Application to schedule cleaning?

[Macinstall11]

I just installed an SSD in my father's MacBook, I'd like to keep it clean so he doesn't have to worry about it slowing down or running out of space.

I already enabled the finder option to empty the trash once a month, is there any application to schedule overall file cleaning? (cache, temp files and all that)

Thank you

 

[Starship67]

Onyx or Cocktail neither on the app store but the best out there I personally prefer cocktail.

http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/

 

[GGJstudios]

I just installed an SSD in my father's MacBook, I'd like to keep it clean so he doesn't have to worry about it slowing down or running out of space.

I already enabled the finder option to empty the trash once a month, is there any application to schedule overall file cleaning? (cache, temp files and all that)

Thank you

You don't need "cleaner" or "maintenance" apps to keep your Mac running well, and some of these apps can do more harm than good. Most only remove files/folders or unused languages or architectures, which does nothing more than free up some drive space, with the risk of deleting something important in the process.

These apps will not make your Mac run faster or more efficiently, since having stuff stored on a drive does not impact performance, unless you're running out of drive space. In fact, deleting some caches can hurt performance, rather than help it, since more system resources are used and performance suffers while each cache is being rebuilt.

Many of these tasks should only be done selectively to troubleshoot specific problems, not en masse as routine maintenance. macOS does a good job of taking care of itself, without the need for 3rd party software. Among other things, it has its own maintenance scripts that run silently in the background on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, without user intervention.

Five Mac maintenance myths

Macs are not immune to malware, but no true viruses exist in the wild that can run on macOS, and there never have been any since it was released over 18 years ago. The only malware in the wild that can affect macOS is a handful of trojans, which can be easily avoided by practicing safe computing, such as being careful about what apps you install. 3rd party antivirus apps are not necessary to keep a Mac malware-free, as long as a user practices safe computing.

 

[Wickintime]

I take your point wrt the OP's question, but I'm not sure about you including a link to "Five Mac maintenance myths" as that article is dated 2008!

 

[Gregg2]

I believe all five of those items are still valid.

 

[GGJstudios]

I take your point wrt the OP's question, but I'm not sure about you including a link to "Five Mac maintenance myths" as that article is dated 2008!

If they rewrote the article today, nothing has changed regarding those maintenance myths. The article is still quite relevant and accurate.

 

[The Hammer]

So according to what it says under myth #2 if I shut down my computer every night certain maintain scripts won't run and I'll end up with a problem eventually?

 

[DeltaMac]

So according to what it says under myth #2 if I shut down my computer every night certain maintain scripts won't run and I'll end up with a problem eventually?

You misread that myth #2. It states that the myth is that you can end up with a problem if your Mac is sleeping, or off, at the time the script is scheduled to run. That's the myth. Scripts that are due, and system is sleeping or off at the scheduled time, automatically run the next time you boot, or wake from sleep. The point is, the scripts run when needed, and not tied to a particular time in the middle of the night as the only possible time to run the script.
So, still valid there, the system takes care of itself, particularly with those periodic scripts.

 

[The Hammer]

You misread that myth #2. It states that the myth is that you can end up with a problem if your Mac is sleeping, or off, at the time the script is scheduled to run. That's the myth. Scripts that are due, and system is sleeping or off at the scheduled time, automatically run the next time you boot, or wake from sleep. The point is, the scripts run when needed, and not tied to a particular time in the middle of the night as the only possible time to run the script.
So, still valid there, the system takes care of itself, particularly with those periodic scripts.

Thanks for clearing that up.