Mac Cleanse usefulness??

[carrollf]

My iMac was acting a little sluggish recently and someone recommended that I use Mac Cleanse to clean it out. Has anyone used this app before? What exactly does it do or clean?

 

[mad jew]

I haven't used that specific app, but maintenance and 'cleaning' tools in OSX are largely unnecessary.

Some things to do if your Mac is slow:

• Check your hard drive's free available space.
• Check Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder to see if anything is using up a lot of your resources.
• Disconnect peripherals.
• Check if there's a correlation between certain third party apps and the computer's slowness.
• Remove system hacks and theme changers.