system cleanup

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system cleanup

What's a good app for cleaning up a iMac

Posted on Dec 4, 2019 3:35 PM

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rkaufmann87

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Dec 4, 2019 7:36 PM in response to flynjimfromboise

Den.Thed is 100% correct, none. Mac OS is extremely secure and does not benefit from nor require ANY third party antivirus, cleaning or any other type of "maintenance" apps in order to run well. If simply kept up-to-date and otherwise left alone most users enjoy many years of trouble free use. When users start introducing antivirus, cleaning and other types of "maintenance" apps that is when Mac OS becomes unstable and slow.

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Dec 5, 2019 12:47 PM in response to rkaufmann87

Thanks,

On an earlier problem, I had some malware problems and was advised to use Malwarebites, which did get rid of some malware that was causing problems with Safari. I'll plan to keep it, since it seems to help. Glad to know I don't need a bunch of other stuff, like on a PC. I'm a fairly recent convert to Mac.

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