Is CleanMyMac 3 good?

[jeff9798]

My Mac runs slow, outlook crashes. Apps take too long to open. What, other than Clean my Mac, can I do?

I use " app cleaner & uninstaller ".
when I downloaded Cleanmymac and uninstalled it, it left so much leftover files behind which " app cleaner and uninstaller " removed beautifully, so yeah I recommend that app because it actually does some work.

 

[Ocala2020]

Just get the free YASU! It just used simple check marks to do AppleScipt commands, just reboot after deleting caches!

Went there just now and looks like its dead.

 

[LukeHarrison]

Onyx has always been the king of 'optimisers' as far as I'm aware. 100% free, both in terms of cost and of malware. I've used it since the days of the iMac G5 and still keep a copy around.

Titanium Software | Operating System Utilities for Mac - OnyX

OnyX is a multifunction utility that you can use to verify the startup disk and the structure of its system files, perform cleaning and computer maintenance tasks, configure some hidden parameters of many Apple applications, and more.

www.titanium-software.fr

 

[satcomer]

Went there just now and looks like its dead.

Yea I wrote that in 2018 and was still available! Sorry if died somehow!

 

[IowaLynn]

The only similar application I use on my Mac and Windows computers is CCleaner because it's light and not filled with malware like CleanMyMac is, and I am telling you that from experience rather than speculation.

I was a fan of CCleaner, mostly Windows. But then read it was sold, changed hands, and went downhill. Not what it once was. So i don't know if that's still true.

 

[63W]

After extensive testing it on Mojave, Catalina and Big Sur. CleanMyMac is a terrible software. Only thing its good for, is deleting Purgeable Storage space.

Optimization and Maintenance options, has slowdown my MBA after each use. It would take almost a week for my MBA to boot and every app to load at a normal speed.

Not a good software IMHO.

For uninstalling programs, I use App Cleaner & Uninstaller. I haven't observed any issues in the past 3 years so far.