I used MacPaw’s Gemini 2 software to remove about 10k duplicate photos and videos from my Apple Photos library. All originals are in the cloud, but I enabled the setting to store all originals locally as well.
So, I downloaded all originals, ran the duplicate scan, deleted about 10k files, then...
I've been reading a number of stories on MacRumors and 9to5 (the latest being this story) that several Mac utility apps have been caught stealing user information when used (like browser history).
I've no reason to suspect CleanMyMac by MacPaw does the same–but as it's a utility app and other...