CleanMyMac 3. User Guide

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Chapter 1: Introducing CleanMyMac 3

4 About CleanMyMac 3

What’s new?

System requirements

Chapter 2: Getting Started with CleanMyMac 3

5 Download and installation

CleanMyMac 3 activation

Interface overview

7 Chapter 3: Cleaning Modules

11 Smart Cleanup

System Junk

14 iPhoto

Junk

19 Mail Attachments

25 iTunes

Junk

28 Trash

Bins

31 Large & Old Files

35 Chapter 4: Maintenance Utilities

38 Uninstaller

Maintenance

41 Privacy

45 Extensions

49 Shredder

52 Chapter 5: CleanMyMac Dashboard

54 Chapter 6: CleanMyMac 3 Menu

58 Chapter 7: CleanMyMac Preferences

63 General

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64 Smart Cleanup tab

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Chapter 1: Introducing CleanMyMac 3

About CleanMyMac 3

CleanMyMac 3 is a next evolutionary step of a well-known cleaning app chosen by millions of Mac users. Beautifully designed in a whole new Yosemite manner, CleanMyMac 3 has become far more than just a cleaning utility. Now not only it removes gigabytes of junk, but also monitors and optimizes your Mac’s performance and health.

New cleaning modules provide even more advanced options for accurate reclaim of your disk space, while a complete set of diverse utilities manages issues with health, monitoring, system maintenance, private data, uninstallation of apps, and many more.

What’s new?

• Mail Attachments module, which removes locally stored copies of downloads and attachments.

• iTunes Junk module, which removes outdated device backups, broken downloads, old iOS software updates, and copies of iOS apps stored locally.

• Maintenance module, which lets users run a myriad of optimization tasks.

• Privacy module, which cleans up chat, browsing and download history, as well as cookies, recent items lists, and more.

• Dashboard, which shows Mac performance in real time and provides the RAM cleanup feature.

• CleanMyMac 3 Menu, which gives users access to multiple CleanMyMac 3 tools without launching the application itself.

• Health Alerts, which help diagnose hardware and process issues.

• Excellent Yosemite makeover.

• New localizations: Ukrainian and Dutch.

System requirements

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Chapter 2: Getting Started with CleanMyMac 3

Download and installation

Download CleanMyMac 3

Use either of these options to download CleanMyMac 3: • Click here to start download.

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Visit the MacPaw website, and choose Free Download.

Install CleanMyMac 3

1. Double-click the downloaded CleanMyMac.dmg file to mount a new CleanMyMac volume and proceed with the installation.

2. Drag the CleanMyMac 3 icon to your Applications folder to complete the installation.

Open CleanMyMac 3

Do one of the following:

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Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock, then click the CleanMyMac 3 icon in Launchpad.

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Double-click the CleanMyMac 3 icon in the Applications folder.

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Enter the application name in Spotlight.

To add the CleanMyMac 3 icon to your Dock to stay there permanently: Control-click the CleanMyMac 3

icon in the Dock, and choose Options > Keep in Dock.

CleanMyMac 3 activation

Activation is a simple essential procedure that unlocks a full version of CleanMyMac 3, and grants you unlimited access to all advanced cleaning and utility modules.

Though the trial version of CleanMyMac 3 has a number of limitations, its free features will be helpful even if you decide not to buy a commercial license.

CleanMyMac 3 Trial

Limitations

Free features

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Cleanup modules: Remove no more than 500

MB of unneeded items across all cleaning modules (including Move to Folder operations).

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Utilities modules: Use only basic utilities

functionality and run limited number of scripts.

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CleanMyMac 3 Menu: Empty the Trash folder

only via CleanMyMac’s Trash Bins module (please mind the general cleaning modules limitation of 500 MB of processed data). With

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Free up your RAM: Clean up memory as many

times as you need through CleanMyMac 3 Menu or Dashboard.

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Shredder: Erase as many files as you want in

a secure or ordinary way.

