter the scan you can examine the results in whatever level of detail you wish. I choose what to run and press one button called scan. Some guy complained that he has to run each scan individually. It runs when I launch it and stops running when I quit. Again it is a maintenance utility and it isn’t running in the background. It has never scrambled my file structure. I use CleanMyMac once a month, run once and done.
I use Social Fixer to have an ad free Facebook on my laptop and filter stuff in my time line that I believe is fake news Never click on them but not nearly as annoying as the YouTube ads that interrupt whatever I am watching for 4 or 5 seconds before I am allowed to click skip ads. I turn it off on sites I trust like this one. I use UBlock Origin running in the background to filter adware, malware, and other junk. Now maybe you can configure it to run in the background and check all your downloads and e-mails as they arrive but If it even does that, I don’t use it. Reviewers damage good places and products when they get them confused with crappy places and producrs. The reviewer is writing about a different place or product and it is almost always a strongly negative review. I see that confusion all the time, from Google maps and TripAdvisor to Yelp and MacUpdate. It doesn’t run in the background so he was clearly writing about a different product. Others are not a conplaint but how you can get 5 other cheaper or free apps to do what CleanMyMac does. Most of the complaints are about the price and the switch to an annual subscription model. The only way you will know for sure is to test it in an environment where there is no harm if it proves you are right.Īs they used to say on TV: Try it! You’ll like it! If you support a lot of Macs, the next time you have a spare machine, load it with your standard setup and run CleanMyMac on it. I just like it a lot and use it frequently. I am not an affiliate with a link so I can get a commission if you buy it. Just to be clear, I don’t work for them nor am I being compensated in any way for writing this.
I have had a lot more problems running Apple software than CleanMyMac. It is not like Cocktail or Onyx both of which can really screw up your machine if you change settings without knowing what you are doing and why. My point is my machine is in a constant state of flux.Īnd I have never had a problem running CleanMyMac. I load a lot of software to try out and get rid of a lot too. I only have one Mac, and I will bet you mine is way more complex with utilities and add ones than the average corporate machine. There are a lot of garbage cleaners and first-aid apps out there. Please do not confuse CleanMyMac with malware like MacCleaner. Don’t you think the publisher would have gone out of business if this app was dangerous? I think rattlesnake tastes terrible, although I have never tried it.Ĭan you produce any evidence of this particular app causing any problems say in the last 3 to 5 years. You are certainly entitled to you opinion. That is my experience going back to Sierra. Having this I got rid of MacUpdate, Malware Bytes, AppZapp, and a few other utilities that CleanMyMac makes redundent.
If you have Time Machine nothing it does is permanently destructive.
All available app updates, and in most cases you can update through tbe app, although it does take longer because it is downloading and installing the app.Proper uninstall of apps and supporting files.In fact, I don’t think it does anything at all in the system files or libraries. I like it because it has some extra features That don’t mess with any system files. You control exactly what it does or doesn’t do.
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