Seems everywhere I surf on the net, I see adverts for "MacKeeper". They claim it to be the most popular software for Mac on the planet (slight exaggeration). But when I look at it on Macupdate-dot-com, it is rated very very low. Anyone have any experience with this App? Sounds good on the surface, but 180+ low ratings makes me wonder. I'm just curious what folks here experienced with it think?
You don't need experience with this sort of stuff. You know that MacOS X takes care of itself. To the extent that there is an issue, then run the built-in
File System Check (
fsck -fy) from the command line in Single User Mode. For lesser issues, there is
Disk Utility/
Disk First Aid.
As for
MacKeeper, the "product" is a scam. I recall reading that it is a port of the developer's
WinKeeper utility suite. If this is true, then ZeoBIT has removed its name from
WinKeeper because
WinKeeper is also recognized as worthless. A Google search of
MacKeeper brings results in hits to "mackeeper scam." These are links to websites that attempt to prove that the "utility" is real and that it really works. They are clearly supported by ZeoBIT. Anytime that a developer tells you that its product is not a scam, then you need end your research. You have unimpeachable proof that it is a scam.