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CleanMyMac 3 Menu: View system status,

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A single license of CleanMyMac 3 is valid for one Mac and works on all of its user accounts. If you need to migrate your CleanMyMac license to another Mac, you should uninstall it from the old computer, and then reactivate it on another one. Should you experience any difficulties, please contact

our Customer Support.

Complete the online activation

Note: Please mind that you need the Internet access to successfully complete the activation. 1. Open CleanMyMac 3.

2. Click the Unlock Full Version button in the upper-left corner of the window. 3. In the Activation dialog, choose the appropriate option.

• If you already have a license, click Enter Activation Number.

• If you do not have a license, click Buy License to visit our web store. • If you want to continue using the limited trial version, click Later.

4. Enter your Activation Number. After you entered a valid number, the application automatically activates the license. Or click Activate.

Note: Make sure you include all the letters and numbers, and avoid entering blank spaces.

Activate a box version of CleanMyMac 3

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Interface overview

Module starting window

When you open CleanMyMac 3, you see the Smart Cleanup module window, which is much alike any module starting window.

When you switch to any other module, you also see its starting window with a short module description and either a Scan button (for cleaning modules), or a button that reveals all module capabilities (for utility modules). The iPhoto and Large & Old modules also provide controls for changing a folder

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Scan results preview window

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Detailed scan results window

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Cleanup completion window

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Chapter 3: Cleaning Modules

CleanMyMac 3 includes the following cleaning modules: • Smart Cleanup • System Junk • iPhoto Junk • Mail Attachments • iTunes Junk • Trash Bins

• Large & Old Files

Smart Cleanup

Smart Cleanup incorporates all CleanMyMac 3 cleaning modules and looks through all areas on your Mac to find items you can safely get rid of.

While preparing files for removal, CleanMyMac uses the Smart Select approach that focuses on

unneeded and outdated files that were not created by the user and aren’t involved in any processes. For that reason, using the Smart Cleanup module once in a while is enough for keeping up your Mac clean and healthy on a basic level.

Note: To establish accuracy and safety of cleanup operations, CleanMyMac refers to the custom Ignore List and to its built-in Safety Database, which includes a list of vital items, rules, and exceptions.

If you are sure you will never want to remove a particular item, you can add it to CleanMyMac’s Ignore List. For more information, see Add files to CleanMyMac’s Ignore List.

Smart Cleanup includes the following CleanMyMac modules:

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System Junk — outdated cache files, old logs, extra application binaries, broken application data, unused language and localization files.

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iPhoto Junk — hidden original copies of previously modified images. By default, CleanMyMac selects only original copies of fixed red-eye and rotated images. Click the iPhoto Junk icon to review and select more hidden originals for removal.

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Mail Attachments — local copies of attached files that you’ve once opened or viewed in Mail.

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iTunes Junk — iOS apps stored on Mac, old iOS device backups and update files, corrupt and

incomplete downloads.

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Trash Bins — deleted items in trash folders on your Mac and external drives, as well as in the iPhoto and Mail applications.

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Scan your Mac with Smart Cleanup

Do one of the following:

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Click Scan at the bottom of the window.

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Choose Action > Scan.

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Press Return.

Review Smart Cleanup scan results

Note: By default, none of your Large & Old Files are selected for removal. You need to view scan results and select files you want to remove.

After completion of the full scan, you will see:

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Total amount of items that are selected for removal. All of these items are absolutely safe for cleanup and do not affect the functionality of your Mac.

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Amount of items selected for removal within a particular cleaning module (specified under corresponding module icons).

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Switch to the appropriate module in the Modules list.

Add more items to the cleanup list

1. Click on a module icon that has the Needs Review subscription (Large & Old Files and iPhoto Junk), and then click See Details.

2. After you are switched to the corresponding module, manually select items you want to remove. For more information, see Large & Old Files or iPhoto Junk.

