This before (left) and after (right) shot tells the story of my 100+GB of cruft.
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I didn’t notice any effect on Photos, iTunes, or Safari’s performance after deleting the cache files, and I loved having more than 100GB of new-found free space on my boot drive. Some (not all) of the “System Junk” CleanMyMac X found on my startup disk. In my case, an assortment of cache files (System Junk) were using more than 10% of my 1TB drive. Each category has a list of potentially unneeded files, each with a checkbox, That being said, cache files can also grow to gargantuan proportions.Īfter the scan it organizes the files it thinks might be unneeded into five categories: System Junk, Photo Junk, iTunes Junk, Mail Attachments, and Trash Bins. They can speed up the performance of Photos, iTunes, screensavers, websites, and many other operations. Results of the Smart Scan.Ĭache files are a double-edged sword. Smart Scan in action.Ī recent Smart Scan of my startup disk uncovered 110.33GB of potentially unneeded files including more than 90GB of cache files for photos, music, screensavers, and websites. The signature feature is called Smart Scan it scans your disk for obsolete and orphaned files, detects malware, and runs a suite of Mac maintenance scripts with a single click.
To augment its namesake feature-cleaning up accumulated cruft on your disks-it has a total of 14 different tools that can help optimize and protect your drives. MacPaw’s new CleanMyMac X is the exception to the rule. I’m skeptical of such hyperbole and, quite frankly, I’ve never used any “clean up your Mac” app I liked enough to recommend.
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