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Mac-Forums Investigates MacKeeper

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Thank you for your article! A couple of queries:
1) I've been happily using "Clean my Mac" after scuttling MKeeper, but are they somehow in cahoots with Mkeeper?
2) Will I find, in your article about Mac protection anything on anti-virus protection that covers both Mac and the Windows partition in my Mac? I know Kaspersky has something, but I'm wondering if there are alternatives.

Well, you are likely to receive the same advice, i.e. remove 'Clean My Mac' (or whatever name it may be?), and again as w/ MacKeeper, you need to check for an 'uninstall' program or directions online to remove the entire program.

Onyx is the 'maintenance' program that is typically recommended on the forum - if you want to give it a try, then follow the link directly to their website and select the appropriate version for your OS X.

Ghostery & AdBlock are Safari extensions also recommended, along w/ Adaware Medic as a removal tool - there is no need for AV software on your Mac partition (unless you feel malware could be passed from that location to your Windows partition, then a passive app, such as ClamXav might be considered); BUT, as to the Windows partition, treat that like a separate PC and protect it from malware. Dave :)
 
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Really helpful what you reply. I gather from what you suggest that there's no scandal about Clean my Mac, but I'll look into Onyx.
 

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Really helpful what you reply. I gather from what you suggest that there's no scandal about Clean my Mac, but I'll look into Onyx.

It has been my experience that CleanMyMac is nothing like the invasive and insidious MacKeeper having used it on two computers for over 8 years. It only does what you want it to do effectively. Having said that I always have a current backup before running a full automatic cleanup.
Onyx is on the other hand is a repair program.
Other than those personal observations I agree with all of RadDave's suggestions regarding extensions and applications and use them all myself.
 
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New years is coming. Mac keeper 2015 will be coming out. They say it will have Human assistance. I think onyx is better. What do you think?
 
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Many thanks to the two of you. Indeed, I found the beta version of Onyx, which seems to work pretty well. Relieved, too, to hear the Clean my Mac has behaved properly for 8 years.
 
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New years is coming. Mac keeper 2015 will be coming out. They say it will have Human assistance. I think onyx is better. What do you think?
If you really enjoy working to repair and maintain your computer instead of just using it, then by all means try the new Mackeeper.
Personally I'd rather just use mine.
 
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Really helpful what you reply. I gather from what you suggest that there's no scandal about Clean my Mac, but I'll look into Onyx.

Well, I've not used Clean My Mac and cannot comment about 'no scandal' above - you'll have to rely on the advise of others as discussed in Rod's post. As to 'cleaners' I have only Onyx on my Macs.


Many thanks to the two of you. Indeed, I found the beta version of Onyx, which seems to work pretty well. Relieved, too, to hear the Clean my Mac has behaved properly for 8 years.

The current 'beta' version for Onyx relates to a Yosemite update, and unless you are a developer, playing around w/ a potentially buggy app may be a little foolish - just saying?

Plus, in your signature, you state that your OS X is Mavericks, thus you need to DL the version that is specific for that operating system, as shown below - Dave :)
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Dave reminds me I have to update with "mac-forums" the system information. I have Yosemite on both Macs, however, in any case, my intention is to look at the Onyx site from time to time and eventually replace the Beta (not automatic in the case of a Beta, according to the Onyx website).
 
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