equivelent to Cc cleaner but on a mac? A way on removing all the crap?

[Gustov]

Hey guys,

I use this on my PC and it's amazing.

http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/

Is there anything similar for a mac?

Best,

Gustov

 

[lloydsj]

onyx?

 

[TriedandTested]

Yep, Onyx is good. Free.

MacKeeper is paid for, but pretty good by all accounts.

Good site for apps: http://mac.appstorm.net/

 

[Brian8bit]

I use CleanMyMac. Though it ain't free.

 

[Blackhawk47]

onyx?

Yep, used this before when I had trouble deleting some things from trash.

Does loads of things!

 

[Skyboat]

I have CleanMyMac and Onyx. Both do very good jobs.

 

[J1234]

I use Onyx and Xslimmer.

 

[Serenityxo]

I use CleanMyMac, very good app, worth the dollar.

 

[artaxerxes]

I use Onyx and Xslimmer.

++

 

[8t10]

Ccleaner: http://www.piriform.com/mac

 

[rpn]

Another CleanMyMac user here.

 

[djjuk]

Another CleanMyMac user here.

Another here.

 

[TriedandTested]

Ccleaner: http://www.piriform.com/mac

Nice.

Edit. Blimey, it's basic! Beta though.

 

[Feek]

If I have a problem that necessitates cleaning of caches then I'll run Onyx but apart from that, I don't do anything at all because there's no real need. An *nix system doesn't generate all the crap that a Windows system does.

 

[uniQ]

MacKeeper is paid for, but pretty good by all accounts.

MacKeeper, lol. It's not even native Mac software. It runs using Wine. And they have tons of spam sites and bogus reviews to promote it. Avoid.

http://themacfeed.com/2011/06/mackeeper-a-rather-slimy-tale/

Onyx is free, Clean My Mac is also good and looks nicer than Onyx but your paying for the UI.

 

[uniQ]

If I have a problem that necessitates cleaning of caches then I'll run Onyx but apart from that, I don't do anything at all because there's no real need. An *nix system doesn't generate all the crap that a Windows system does.

Are you serious? You still get plenty of crap and lost space on Macs be it from uninstalling applications without removing all traces, duplicate files, logs, binaries, printer drivers, system junk. etc. etc.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

I thought MACs don't really need maintaining? :\

 

[Feek]

Are you serious? You still get plenty of crap and lost space on Macs be it from uninstalling applications without removing all traces, duplicate files, logs, binaries, printer drivers, system junk. etc. etc.

Yes, I'm perfectly serious. I use Appcleaner when I uninstall something which sucks out the preference files but as for the other things you've mentioned, let me address them.

Logs, meh, a few k of files won't affect anything. Binaries, what are you talking about? All the program is contained in the .app file so when that's removed everything is deleted. Printer drivers, what? System junk? Well apart from caches and temp files there really isn't any system junk and as per logs, that's only a few k. It's not like Windows where you get crap left in the registry.

If your hard drive is so full that you need to recover the space taken by a few caches or log files then you've got an underlying issue and need a bigger drive. There's no registry to fill with rubbish and the odd preference file left behind won't affect performance a jot.

I thought MACs don't really need maintaining? :\

No regular maintenance is needed apart from the in built scheduled tasks unless you encounter issues and then a run of Onyx to clear the appropriate cache is all that's needed.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Thanks for the info, I will be new to the Mac scene soon! I can't bloody wait. Once the new MBAs are announced that is!

 

[ukSleek]

Another here.