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Feb 18, 2014 6:16 AM in response to Tomdennyby thomas_r.,Are there any other reputible applications or software that can 'clean up my mac'?
None. Your Mac doesn't need regular cleaning of this sort. See:
As for your performance issues, you'll find a good starting point in my Mac Performance Guide.
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Feb 18, 2014 6:19 AM in response to thomas_r.by Tomdenny,Thanks Thomas, I think my evening has been decided for me!
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Mar 7, 2014 2:07 AM in response to yaniqueby mikochiko,I find it absolutely amazing how many people have written negative remarks about Mackeeper !
I have had it on my Mac for years and so do most of my friends with Macs and not ONE of us ( 26 friends and family at last count) have EVER had a problem.
Sure Zeobit (now Kromtech I believe) have used aggressive advertising in the past including pop-ups (which noone likes!), but that does not mean it is viral or damaging.
And how interesting that they have been one of the main sponsors of the Macworld Trade Fairs and have excellent reviews and gold star awards from all the Professional reviewers such as Brothersoft & Tucows and others with extensive experience with Macs. And none of the professional reviewers complained of slowed-down machines or deleted data...
Also interesting how few of you mention the heavily negative Ad campaign run by a clearly intimidated rival !
I, personally spoke to a lot of people, professional and not, and read many discussions and blogs before I "took the risk" and decided to try it for myself...
... and have never looked back.
Just sayin'...
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Mar 7, 2014 2:11 AM in response to mikochikoby PlotinusVeritas,your position is groundless. All the professionals here warn against using MacKeeper
its both useless
not needed,
and causes issues that are many and all bad.
MacKeeper is damaging
it is never needed
Your subjective conjectures are noted and notwithstanding to professional mass consensus that this is a bad product absolutely not recommended by anyone 'in the know'
Peace
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Mar 13, 2014 6:57 PM in response to mikochikoby Sterno,Beware: MacKeeper is highly invasive. Simply put, you do not need it, and just go and read all the comments regarding problems people have had, including slowdowns.
But apart from that, is there anyone here who is not sick of MacKeeper's plethora of browser popups, redirects, spam pages and trick links? Even if this crapware sped up my system by an order of magntitude, I would not give these hucksters (Zeobit, now chaged to Krontech Alliance) one dollar for it. But no, it doesn't do that. What it can do is seriously damage your OS. Just google MacKeeper+damage and see how many people have suffered that consequence.
And then there are the fake reviewers that have saturated the internet with glowing testimonials. Just have a look at mikochiko (above) for an example, and in the 19 pages of this thread, there are many other shills. On their FaceBook page, they hide any remotely critcal comnents. Now ask yourself - would you install something that roots itself deep in your OS from a company that resorts to such unethical practices?
So to mimochiko and your merry band of shills and hucksters - please go away. We are onto you here.
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Mar 13, 2014 10:17 PM in response to mikochikoby Allan Eckert,How much is Kromtech paying you?
I concur with Sterno that even if it was able to increase the performance, I have been so turned off by their underhanded advertising techniques that I will never have any of their code one of my Macs.
Allan
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Mar 14, 2014 8:53 AM in response to mikochikoby Csound1,mikochiko wrote:
I find it absolutely amazing how many people have written negative remarks about Mackeeper !
Time to be be more amazed
Add one more who considers it to be a very bad piece of software.
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Apr 7, 2014 3:41 AM in response to yaniqueby RohaanSG,Mac Keeper is one of the applications that you should keep away from your Mac. Such applications may not clean your Mac, but will give you some definite troubles like Pop-ups, that may eventually decrease the speed affecting in the performance. So the applications which were supposed to increase the performance of your Mac will only increase the performance for putting their advertisements only. That is why you should think why these applications come free of cost to you via online marketing. Just think of, from where will they earn there money after investing into advertisements on several rich websites !
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May 10, 2014 7:58 PM in response to RohaanSGby Peter Stricker1,Well, here's a CNET article that says it's OK:
http://www.cnet.com/news/how-to-protect-your-mac-from-recent-malware/
Are they being paid to say it?
Are you guys really impartial, or just ticked off by their advertising?
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May 10, 2014 8:21 PM in response to Peter Stricker1by John Galt,Neither CNET nor its parent company are reputable organisations.
CNET owns and operates a download hosting site that introduces adware to what would otherwise be legitimate software. CNET has continued to ignore pleas for them to cease. This has continued for years.
They accept advertising from companies whose products are capable of doing nothing but cause misery to Mac users, and MacKeeper is only one example of several notorious others. This site is littered with such reports.
Draw your own conclusions.
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May 10, 2014 8:25 PM in response to Peter Stricker1by stevejobsfan0123,It's not just their advertising, most of the users commenting here have had MacKeeper harm their system. Even if it didn't harm the OS, you simply don't need it and it would just be taking up space.
Hey, it's your Mac, you're welcome to install MacKeeper and hope it does no harm.
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May 10, 2014 8:29 PM in response to John Galtby Sterno,Agree completely with John Galt regarding CNET.
Further, with all their attempts to spam, popup, fake review, etc. to promote sales of their junkware, you might ask yourself:
Why has MacKeeper not been accepted by Apple for sale in the App Store?
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May 11, 2014 3:02 AM in response to Sternoby ferreirex,You right, i ask for myself the same think, but sometimes the Apple dont accept some app and some time dont have a reason or i dont fin find why dont accept.
Why Apple dont accept the VLC, Adobe products(Photoshop, Illustrator, etc) or Skype?
I like to get all my products in Apple Store, but the more basic and more usefull i dont find there...
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May 11, 2014 3:18 AM in response to Peter Stricker1by Csound1,Peter Stricker1 wrote:
Well, here's a CNET article that says it's OK:
http://www.cnet.com/news/how-to-protect-your-mac-from-recent-malware/
Are they being paid to say it?
Almost certainly.