To return to the Smart Cleanup module, do one of the following:

• In the upper-left corner of the main area, click Back to Smart Cleanup. • Choose Go > Smart Cleanup.

• In the Modules list, click Smart Cleanup.

Exclude items from the cleanup list

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To exclude all items of a particular cleaning module from the Smart Cleanup removal list: Deselect the

checkbox under the module icon.

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To exclude some items of a particular cleaning module from the Smart Cleanup removal list: Switch to

the appropriate module in the Modules list, and then deselect checkboxes of items you do not want to remove.

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To remove selected junk files and free up a significant amount of space, do one of the following:

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Click Clean at the bottom of the window.

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Choose Action > Clean.

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Press Return.

To discontinue scanning or cleanup process, click Stop.

After completion of the cleanup, you will see how much space you’ve freed.

To view a detailed information on cleanup results: Click View Log in the lower-left corner of the main area. To return to the Smart Cleanup screen: Click the Start Over button on the cleanup completion screen. Or

choose Go > Start Over.

System Junk

The System Junk module takes care of all unneeded data generated by your system and applications. In particular, it accurately analyzes all your files and selects for removal only outdated cache files, old logs, extra application binaries, broken application data, unused language and localization files to trim the excess off your operating system.

Start the System Junk module

1. In the Modules list, switch to the System Junk module. Or choose Go > System Junk.

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Use Smart Selection

While preparing a cleanup list, CleanMyMac uses the Smart Select feature that focuses on unneeded and outdated files that were not created by the user and aren’t involved in any processes. After completion of scanning, you will see the amount of smart-selected items in the center of the main area.

To avail of the Smart Selection feature: Click Clean.

Note: To establish accuracy and safety of cleanup operations, CleanMyMac refers to the custom Ignore List and to its built-in Safety Database, which includes a list of vital items, rules, and exceptions.

If you are sure you will never want to remove a particular file, you can add it to CleanMyMac’s Ignore List. For more information, see Add files to CleanMyMac’s Ignore List.

Review scan results

CleanMyMac’s Smart Select offers to remove only unneeded files, but generally a number of items that you might want to remove is much bigger. The total amount of items found in the System Junk module is displayed next to the Review Details button.

To view all found items by categories: Click Review Details. You will see the following item categories:

Broken Login Items

When you remove an application or a service, a broken link to it may remain among your Login Items. CleanMyMac easily resolves this problem.

Broken Preferences

Sometimes application preference files get corrupted, which leads to improper behavior or inability to launch applications. Generally, removing broken preference files eliminates these negative effects.

Development Junk

During installation and configuration process, applications may create _{some supporting files that become useless afterwards.}

iOS Photo Cache

After you sync photos with any of your iOS devices, some photos stay cached on your Mac. This data only wastes space after the sync is done.

Language Files

Almost every application you install comes with multiple localizations you do not use. You can safely remove them to save a significant amount of disk space.

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OS X Localizations

Your Mac’s operating system includes dozens of languages files, most of which you’ll never use. CleanMyMac deletes unneeded language files to save your space.

System Cache Files

System applications generate and keep a lot of cache files, which result in longer startup time, performance degradation, and possible improper system functioning. CleanMyMac cleans cache and improves performance.

System Log Files

Activity of your system applications and services is being logged into numerous files. Generally, they are useful for debugging purposes only, and therefore are hardly worth employing your disk space.

Universal Binaries

Developers usually compile their applications to support several Mac architectures, which means putting in twice and sometimes four times the code. However, your Mac only needs one copy.

User Cache Files

Originally intended to improve startup time, the cache files of your applications ultimately accumulate, and result in improper system functioning or overall performance drop.

User Log Files

The activity of your applications is being logged into numerous files, which start using a lot of space after a while. However, these files are rarely used and absolutely useless if old.

Xcode Derived Data

If you are a developer, you might want to clean up your system from a significant amount of intermediate build information and project index generated by Xcode. This CleanMyMac ability will come in useful when you need to speed up your project and free some space.

