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Do you prefer CCLeaner or App Cleaner?


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tekfranz

macrumors regular
Original poster
Mar 16, 2017
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I really appreciate having a dedicated uninstaller program to clean up the file fragments left across my Mac by App un-installations.
I really like App Cleaner by nekTony.
However, I noticed cCleaner has a Mac App now with Cleaning and Uninstall features (though not as full featured as Windows.)

Anyone have experience with the New CCLeaner? How does it compare to App Cleaner?

Please answer the poll below. Also let me know of other cleaners for Mac that are good and reputable.
 

tekfranz

macrumors regular
Original poster
Mar 16, 2017
191
51
None of the above as well. I don't see the need. I did once download CCleaner and ran it and it found nothing. Use the uninstaller to uninstall itself.
Right, but for some reason not all the Apps have uninstall Apps included. I know Mac has the classic drag the program to the trash can but that leaves a lot of junk behind. Windows isn’t any better for clean uninstalls either.
 

OS X Dude

macrumors 65816
Jun 30, 2007
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AppCleaner then I check in both / and ~/ Application Support folders along with the Libraries for any straggler folders or files. Sometimes the odd thing is hiding in Documents too, I just like to be thorough.
 
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HenryAZ

macrumors 6502a
Jan 9, 2010
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AppCleaner here, for most of the bits. For the stragglers, I use Find Any File, with an appropriate search string, and catch stuff within /private, as well as in /Library and ~/Library.
 
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simonsi

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Jan 3, 2014
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x none of the above

Never found the need for such an app, a simple search will find any unremoved folders and files in the Library etc
 
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ZapNZs

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Jan 23, 2017
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IMHO, App Cleaner all the way! It's very useful for locating [most-definitely not all, all of the time] associated files with a program, in that it can show you the files, and then you can manually inspect them and manually delete them (rather than using a program to do this automatically, which is where some issues can arise.) You can also just use the Finder and add the 'Search System Files' rule, but I like the App Cleaner interface and how I can instantly see the paths to each of the individual files.

Other Apps I use with success are Onyx, OmniDiskSweeper, and Disk Inventory X - none of these are traditional cleaning Apps in that they serve different purposes than a one-size-does-all App, the former I generally only use if there is an issue, and the latter two provide more information than they do cleaning automation (which is what I prefer - if something is being deleted, I want to be the one to do the deleting to ensure there is no misunderstanding between what I want deleted and what gets deleted.)

Rounding out my utility Apps is DiskWarrior, given installation/removal of some Apps do seem to cause directory damage, and I've had very good luck rebuilding the directory every couple months as preventive maintenance (note-currently only works with HFS+ volumes.)
 
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Muttznuttz

macrumors member
May 21, 2014
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London
When a new version of macOS is released, when appropriate, I like to do a clean install, follwed by a re-install of all my applications. I'm also not in the habit of installing / uninstalling things much. Not too much clutter experienced personally so I have never thought I needed 'housekeeping' applications
 
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camelia

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Apr 3, 2015
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MacKeeper ha ha ha ha :p:p
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x none of the above

Never found the need for such an app, a simple search will find any unremoved folders and files in the Library etc

Could you please provide an example of what do you do exactly?

Thanks
Came
 
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