does ccleaner work well on a mac

MadMacsO, Thanks for your prompt and very thorough repsonse. It helps me a lot!!!!

Gat0r wrote:

Removing software/apps - I did install AppCleaner to remove any software or app that I have installed and/or am not using. Is AppCleaner good for accomplishing this or is it risky. If not, what is the best way to remove ALL of the files related to an app? An example is Airmail. I was looking for a different mail app, tried this one, and don't like it.. Will AppCleaner do the job in removing ALL of the files related to Airmail?

I use AppCleaner and it's probably one of the most inocuous and harmless apps of this type that you can use. However you don't really even need this as the others said. I like it because it does find most of the associated files of the particular app and delete them as well. Saves me a good bit of time if I want to get rid of something. Plus it's got very good default safeguards that won't let you accidentily delete any critical items. It won't always find every associated file but it does get most. My habit these days since the appearance of the App Store is to only install items from there. If something I want isn't available there I figure I don't really need it. And deleting those, if no longer needed, is quite simple.

The only other things I have installed is Flash and Java because unfortunately there are still some sites that give you no other option. But I have them disabled unless I'm specifically going to a site I'm familiar with that need these to function.

Thanks for your reply Pappasbike. I am heading in the same direction you already are, just using App store. Even the above comment about extensions makes me nervous. Surprisning Apple would link entensions within their application (Safari) without checking them out, but I guess it is what it is!! Thanks again....

You understand that this thread is four years old, right?

In the hands of an inexperienced user these apps are lethal, and experienced users don't need or use them.

Nothing I mentioned will slow down anything

This will:

clear out your browser cache, and/or session data,

But you work in IT so you know that, no?

So, if you empty caches your Mac will slow down until they are rebuilt.

Tell me why that is a good thing?

My posts aren't giving general advice, they are just detailing the things you can do from within CCleaner, what you might actually do it context sensitive, obviously.