After you open the detailed results window, you can take a closer look at items and change their sorting.

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To reveal files included to a particular category: Click the category in the left-side pane of the main

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To view an item in the Finder: Hover over an item you want to reveal, and click a magnifier icon that

appears next to it.

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To view an item path: Hover over an item line. You can double-click any path component to open a

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To change sorting of items or categories: At the top of the window, use the left-side “Sort by’’

pop-up menu to change sorting of item categories, and the right-side “Sort by’’ pop-up menu to change sorting of items.

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To find an item within the scan results list: Start typing a word in the search field — results appear

below the field right as you type. To view all available items, click the close button (x).

Modify the System Junk cleanup list

By default, CleanMyMac selects most of the System Junk items for removal. You can deselect any of the found items to keep them in your system.

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To exclude all items from the cleanup list: Click Deselect All in the upper-left corner of the main area.

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To exclude one or multiple items or categories from the cleanup list: Select checkboxes opposite

categories or items you do not want to remove.

Note: When you deselect items from the cleanup list, CleanMyMac 3 remembers your choice, and keeps these items deselected in future scan results.

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Add one or multiple items or categories to the cleanup list: Select checkboxes opposite categories or

items you want to remove.

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Add all items to the cleanup list: Click Select All in the upper-left corner of the main area.

Clean up your Mac from system junk

Note: Usually, when you start a cleanup or maintenance process, the system asks you

to confirm it by entering your administrator account password. Alternatively, you can go through the quick authentication procedure that frees you from entering your credentials more than once per CleanMyMac session:

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Choose Action > Authenticate.

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Do any of the following:

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Press Return.

To view a detailed information on cleanup results: Click View Log in the lower-left corner of the main area. To return to the initial System Junk screen: Click the Start Over button on the cleanup completion screen.

Or choose Go > Start Over.

iPhoto Junk

The iPhoto Junk module significantly reduces the size of iPhoto and Photos libraries by eliminating hidden originals of previously edited images. Originals are copies of images you have once rotated, cropped, or edited in any other way.

CleanMyMac does not remove final versions of your images, instead it allows you to compare original and final images to make sure the deletion is safe.

Note: To establish accuracy and safety of cleanup operations, CleanMyMac refers to the custom Ignore List and to its built-in Safety Database, which includes a list of vital items, rules, and exceptions.

Start the iPhoto Junk module

1. In the Modules pane, switch to the iPhoto Junk module. Or choose Go > iPhoto Junk. 2. Select an iPhoto library you want to analyze by doing any of the following:

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Use a default iPhoto library for scanning

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3. Do any of the following:

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Press Return.

To open the added library in the Finder, click a magnifier icon next to it.

Use Smart Selection

While preparing a cleanup list, CleanMyMac uses the Smart Select feature. By default, it adds to the cleanup list only originals of fixed red-eye and rotated photos, since their data is restorable. After

completion of scanning, you will see the amount of smart-selected images in the center of the main area.

Review scan results

CleanMyMac’s Smart Select offers to remove only 100% unneeded files, but generally, a number of items that you might want to remove is much bigger. The total amount of items found in the iPhoto Junk module is displayed next to the Review Details button.

To view all found images: Click Review Details.

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The size of each image is specified in its lower-right corner. Each final-version image is also marked with a number of icons that depict changes applied to it:

Cropped

Earlier resized image or image with a partly removed background.

Enhanced

Image improved with some of iPhoto effects and adjustments like sharpness, _{contrast, exposure, and many more.}

Fixed Red-Eye

People’s eyes came out red on an original copy of this photo. This negative effect was fixed with the corresponding editing option of iPhoto.

Rotated

Probably, an original copy of this photo was taken at a wrong angle.

Therefore, this image was either automatically rotated by iPhoto, or you did it manually.

