Are there any free apps for cleaning up my Mac? I know I have a lot of duplicate files and many duplicate pictures in my Photos. Many programs start off free but after you install it they say you must pay to get the complete "clean". My Mac is running slow even though I put in a new terabyte hard drive. Thank you for your help.
No
and most if not all clean up programs cause major problems and are not necessary
Basically you need to find and address your issue not run a bunch of MalWear - if you have been doing this it is probably the source of your probems
You posted in the iPhoto for Mac forum - if you need help with duplicates in iPhoto there are programs that are safe - Old Toad regularly posts his tested list
I find iPhoto Library Manage to be the the best - it is not free but certainly reasonable
LN
No
and most if not all clean up programs cause major problems and are not necessary
Basically you need to find and address your issue not run a bunch of MalWear - if you have been doing this it is probably the source of your probems
You posted in the iPhoto for Mac forum - if you need help with duplicates in iPhoto there are programs that are safe - Old Toad regularly posts his tested list
I find iPhoto Library Manage to be the the best - it is not free but certainly reasonable
LN
Thank you. MacKeeper and Clean my Mac are the ones that I tried. I will take your suggestion and try iPhoto Library Image.
You have installed some serious malware: Clean my Mac and MacKeeper. It's malware. Read this User Tip: Do not install MacKeeper and these published articles: Blackhats exploiting MacKeeper hole to foist dangerous trojan; Hackers exploit MacKeeper flaw with new Mac OS malware and Watch out for CleanMyMac 2.
Be sure to uninstall according to the developer's instructions. You can check to see if you've removed all of the files by downloading and running Find Any File to search for any files with the application's name and the developer's name in the file name. For example for CleanMyMac you'd do two searches:
1 - Name contains cleanmymac
2 - Name contains macpaw
Any files that are found can be dragged from the search results window to the Desktop for deletion.
FAF can search areas that Spotlight can't like invisible folders, system folders and packages.
kathleenfromscotia wrote:
Thank you. MacKeeper and Clean my Mac are the ones that I tried. I will take your suggestion and try iPhoto Library Image.
Two of the worst things you could have chosen.
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