![]() In my experience, it’s safe to go ahead and purge the lot without any concerns. Smart Scan shows exactly how much space can be freed up. The second Smart Scan stage is called Protection and this scans for malware and viruses. It can deal with vulnerabilities and hazards like the newly discovered Silver Sparrow malware. ![]() Even the free version of CleanMyMac X can remove Silver Sparrow for you so it’s worth downloading just for that feature alone. The Protection function will also crush adware, viruses, spyware and cryptocurrency miners. If CleanMyMac X thinks something looks suspicious it will offer to zap it immediately. A database of potential malware and viruses is kept up to date by a dedicated team at MacPaw Software so that your Mac is always protected against the very latest cyber nasties. Protection can be set to Real-Time Monitor mode which constantly scans for items that could compromise your Mac. The Privacy tool can clean up browsing history, chat logs and a host of other stuff that could. MacPaw SoftwareĬleanMyMac X then moves to the Maintenance stage of the Speed function. This involves running scripts that will improve the performance of a Mac. The Speed function can also repair disk permissions, free up any unused RAM, check the state of the boot disk, as well as rebuilding the Launch Services Database.įinally, the last Smart Scan task will re-index a Mac’s Spotlight database as well as rebuilding the mail search database. This makes it easier to find emails quickly. This is also the tool that can flush out the Mac’s DNS cache and can often solve network problems or improve sluggish Internet performance. Outside the Smart Scan function, CleanMyMac X offers several other useful features. There’s an Uninstaller tool that makes removing unwanted apps as simple as a click of a mouse. Unlike dragging an app to the trash, the Uninstaller tool removes all the extra nonsense that gets put on a Mac when a new piece of software is installed. ![]() All the bloat and additional files are hunted down and safely removed. MacPaw's CleanMy Mac can uninstall apps and also has a handy tool that can update all the apps on. ![]() The Update feature is a handy way of checking to see which software on a Mac needs to be updated. This tool works even on software that wasn’t bought or installed using Apple’s App Store. Finally, the Extensions tool removes unwanted System Extensions safely and can even turn them off temporarily.Īny software packages that aren’t running the latest version will be updated and it does this without needing to go off and individually download updaters from the developer’s website. The last part of CleanMyMac X has three File tools that are there to help get more out of the limited space on a Mac’s hard drive. The first tool is called Space Lens and creates a brilliant infographic showing exactly what’s gobbling up space. Like the rest of the CleanMyMac X interface, it’s beautifully presented and makes it easy to visualize what’s hogging a Mac’s drive. The categories taking up space are shown as different-sized bubbles that are relative in size to each other, based on the percentage of the space they are consuming. Large & Old Files is a great tool for hunting down those big old files that you may no longer need. ![]() or which could be transferred to an external drive. Verdict: MacPaw Software’s CleanMyMac X is a polished app that looks superb in its new and refreshed interface. ![]()
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