RAW

Original copy of this photo was initially saved as a RAW file, which is not usable in common image viewers and editors. That’s why when you export RAW files to iPhoto, it always creates a JPEG final copy that you actually view within the application.

Note: If you are a photographer and RAW files are valuable for

you, try CleanMyMac’s “Ignore RAW photos” feature to exclude these kind of images from scan results:

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After you open the detailed results window, you can take a closer look at found images and group them as you prefer.

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To zoom images in and out: Drag the slider in the upper-right corner to scale an image.

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To view an image in iPhoto: Control-click an image, and choose Reveal in iPhoto from the shortcut

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To compare original and final-version images: Control-click an image, and choose Quick Look from the

shortcut menu to view images side-by-side.

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To review images within a particular group: Click the group in the left-side pane of the main area.

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To regroup images: Click the “Group by” pop-up menu above the listed photo groups, and choose a

grouping criterion:

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Modifiers — based on changes applied to images.

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Events — based on event names in iPhoto.

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Date — based on image creation date.

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To find an image within the scan results list: Start typing an image title in the search field — results

appear below the field right as you type. To view all available items, click the close button (x).

Modify the iPhoto Junk cleanup list

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To add one or multiple originals or groups to the cleanup list: Select checkboxes opposite groups or

originals you want to remove.

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To add all originals to the cleanup list: Click Select All in the upper-left corner.

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To exclude all groups and originals from the cleanup list: Click Deselect All in the upper-left corner.

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To exclude one or multiple originals or groups from the cleanup list: Deselect checkboxes opposite

groups or originals you do not want to remove.

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Clean up your Mac from iPhoto junk

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In the dialog that appears, enter your administrator account credentials. Do any of the following:

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Press Return.

To view a detailed information on cleanup results: Click View Log in the lower-left corner of the main area. To return to the initial iPhoto Junk screen: Click the Start Over button on the cleanup completion screen.

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Mail Attachments

The Mail Attachments module scans the Mail application for restorable, locally kept downloads and attachments. It reclaims a lot of free space while keeping original attachments safe in your online Inbox. By default, when you open or view a new attachment in Mail, the application stores its copy on your disk and keeps it until you delete the associated email. After a while, the total volume of copied attachment files may reach a couple of gigabytes and more, especially if you receive many images, PDF, or

presentation files.

Start the Mail Attachments module

1. In the Modules list, switch to the Mail Attachments module. Or choose Go > Mail Attachments.

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Press Return.

Use Smart Selection

While preparing a cleanup list, CleanMyMac uses the Smart Select feature that focuses on those

attachments that can be easily brought back by simply accessing related emails in Mail. After completion of scanning, you will see the amount of smart-selected attachments in the center of the main area.

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Review scan results

In this module, CleanMyMac’s Smart Select offers to remove only easily recoverable files. However, the Mail Attachments module also finds user-modified attachments which you might want to remove. The total amount of items found in the Mail Attachments module is displayed next to the Review Details button.

To view all found attachments: Click Review Details.

After you open the detailed results window, you can take a closer look at attachments as well as change their sorting and grouping criteria.

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To view attachments included to a particular group: Click the group in the left-side pane of the main

area. Items included to the group are revealed in the right-side pane.

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To view an attachment in the Finder: Hover over an item you want to reveal, and click a magnifier icon

that appears next to it.

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To view an attachment in CleanMyMac: Hover over a file you want to reveal, and click a quick look icon

next to it.

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To regroup attachments: From the “Group by” pop-up menu choose an appropriate grouping criterion

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To view attachments by mail accounts: In the upper-right corner of the main area, from the pop-up

menu choose which accounts you want to review attachments from.

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To change sorting of attachments: In the upper-right corner of the main area, from the “Sort by’’

pop-up menu choose the appropriate sorting criterion.

• Modify the Mail Attachments cleanup list

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To exclude one or multiple attachments or attachment groups from the cleanup list: Deselect

checkboxes opposite groups or attachments you do not want to remove.

