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Is CleanMyMac safe to use
iMac 21.5″, macOS 11.5
tons of post asking how to get rid of it
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For over 21 years, the macOS, like a cat, has cleaned itself.
Automated maintenance scripts run in the wee hours of the morning (or at next startup if the computer is turned off at night) that do everything needed to keep the system healthy. They even defrag the drive if needed. And you don't have to remember to do anything.
It is like having a car that changes its own oil, tunes itself, rotates its tires, and waxes itself while you sleep at night.
ANY third-party app that claims to clean, optimize, tune up, or maintain therefore has to be suspect, because their developers know the macOS is auto-maintained. Worse, those apps interfere with the elegant automated routines that you paid Apple to build into the OS, negatively affecting speed and stability.
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Rather than install something extra see if the built in function works for your needs.
Click on the Apple logo top left of screen,
Click on about this Mac
Click on storage
Click on manage
Question marked as
For over 21 years, the macOS, like a cat, has cleaned itself.
Automated maintenance scripts run in the wee hours of the morning (or at next startup if the computer is turned off at night) that do everything needed to keep the system healthy. They even defrag the drive if needed. And you don't have to remember to do anything.
It is like having a car that changes its own oil, tunes itself, rotates its tires, and waxes itself while you sleep at night.
ANY third-party app that claims to clean, optimize, tune up, or maintain therefore has to be suspect, because their developers know the macOS is auto-maintained. Worse, those apps interfere with the elegant automated routines that you paid Apple to build into the OS, negatively affecting speed and stability.
No it is not safe to use, it is 100% garbage ware. Mac OS does not benefit from antivirus, cleaning, or other "maintenance" apps. If you simply keep Mac OS up-to-date and restart the computer about 1x per week that is all you need to do to keep Mac OS running well. Ignore advertisements and don't be fooled by spam telling your system has a problem, it doesn't.
It is not necessary nor recommend.
For a safe and trouble-free Mac.
yeah, if it was an internet popup informing me that I had blabla 3 viruses blablabla
and it informed me of such because it had enough system access to detect there really were 3 viruses,
then I would be a lot more worried than if I had 3 viruses.
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