Cleaner software for the Imac?

[surfbug]

I had a pc and I ran CCleaner software. I switched to the imac. Do I still use Ccleaner? Do you like Onyx?

 

[jeyf]

i do Onyx

 

[Erehy Dobon]

OnyX was written for the Mac. CCleaner was written for the PC.

Guess which one I run on Macs?

And yes, I still run CCleaner on my cheap Wintel box.

 

[jeyf]

Onyx indicates it clears something DNS entries.
this might be good

 

[surfbug]

I'm beginner, Can I still use OnyX ?

 

[chrfr]

I'm beginner, Can I still use OnyX ?

I'm not a beginner, and I never use utilities like that.

 

[Erehy Dobon]

I'm beginner, Can I still use OnyX ?

Just install it, start it up and look at the dashboard. If you find it all too complicated, exit and delete the app.

It's just a GUI wrapper around a bunch of UNIX commands that one would type in Terminal.

If you have already started doing stuff like that maybe you aren't quite the beginner.

If it's all too scary, just wait five years.

 

[hobowankenobi]

I'm beginner, Can I still use OnyX ?

Yep. There is nothing it that will do any great harm.

 

[jeyf]

the OP might do a macRumors search "onyx" and review the thinking people have had

 

[chabig]

You don’t need anything, as there is nothing to “clean”.

 

[CooperBox]

You don’t need anything, as there is nothing to “clean”.

Are you sure?
Indeed Mac OS has built in maintenance and cleaning scripts, but I believe that Onyx is quite useful in order to reclaim disc space occupied by cache files.
I use Onyx about once a month (using the automation tool) and am convinced that it helps to keep my system running as fluidly as possible.

 

[chrfr]

Are you sure?
Indeed Mac OS has built in maintenance and cleaning scripts, but I believe that Onyx is quite useful in order to reclaim disc space occupied by cache files.
I use Onyx about once a month (using the automation tool) and am convinced that it helps to keep my system running as fluidly as possible.

Cache files improve the performance of the computer. There's no need to delete them.

 

[chabig]

I agree with chrfr. Think about it. Nobody knows more about the inner workings of MacOS than Apple. If they wanted cache files deleted, that would be part of the built in maintenance scripts.

 

[hobowankenobi]

While I agree generally....there is usually nothing that needs to be cleaned, over the years I have seen a handful of machines that have had issues, and a tool like Onyx was useful to help sort out those issues. Two points:

• Fairly rare, not a "routine cleaning" sort of thing; more of a problem-solving use.
• As the OS continues to mature, cleaning is much less of likely helpful tactic than it used to be back from say 10.2 to about 10.10 or so.

 

[jeyf]

Onyx settings for every day usage:
seems these dont cause much bad

structure of the file system
spotLight index
interNet
log messages & reports
trash