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To add one or multiple attachments or attachment groups to the cleanup list: Select checkboxes

opposite groups or attachments you want to remove.

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Clean up your Mac from attachment copies

to confirm it by entering your administrator account password. Alternatively, you can go through the quick authentication procedure that frees you from entering your

credentials more than once per CleanMyMac session:

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Press Return.

To view a detailed information on cleanup results: Click View Log in the lower-left corner of the main area. To return to the initial Mail Attachments screen: Click the Start Over button on the cleanup completion

screen. Or choose Go > Start Over.

iTunes Junk

The iTunes Junk module cleans up outdated device backups, broken downloads, old iOS software updates, and copies of iOS apps stored locally in iTunes.

In the iTunes Junk module, CleanMyMac scans your iTunes data to find the following files:

iOS Applications

When you download iOS apps to your iPhones or iPads, iTunes saves backups of these downloads on the Mac. Removing these files from iTunes won’t affect your devices.

Consider keeping the old copies of iOS apps only in case you’re planning on using old iOS devices further and syncing these apps to them.

iOS Device Backups

All of your iOS device backups are stored on your Mac. However, information on your devices is changing constantly, and backups get quickly outdated. You can easily get rid of old backups without losing any valuable data. The latest backup is never selected for removal automatically.

iOS Software Updates

Every time you update your iOS devices via cable sync, multiple update files remain on your Mac and increase the amount of wasted space on your disk. Removing these files will do no harm.

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Start the iTunes Junk module

1. In the Modules list, switch to the iTunes Junk module. Or choose Go > iTunes Junk. 2. Do any of the following:

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Press Return.

Use Smart Selection

While preparing a cleanup list, CleanMyMac uses the Smart Select feature, which accurately selects only broken iOS-related files you no longer need and can harmlessly remove. After completion of scanning, you will see the amount of smart-selected items in the center of the main area.

Review scan results

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To view items included to a particular group: Click the group in the left-side pane of the main area.

Items included to the group are revealed in the right-side pane.

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appears next to it.

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To view an item in CleanMyMac: Hover over a file you want to reveal, and click a quick look icon

next to it.

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To change the sorting of items: In the upper-right corner of the main area, from the “Sort by’’ pop-up

menu choose the appropriate sorting criterion.

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Modify the iTunes Junk cleanup list

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To add one or multiple items or item groups to the cleanup list: Select checkboxes opposite groups or

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To add all items to the cleanup list: Click Select All in the upper-left corner.

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To exclude all groups and items from the cleanup list: Click Deselect All in the upper-left corner.

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To exclude one or multiple items or item groups from the cleanup list: Deselect checkboxes opposite

groups or items you do not want to remove.

Note: When you deselect items from the cleanup list, CleanMyMac 3 remembers your choice, and keeps them deselected in future scan results.

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Press Return.

To view a detailed information on cleanup results: Click View Log in the lower-left corner of the main area.

To close a cleanup log, click Hide Log.

To return to the initial iTunes Junk screen: Click the Start Over button on the cleanup completion screen.

Or choose Go > Start Over.

Trash Bins

Apart from the ordinary startup drive Trash, Macs generally have additional application trash folders, for example, iPhoto Trash. Each disk partition and external drive also has its own hidden trash folder where previously deleted items reside.

In the Trash Bins module, CleanMyMac scans the following trash folders:

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Local Mail Trash, which contains emails deleted in the Mail application.

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Aperture Trash, which contains photos deleted in Aperture.

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iPhoto Trash, which contains photos deleted in iPhoto.

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Start the Trash Bins module

1. In the Modules list, switch to the Trash Bins module. Or choose Go > Trash Bins. 2. Do any of the following:

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Press Return.

Use Smart Selection

By default, CleanMyMac selects all of your trashed items for removal. After completion of scanning, you will see the amount of smart-selected items in the center of the main area.

To avail of the Smart Selection feature: Click Empty.

