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2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
These utilities will free up disk space and make your computer faster.
Like any tech, Mac gets clogged over time and needs maintenance. Usually macOS handles this on its own, but in some cases user control and forced cleanup are required. The easiest way is to use special tools for these purposes.
1. CleanMyMac 3
The most popular Mac cleanup utility that scans every corner of your file system and removes gigabytes of junk. Thanks to its smart cleaning feature, CleanMyMac will allow you to find and remove junk, app cache and other unnecessary files that are taking up space and slowing down your Mac in one click.
In addition, the utility will help you to correctly uninstall applications, clean up trash from iTunes, Mail and Photos, find large files, and automatically run scripts for disk maintenance, fix program errors, and others.
The only drawback of CleanMyMac is its rather high price. A license for one computer will cost $ 40.
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2. Onyx
A powerful tool for tuning your system with a huge number of features to optimize, tune and clean up macOS. The completely free Onyx does not have the same user-friendly interface as CleanMyMac, but the capabilities of both utilities are similar in many ways.
In the "Maintenance" section of Onyx, you can delete the system and application cache, logs, as well as empty the trash, check the structure of system files and execute maintenance scripts. In addition, the Options section has many options for tweaking the Finder, Dock, and other aspects of the system that are not available by default in macOS.
The disadvantages of Onyx include high complexity for an ordinary user. It is possible, through ignorance or mistake, to damage system files, which can cause malfunctions.
3. Managing storage in macOS
Since version 10.12, macOS has a built-in storage management tool that allows you to analyze used disk space, clean up and optimize it.
To access storage management, go to Apple menu → About This Mac, then open the Storage tab and click the Manage button. After scanning the disk, the utility will give recommendations for optimization, such as turning on the iCloud media library or automatically emptying the trash once a month, and will also offer to delete unused files.
In the side menu, you can see what data is taking up disk space. Each section will have hints on what you can delete to free up space. For example, email and message attachments, the Garage Band music library, apps you haven't used for a long time.
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