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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1524759" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>About 95% (that may be an understatement) of the regulars here are going to recommend that you get rid of:</p><p></p><p>Sophos</p><p>Clean My Mac</p><p>MacKeeper</p><p>Tune Up My Mac</p><p></p><p>and don't put any of them back on your machine again.</p><p></p><p>Then, if you want a cleaning tool, get Onyx or Maintenance (simpler version) - <a href="http://www.titanium.free.fr" target="_blank">link</a> - the only OS X cleaning tool recommended here with any regularity - and they're free. There are a couple of good paid apps, however you have not listed any of them.</p><p></p><p>Personally recommend using the Automation tab of Onyx with everything checked under the Maintenance and Cleaning sections when you begin to notice slow downs or once every 2-6 months if you have a mechanical drive - much less often on a SSD.</p><p></p><p>As gsahli notes above, running multiple cleaning apps on your machine could very well be what's currently slowing it down.</p><p>And, you need to make sure you use the uninstaller that came with all of those apps, not just drag them to the trash.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1524759, member: 24160"] About 95% (that may be an understatement) of the regulars here are going to recommend that you get rid of: Sophos Clean My Mac MacKeeper Tune Up My Mac and don't put any of them back on your machine again. Then, if you want a cleaning tool, get Onyx or Maintenance (simpler version) - [URL="http://www.titanium.free.fr"]link[/URL] - the only OS X cleaning tool recommended here with any regularity - and they're free. There are a couple of good paid apps, however you have not listed any of them. Personally recommend using the Automation tab of Onyx with everything checked under the Maintenance and Cleaning sections when you begin to notice slow downs or once every 2-6 months if you have a mechanical drive - much less often on a SSD. As gsahli notes above, running multiple cleaning apps on your machine could very well be what's currently slowing it down. And, you need to make sure you use the uninstaller that came with all of those apps, not just drag them to the trash. [/QUOTE]
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