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As a recently converted mac user I am interested to see if there is a Mac equivalent to pc's 'disk cleanup' and a defragger. I know mac's are far more robust than pc's but they surely need a clean every so often. I have seen many apps such as Mac Keeper, Mac Cleanse, CleanMyMac and more. Which is the best?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Mac's don't need defragging as OS X automatically writes 2Gb or below sized files to one contiguous space on the drive. There are certain cases where's it's needed to free up a large spaces on the drive, but not something everyone has to do.
Far as other Mac maintainence, there really isn't any except to backup one's files regularly. Keeping Software Updated and run a web browser check to make sure the plug-ins are current.
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
For Safari and Flash, this check is more accurate
http://flashbuilder.eu/flash-player-version.html
Most of those cleaning programs are junk, especially MacKeeper.
If your friend got onto your computer and visited a bunch of adult sites, then I would recommend something like OnyX, doing ALL the cleaning and maintenance aspects and rebooting, perhaps followed by a Disk Utility Erase free space.
CCleaner beta is out for OS X, used on PC's and combines cleaning and scrubbing of the drive if setup correctly.
If your interested in performance, read my post here
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3345904?answerId=16226340022#16226340022
Mac's don't need defragging as OS X automatically writes 2Gb or below sized files to one contiguous space on the drive. There are certain cases where's it's needed to free up a large spaces on the drive, but not something everyone has to do.
Far as other Mac maintainence, there really isn't any except to backup one's files regularly. Keeping Software Updated and run a web browser check to make sure the plug-ins are current.
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
For Safari and Flash, this check is more accurate
http://flashbuilder.eu/flash-player-version.html
Most of those cleaning programs are junk, especially MacKeeper.
If your friend got onto your computer and visited a bunch of adult sites, then I would recommend something like OnyX, doing ALL the cleaning and maintenance aspects and rebooting, perhaps followed by a Disk Utility Erase free space.
CCleaner beta is out for OS X, used on PC's and combines cleaning and scrubbing of the drive if setup correctly.
If your interested in performance, read my post here
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3345904?answerId=16226340022#16226340022
Actually Mac OS X is good at of taking care of itself, if there are performance issues (like you say cleanning the machine), there are a couple of things you can check:
If you don't want to do these manually or the above check still won't help, let this utility to clean your Mac and fix relevant issues easily.
Your Mac doesn't need cleaning. See The myth of the dirty Mac.
Also, regarding one of the apps you mentioned, see Beware MacKeeper.
(Note that my pages contain links to other pages that promote my services, and this should not be taken as an endorsement of my services by Apple.)
Which is the best Mac system cleaner app?
