Is it safe to use CleanMyMac app?

Is this safe to use this app?

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iMac 24″, macOS 14.2

Posted on Jan 4, 2024 09:13 AM

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Posted on Jan 4, 2024 09:15 AM

No, it's practically considered malware by most experienced users here.

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Jan 28, 2024 07:47 PM in response to Reggie Barton

Reggie Barton wrote:

CMM is just fine. Google for the truth - do your own research.... No idea why nay-sayers clog the groups with this bunk.

All you need to do is tap Search on the top of this page and enter CleanMyMac. You will see all of the problems users have experienced using this software. It is not recommended and should never be installed on your Mac.

Jan 29, 2024 07:14 AM in response to KODIAKGRIZZLY-BEAR_01

You won't find OnyX in the App Store. It performs a lot of functions that the App Store prohibits any available app from doing. Not bad, just not allowed to be in the App Store.


As den.thed said, it has little use anymore for cleaning chores, and was never really its main purposes to start with.


Everything OnyX does is achieved by running Unix commands in the background. In other words, they're all commands anyone could run in Terminal if you know how to do it.


I still do use OnyX myself, but only for a few simple things. Such as, the default screen shot adds the date to the file name and saves the screen shot with a shadow if you selected a Finder window. I turn both of those off. It can also be very handy to capture the mouse cursor in a screen shot, and you can turn that on. I also turn off window zooming so instead of folders sliding in and out as you open and close them, they simply pop open and closed with no animation. Basically, I only tweak visual parameters to speed the GUI up, or just do things to my preference.

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