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Review scan results

The total amount of items found in the Trash Bins module is displayed next to the Review Details button. To view all found files, click Review Details.

After you open the detailed results window, you can take a closer look at items and change their sorting.

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To reveal files from a particular location: Click the location in the left-side pane of the main area. Items

included to the location are revealed in the right-side pane.

To view contents of a folder in the right-side pane, click its disclosure triangle.

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appears next to it.

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related directory in a new Finder window. If an item path does not appear, choose View > Show File Path.

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To change sorting of items or locations: At the top of the window, use the left-side “Sort by’’ pop-up

menu to change sorting of locations, and the right-side “Sort by’’ pop-up menu to change sorting of items.

• Modify the Trash Bins cleanup list

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To exclude all items from the cleanup list: Click Deselect All in the upper-left corner of the main area.

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Note: When you deselect items from the cleanup list, CleanMyMac 3 remembers your choice, and keeps them deselected in future scan results.

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Add one or multiple items or locations to the cleanup list: Select checkboxes opposite locations or

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Add all items to the cleanup list: Click Select All in the upper-left corner of the main area.

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to confirm it by entering your administrator account password. Alternatively, you can go through the quick authentication procedure that frees you from entering your

credentials more than once per CleanMyMac session:

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In the dialog that appears, enter your administrator account credentials. 1. At the bottom of the window, select a type of removal from the pop-up menu:

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Remove immediately: This is a default command that quickly removes files in an ordinary way from

your disk.

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Remove securely: If you want to be sure that deleted items won’t be recovered by means of any

special tools, choose Remove Securely from the pop-up menu. This takes more time, but all the file data gets rewritten to avoid possible recovering.

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Click Empty at the bottom of the window.

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Choose Action > Empty.

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Press Return.

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Large & Old Files

The Large & Old Files module brings large and old files to the surface, sorting them by size, type, and date last opened, and lets you select and remove the files you don’t need.

Start the Large & Old Files module

1. In the Modules list, switch to the Large & Old Files module. Or choose Go > Large & Old Files. 2. Specify a location you want to analyze by doing any of the following:

• Make no changes and use a default Home folder for scanning.

• Select a new location by clicking Add Folder. In the dialog that appears, navigate to the location you want to analyze. It can be an internal or external drive, network folder or any other location.

• Remove a location from the scan list by clicking the close button (x) opposite the location you do not want to analyze.

• Remove all locations from the scan list by clicking Clear List. 3. Do any of the following:

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Press Return.

Review scan results to find large and forgotten files

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After you open the detailed results window, you can take a closer look at your files to make your decision on their value.

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To view files included to a particular group: Click the group in the left-side pane of the main area. Items

included to the group are revealed in the right-side pane. To view contents of a folder in the right-side pane, click its disclosure triangle.

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To view a file in the Finder: Hover over an item you want to reveal, and click a magnifier icon that

appears next to it.

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To view a file in CleanMyMac: Hover over a file you want to reveal, and click a quick look icon next to it.

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Select files for removal

By default, CleanMyMac does not select any files found in the Large & Old Files module for removal.

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• Move or remove files

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In the dialog that appears, enter your administrator account credentials.

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To move files to another folder: Choose Move to Folder from the pop-up menu at the bottom of the

window, and navigate to a folder you want to move files to. Click Move.

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To move files to the Trash folder: Choose Move to Trash from the pop-up menu at the bottom of the

window, and then click Clean.

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To remove files quickly: Choose Remove Immediately from the pop-up menu at the bottom of the

window, and then click Remove.

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To remove securely and make sure that deleted items won’t be recovered by means of any special tools:

Choose Remove Securely from the pop-up menu at the bottom of the window, and then click Remove. This takes more time, but all the file data gets rewritten to avoid being recovered.

To view a detailed information on cleanup or moving results: Click View Log in the lower-left corner of the

main area.

