If you spend day after day cleaning out Malware, you learn that pretty quick. It's one step away from a sketchy torrent site. Ok, first of all, CNET is straight up cancer. Ignore the 'experts' claiming all paid-for cleaning utilities are malware. Notarization is a process that confirms that an app is free from malicious files.' MacPaw is US-based and has an appdev operation in Ukraine, a country known for technical expertise and fighting against oppressive regimes.įrom the MacPaw website (): 'CleanMyMac X is an app that is notarized by Apple. If you just want to solve pesky problems and get back to work, go with a 30-day trial and try it out for yourself. Sure, if you prefer to 'roll your own' solution with Unix command-line utilities and open-source freebie apps, by all means go that route. Every user I've worked with who complained about the malware from freebie 'cleaner' apps was using another app with a similar sounding name (won't list them here, they don't deserve the search engine juice). I have used Clean My Mac X for more than eight years without a single problem or misbehavior. MacPaw and Clean My Mac X have never used these. Other tools with similar names are far less ethical and in the past have polluted a user's Mac with pop-ups and hidden scanners.

Every major MacOS review site (MacWorld, iMore,, The Tech Reviewer, others) gives Clean My Mac X top rating for effectiveness of its component tools, the ease of use for new users, and for the ethical behavior of the MacPaw company.

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