MacWasher?

[Cindy]

Should I wash everything on my Mac every once in a while. The MacWasher says:

Webroot MacWasher X protects your privacy and improves system performance

Comprehensive cleaning of your Mac and Internet history

Internet Cleaning

Browsers:

* cache
* cookies
* history
* mail trash
* drop-down address bar
* auto-complete forms
* downloaded files
* and more

Mac Cleaning

* trash folder
* favorites
* logs
* Sherlock History
* recent document, application and server lists
* temporary files folder
* receipts
* and more

 

[PlaceofDis]

i dont have any programs to do any of this stuff for me

if it needs to be done i go ahead and do it, if not, i just leave it be
if you feel the need for such a program go ahead and use it if you would like

for me personally i dont feel the need to use such an app, i can emtpy my trash just fine, and if i need to clear out my caches i can handle that as well if need be

 

[Cindy]

i dont have any programs to do any of this stuff for me

if it needs to be done i go ahead and do it, if not, i just leave it be
if you feel the need for such a program go ahead and use it if you would like

for me personally i dont feel the need to use such an app, i can emtpy my trash just fine, and if i need to clear out my caches i can handle that as well if need be

Does sound like a maid service doesn't it? I don't have any problems emptying the trash either or the recent items etc. What I'm not sure about is the caches.... how do you know that needs to be tended to and how do you go about doing that?

 

[PlaceofDis]

Does sound like a maid service doesn't it? I don't have any problems emptying the trash either or the recent items etc. What I'm not sure about is the caches.... how do you know that needs to be tended to and how do you go about doing that?

well in a program like Safari, and other browsers, the only time you should really have to empty the cache is if there is a problem loading a page consistently or something else, the caches are there too speed up the browser in the first place by remembering data from sites you have been too

you dont have to really worry about the majority of that stuff the program does, i wouldnt worry about the reciepts, logs or anything else like that

if you are having problems, most of these things can be reset indivitually through your browser, such as history, cache, auto-complete forms, etc