INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Indie app maker MacPaw updated its Mac cleaning software with a new major version called CleanMyMac X (which is different from MacKeeper)
It hard to believe, but CleanMyMac currently has 5 million users.
CleanMyMac X helps you remove unneeded files and get an overview of what
is slowing down your computer
Most people don''t need this kind of apps
But if you know what you&re doing, it can speed up your maintenance process.
The app is now divided into four maintenance tasks
First, the app lets you scan your hard drive for gigantic cache files and unneeded language files
If you have a small hard drive, you can easily gain multiple GBs by cleaning up those big Spotify or Dropbox caches
The app also looks for iTunes data that you don''t need and mail attachments that you don''t need on your Mac
The company has built a database of rules to make sure that it doesn''t delete any of your personal files.
Second, CleanMyMac X now haw a
It can find adwares, spywares, miners and worms on your hard drive and help you get rid of them
You can also easily delete browser data and remove Wi-Fi networks you don''t trust so that you don''t automatically connect to them.
Third,
the app provides a bunch of maintenance scripts to rebuild your Spotlight index, repair disk permissions, flush the DNS cache and more
You can also review apps and Launch Agents that automatically start when you reboot your Mac.
And fourth, CleanMyMac X now offers an update
tab that lets you review all your installed apps to update them all
It works with apps that aren''t in the Mac App Store
You can also uninstall apps and their related support files using CleanMyMac X.
The app also comes with an updated menubar app so that you
can view basic stats in one click — CPU, memory usage, network speed and more
This isn''t as powerful as iStat Menus, but it gets the job done.
CleanMyMac X costs $90, or $45 for existing users
You can also choose to subscribe to the app for $40 per year
MacPaw is also the company behind subscription service Setapp, and CleanMyMac X will be part of your Setapp subscription.
Overall, this
update brings a couple of nice additions and is a nice evolution
Maybe you&re already using DaisyDisk, Hazel, Objective-See security apps, iStat Menus and other utilities that do some of CleanMyMac tasks
But CleanMyMac remains a nice package of utilities to take care of your device.
