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Q: CleanMyMac 3 - Are Good

Hi guys,

 

a lot of people here told me to rid out of CleanMyMac 3 from my Mac.

 

Why? Isn't so good?

 

I used it for years and now I really consider to know why I need to uninstall it!

MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Apr 27, 2016 8:24 PM

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  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Apr 27, 2016 8:26 PM in response to ckonrar
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    Apr 27, 2016 8:26 PM in response to ckonrar

    It is no good. Uninstall it before it corrupts your disk drives.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Apr 27, 2016 8:32 PM in response to ckonrar
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    Apr 27, 2016 8:32 PM in response to ckonrar

    Your Mac doesn't need to be "cleaned" short of a soft cloth to periodically remove the dust that settles on it.

  • by i90rr,

    i90rr i90rr Apr 27, 2016 8:37 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Apr 27, 2016 8:37 PM in response to Allan Eckert

    Hi Allan, can you provide any example? I've been using it for a while and so far so good -- maybe I'm a lucky guy?

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Apr 27, 2016 8:44 PM in response to i90rr
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    Apr 27, 2016 8:44 PM in response to i90rr

    I have helped a number of my friends reformat their disk drives after CMM3 finished corrupting it to the point where the disk drives were no longer usable. Some of them suffer data lose because of this.

     

    After that my recommendation is any app that claims to clean, speed up, or make a mac more secure is not to be trusted and should never be installed on a Mac.

     

    Yes, I would say you are extremely luck if it have not caused you problems.

  • by i90rr,

    i90rr i90rr Apr 27, 2016 10:39 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Apr 27, 2016 10:39 PM in response to Allan Eckert

    Okay, that's good data.

     

    I tend to be aligned with your view on the subject, however the way I use CMM3 is quite limited - mostly for removing surplus language packages when installing a new app.

     

    Anyway, thanks for your advice, will keep an eye on it.

  • by Esquared,

    Esquared Esquared Apr 27, 2016 11:52 PM in response to i90rr
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    Apr 27, 2016 11:52 PM in response to i90rr

    Even removing 'surplus languages' can royally mess up your system.

  • by i90rr,

    i90rr i90rr Apr 27, 2016 11:56 PM in response to Esquared
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    Apr 27, 2016 11:56 PM in response to Esquared

    Interesting, how's that? To the best of my knowledge all what the application does is remove the involved directories (translations, man pages and so forth).

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Apr 27, 2016 11:56 PM in response to i90rr
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    Apr 27, 2016 11:56 PM in response to i90rr

    To add to what Equared said…

    Even removing 'surplus languages' can royally mess up your system.

    There are software packages that expect certain languages to be installed and if they aren't, the software will not run correctly if at all.

  • by i90rr,

    i90rr i90rr Apr 28, 2016 12:01 AM in response to dialabrain
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    Apr 28, 2016 12:01 AM in response to dialabrain

    There's a lot of badly coded apps nowadays (I never came across any _that_ badly coded).

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Apr 28, 2016 12:03 AM in response to i90rr
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    Apr 28, 2016 12:03 AM in response to i90rr

    Obviously you just want to argue. Multiple users had to reinstall their OS after running software such as Monolimgual to remove languages. You can do what you like. As they say, "It's your funeral".

  • by i90rr,

    i90rr i90rr Apr 28, 2016 12:08 AM in response to dialabrain
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    Apr 28, 2016 12:08 AM in response to dialabrain

    No I don't want to argue and I don't know anything about that Monolingual app (will check it later).

     

    What I do like is to learn the 'why' of things, not to blindly swallow doctrine. In any case, dropping to the terminal and issuing a `cp -r` before removing an exotic language I will never use and occupies precious storage space can't harm

  • by i90rr,

    i90rr i90rr Apr 28, 2016 12:16 AM in response to dialabrain
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    Apr 28, 2016 12:16 AM in response to dialabrain

    Ok, Monolingual is an open-source app with the noble goal of removing the bloat out of your system. Its code is publicly shared on GitHub so it's easily auditable; plus it seems to be actively developed and none of the currently eleven open issues states nothing like it nuked anyone's system.

     

    Definitely worth to give it a try on my El Capitan VM.

  • by pinkstones,

    pinkstones pinkstones Apr 28, 2016 3:49 AM in response to ckonrar
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    Apr 28, 2016 3:49 AM in response to ckonrar

    ckonrar wrote:

     

    Hi guys,

     

    a lot of people here told me to rid out of CleanMyMac 3 from my Mac.

     

    Why? Isn't so good?

     

    I used it for years and now I really consider to know why I need to uninstall it!

     

     

    You need to uninstall it because it's a worthless, useless piece of nothing that Mac users should stay away from.  Macs do not need third-party applications that claim they will clean, boost, organize, optimize, refresh, or otherwise perform any kind of maintenance on the hard drive.  That's a fact.  When you allow an app to delete things from your computer sight unseen, meaning you don't know what it is being deleted, where it came from, or what it does, you are actively damaging your hard drive.  All you need to do is search these forums for CleanMyMac, MacKeeper, or the countless other products just like them to see what happens when people use them.  Things start failing, they come here looking for help, and we end up telling them that their only recourse is completely wiping their hard drive and starting from scratch OR restoring their system using a Time Machine backup made before they put that scamware on their computer.

     

    That's what CMM is — scamware.  If, and it's a big if, but IF Macs needed that kind of maintenance, it could be easily done by you without the aid or use of any third-party program.  However, none of what those products purport to do need to be done.  That's why they're scams.  Uninstall it following the directions you can find on the developer's website.

  • by JimmyCMPIT,

    JimmyCMPIT JimmyCMPIT Apr 28, 2016 5:15 AM in response to ckonrar
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    Apr 28, 2016 5:15 AM in response to ckonrar

    Just read the reviews on their page, but don't follow up to see if they actually exist on the sites they claim. follow the directions as they are written:

    • Notch the arrow

    • Draw the bow

    • Aim the really pointy part at your foot

    • Let go of the draw string.

     

    Then, after you've pulled the arrow out of your foot and your on hold with 911 (0118 999 881 999 119 7253 for our friends in the UK) come back here and read the sheer number of forum posts where Mac owners who were having serious problems with their computers suddenly were improved dramatically and working optimally when CMM was removed.

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