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Q: Best clean up utility for Mac OS X?

Hi everyone,

Recently, there have been two OS X clean up utilities for which I've been getting ads for.

They are:

-CleanMyMac 2

-MacKeeper 2012

 

I want to know which is better.

Thanks.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), 13" Entry level model, uses an SSD

Posted on Mar 28, 2013 4:18 PM

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  • by Maximara,

    Maximara Maximara Oct 2, 2015 3:27 PM in response to petermac87
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    Oct 2, 2015 3:27 PM in response to petermac87

    I would like to say that the only reason people think they need these utilities is you have too many Mac programmers that don't know what they are doing and as a result you have programs that put their files all over the place.  For example, Electronic Arts creates a folder in your personal Documents folder that contains files that logically should go in the preferences folder.   Also extensions you installed a long time ago and have forgotten about can cause problems  later down the line (CleanMyMac2 found one of these, from the date I had installed it back when Tiger was current and a problem I had had for a while went away)

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Oct 2, 2015 3:37 PM in response to Maximara
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    Oct 2, 2015 3:37 PM in response to Maximara

    From the testing I have done of CMM2 and CMM3, I have found them to dangerous enough what they delete that I would not trust them on my Mac.

     

    Recently a friend who swore that CMM told me he was having troubles with his Mac. The first thing I did was to uninstall CMM. This did get rid on many of his problems. In the end CMM had so damaged his system disk drive that we had to completely erase it and install everything again. Much of his data was lost in the process.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Oct 3, 2015 2:00 AM in response to Maximara
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    Oct 3, 2015 2:00 AM in response to Maximara

    Its your Mac. Do as you wish

     

    Pete

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Oct 3, 2015 2:11 AM in response to Maximara
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    Oct 3, 2015 2:11 AM in response to Maximara

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    too many Mac programmers that don't know what they are doing and as a result you have programs that put their files all over the place.

    SO the solution for that is another app that every experienced person on this board recommends against? Another app that has demonstrably caused issues for users because it's so badly programmed? The solution to badly programmed apps is a worse one? Yes, that makes sense...

  • by Krayz'eApes Medialnd,

    Krayz'eApes Medialnd Krayz'eApes Medialnd Apr 3, 2016 1:50 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Apr 3, 2016 1:50 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Appreciate all the great insight! When you sit back and think about it, it is maniacal & outright torturous to put ourselves in position to have to decipher through all the garbage out there.  Thanks for the detailed info you suggested.  I read every word and can officially say I am more informed and feel a little more relived.

  • by InkedMommyMac,

    InkedMommyMac InkedMommyMac May 6, 2016 7:40 PM in response to shldr2thewheel
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    May 6, 2016 7:40 PM in response to shldr2thewheel

    shldr2thewheel wrote:

     

    none of them.  they are all junk and useless.

    Those 2 programs I have had tons issues with - MacKeeper being THE WORST! I wish I could find a program that actually works and not install extra crap or act like a malware!

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin May 7, 2016 1:59 AM in response to InkedMommyMac
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    May 7, 2016 1:59 AM in response to InkedMommyMac
    I wish I could find a program that actually works

     

    To do what? These apps do nothing you need to do...

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