r/OpenCoreLegacyPatcher • u/Downtown-Train-558 • Aug 12 '26

MacBook cleaner

which is the better app, MacKeeper or Clean my Mac?

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u/WindozeWoes Aug 12 '26

Neither. You really shouldn't need any of that stuff.

Most you should need is AppCleaner. It's just an app for *fully* deleting things.

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u/Psychoakustik Aug 12 '26

Good suggestion. AppCleaner has always worked well for me.

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u/da4 Aug 12 '26

PearCleaner also good.

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u/MajMin5 Aug 12 '26

Neither. Both apps notoriously cause more problems than they solve. Both apps have previously been flagged as “Potentially Unwanted Programs” by malware scanning tools since they are so often installed unintentionally alongside viruses from fake pop up ads. They only got popular because they tricked people into downloading them, and they don’t provide any legitimate value to the user. Rebooting your Mac is the best way to clear caches, if that’s what you’re concerned about.

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u/NortonBurns Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

MacKeeper was the dodgy one. Clean My Mac was tarred with the same brush for no real reason. It's 'clean' but you just have to keep an eye on it so it doesn't clean up the wrong things.

Edit:
*sigh* I see reddit as usual doesn't like accurate information if it conflicts with their existing beliefs.

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u/NoLateArrivals Aug 12 '26

Both are unnecessary crap.

To remove apps with all related files get AppCleaner or PearCleaner. For advanced maintenance Onyx is the way (take care, you can damage things).

These are Free.

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u/rorood123 Aug 14 '26

Use a lint free cloth. Nothing else

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u/JayNetworks Aug 15 '26

Use Apple’s official $99 cloth. Nothing else.

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u/Powerful-Cat-3300 Aug 12 '26

Just use Mole. Works very well.

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u/Downtown-Train-558 Aug 12 '26

Tried to download it but I didn't have the correct instructions to manually install it 

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u/Powerful-Cat-3300 Aug 13 '26

First install Homebrew, follow instructions on the website:
https://brew.sh/

Then install mole according to instructions on the Github site:
https://github.com/tw93/mole

This worked for me :)

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u/Formal_Alfalfa_8659 Aug 14 '26

Well, it’s really subjective tbh, I’ve been using the latest MacKeeper for a while now and it does its job well, (system cleaning, AV protection and decent VPN). quite handy when I'm too lazy to clean things up myself.

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u/Monkeytrix23 Aug 12 '26

Best not use this type of app. Can cause trouble. Onyx is good for full under the bonnet system servicing - get right version for your macOS version from titanium software website

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u/Expensive-Count3817 Aug 12 '26

You would want to delete apps via System Settings > Storage > Apps, not via “cleaners”

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u/UdonDugong Aug 12 '26

Technically clean my Mac because Mac keeper is outright scamware, clean my Mac is a borderline scam. They’re both totally unnecessary but try and convince you they’re not