MacCleanse

Name: MacCleanse
Rating: 3.5 (14 reviews)
Author: Koingo Software

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffJune 1, 2020

MacCleanse for Mac helps you utilize every byte on your hard drive by searching for obsolete and unnecessary files and cleansing your computer of them. In addition, this app protects your privacy by cleaning your system of unwanted applications, and deleting Web histories, cookies, caches, and logs. This premium app offers a 15-day trial and comes packed with many features that you can use to optimize your computer.

After a straightforward installation, MacCleanse for Mac greets you with a report of how much space you can save by using the automated cleansing tools. The interface, itself, is appealing and intuitive, as is the way different options are grouped together. When using the automated cleansing tools, the app scans and prompts you to remove various caches and logs, along with the Trash contents. We have found the app to be relatively quick; it took us only one minute to do a complete scan of the system and another minute to carry out the cleaning operation. The only downside of the cleanup process is the inability to restore files deleted by accident. Along with an extensive cleansing catalog, MacCleanse also features app management tools that let you remove unused binaries, orphaned support files, plug-ins, and more. You may also use the app to manage your log-in items, to further improve system performance.

Looking for a premium tool that lets you manage every aspect of your system storage, while at the same time protecting your privacy? MacCleanse for Mac is definitely worth a try. The developers have struck a good balance between features and accessibility, packing all the disk storage scanning and cleaning tools you need in an easy-to-use interface.

Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of MacCleanse for Mac 4.0.8.

What’s new in version 8.1.4

Added ability to detect unsupported 32-bit apps on Catalina.Now uses App Transport Security to connect to Koingo severs on HTTPS when processing update checking, registration, and bug reporting.

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GENERAL

Release: June 1, 2020

Latest update: June 1, 2020

Version: 8.1.4

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Mac

Operating System: Mac OS X

Additional Requirements

macOS Catalina
macOS Mojave
macOS High Sierra

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 41,213

Downloads Last Week: 0

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User Reviews

3.5/5

14 User Votes

app. pessima e pericolosa
jackpisieJanuary 10, 2015
Pros
nessun elemento pro
Cons
dopo l'uso ho dovuto reistallare molte app
Summary
Deleted important files - Don't use with Mavericks
johndpattonFebruary 26, 2014
Pros
None - better products out there
Cons
Do not use with iCloud Keychain - it deleted important browser data (even though I selected the ignore these files option) - I contacted support and they never replied...
Summary
There are much better free products out there....
Unpleasant surprises
mpiasNovember 18, 2013
Pros
Freed up almost 2GB
Cons
Erased the Junk Mail info in Mail Restarts became troublesome
Summary
MacCleanse seems to have removed any information regarding what distinguishes real mail from junk mail. Now everything hits my mailbox and the computer needs to relearn the information it had been gathering for years. To add insult to injury, my rMBP refused to boot if a certain USB drive was attached. I had to repartition the drive before the computer would reboot with it plugged in. Part of my troubleshooting was to reinstall the OS which had no effect, meaning that MacCleanse did something to a drive it was not asked analyze or modify. I was fortunate that I received MacCleanse for free in a bundle, but if I had paid for it I would have been very upset. Wasting an evening troubleshooting my boot problems and now having to tell Mail which emails are junk is too high a price to pay for 1.9 GB freed. I deleted the program and feel much safer and happier for having done so. BTW, all this was done on a 2012 rMBP running OSX 10.9.
Keeps my Mac so fresh and so clean
dirtyharrison84December 1, 2011
Pros
This is a great app for keeping your Mac in tip-top shape. It is probably on the most useful applications I have on my Mac. Keeps my computer clean and gives warning when folders take up too much memory.
Cons
It will occasionally freeze my Mac and cause a reboot, but works well otherwise.
Summary
Easy to use, through scrubbing
cmeneelyJune 18, 2011
Pros
Fairly quick, easy to use, does a through job (as far as I can tell)
Cons
Does a cleaning job on all categories irregardless whether it got a clean bill-of-health or not - this seems to waste time. Fortunately, the cleaning process is reasonably fast.
Summary
Rapid and easy cleaning program that covers most of the critical bases.
Great clean up program
aocsgilFebruary 6, 2011
Pros
cleans trash, history, unwanted languages, download files etc.
Cons
Be careful what you select to be cleaned....READ Instructions carefully and you should have no problem.
Summary
Very effective in cleaning.....As per advertised.
I've only tried it twice, not sure how effective it is
lathangtFebruary 1, 2011
Pros
I really wonder how necessary software like this is when used with Apple computers. There seems to be sufficient internal programs to keep everything cleaned up.
Cons
No cons that I could detect.
Summary
 Updated on Feb 16, 2011Nothing more to be added to my original review!
To good to be true!?
zyng22November 14, 2010
Pros
Quick (except when removing languages and associations) and thorough!
Cons
Removing language packs requires you enter your admin code on the mac every 15 minutes, I was going crazy!
Summary
This app essentially saved me over 40gb of space, if not more. I'm trying to find some ugly reality of this to rear it's head, but so far so good. Anyway, highly recommend buying as I did. Thx.
it works if you read the instructions
hudsonwOctober 20, 2008
Pros
Cons
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com. I read the instructions, set the preferences and selected the files I wanted deleted. MacClease deleted only the files I selected and immediately recovered 5GB of disk space. It worked the first time I tried it. I am no Einstein but this is not difficult software to use. The instructions are minimal and if I was unsure what I was deleting, the information panel told me what I was doing in plain English. I can think of more complex software or confusing procedures to do what MacCleanse does so handily but that doesn't seem like a productive use of time and energy.
Worth the money
mrcsg3September 28, 2008
Pros
Good. Works
Cons
None. Very stable, works well.
Summary
It's good. Does what it says it will with no problems.

Developer’s Description

By Koingo Software

Scan for and delete unnecessary files on your Mac.

MacCleanse is the product of thousands of hours of intense research and development. It meticulously scans all of the nooks and crannies of a computer for unnecessary junk that can take up huge amounts of disk space. Because of this, Apps in MacCleanse are also uninstalled correctly, catching the numerous logs, caches, plugins, and other resources left behind versus simply dragging them to the Trash.Your privacy is protected and computer performance enhanced by MacCleanse as it wipes your web and app histories, and can toggle resource-hungry extensions.

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User Reviews

app. pessima e pericolosa

Deleted important files - Don't use with Mavericks

Unpleasant surprises

Keeps my Mac so fresh and so clean

Easy to use, through scrubbing

Great clean up program

I've only tried it twice, not sure how effective it is

To good to be true!?

it works if you read the instructions

Worth the money

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