To return to the initial Large & Old Files screen: Click the Start Over button on the completion screen. Or

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Chapter 4: Maintenance Utilities

CleanMyMac 3 contains the following maintenance utilities: • Uninstaller • Maintenance • Privacy • Extensions • Shredder

Uninstaller

The Uninstaller completely removes apps that are no longer needed, including associated files that lay outside the Applications folder.

Using this tool, you can:

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View rarely used and unsupported applications.

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Reset an application to the initial state to resolve some troubles or to make it run faster.

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Remove any application with all related files, leaving no remains.

Start working with the Uninstaller

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Review all your applications

After you open the detailed results window, you can take a closer look at your applications.

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To view a complete list of files associated with a particular application: Click an application in the

left-side pane of the main area. All items associated with the application are revealed in the right-left-side pane.

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appears next to it.

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To change application sorting: From the “Sort by’’ pop-up menu choose the appropriate sorting

criterion.

• Select applications you want to remove or reset

By default, the Uninstaller does not offer you to remove anything. You must decide on each application, and choose what you would like to do with it:

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To add an application to the uninstallation list: Select a checkbox opposite an application you no

longer need, and then in the Smart Selector block, click Complete Uninstallation.

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To add an application to the reset list: Select a checkbox opposite the application you want to

that must be removed to reset the application to its initial state. After the reset is completed, the application starts working with a clean state when you launch it next time.

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Uninstall/reset the selected applications

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Depending on the selected items, the main CleanMyMac button will identify the state of the operation you are about to start:

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Uninstall: Click this button to remove all selected applications leaving no remains on your Mac.

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Reset: Click this button to remove smart-selected files, and thus reset the selected applications.

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Remove: Click this button to uninstall selected applications, and remove files of your choice. To discontinue uninstall or reset process, click Stop.

As soon as the operation is complete, you can do the following:

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Return to the list of your applications and continue to work with the Uninstaller: Click View All Apps.

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View a detailed information on uninstall or reset results: Click View Log in the lower-left corner of the

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Maintenance

The Maintenance module provides essential scripts and procedures that will keep your Mac up and running for a long time. In particular, using this CleanMyMac’s module, you can optimize system performance, resolve various errors, and increase search speed.

CleanMyMac’s Maintenance includes the following tasks: • Run Maintenance Scripts

• Repair Disk Permissions

• Verify Startup Disk

• Speed Up Mail

• Rebuild Launch Services Database

• Reindex Spotlight

• Flush DNS Cache

Maintenance

task

How it works

Run

Maintenance

Scripts

Maintenance scripts are basic system routines that OS X runs on daily, weekly, and monthly basis. These scripts are aimed to keep your Mac in shape.

CleanMyMac unifies these valuable scripts in a single task that includes, but is not limited to the following procedures:

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Deletion of temporary files

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Logs rotation (compression and archiving of log files)

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Rebuilding system databases.

Recommendations for use

Good to run every day: running maintenance scripts is fast and won’t compromise your productivity.

Back to task list

Repair Disk

Permissions

Every file and folder has a set of permissions that determines the types of actions you, system, applications, or other users can perform with it. If permissions are getting corrupted due to, for example, improper system shutdown or incorrect changes made by the app during its installation, you may face some access- or performance-related issues .

CleanMyMac’s Repair Disk Permissions task verifies current permissions and restores correct ones to ensure proper functioning of your system and applications.

Run the task if either of these symptoms appear:

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Maintenance

task

How it works

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Applications cannot function correctly (for example, icons are displayed in the Dock as question marks; some applications won’t launch, etc.)

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Verify Startup

Disk

The Verify Startup Disk task checks the file system on your main disk to make sure all data is solid and safe. If the disk needs repairs, CleanMyMac provides you with appropriate instructions on using Mac’s Recovery HD functionality.

Run the task periodically as part of general Mac maintenance, if either of these symptoms appear:

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A significant performance drop while reading or writing data

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Some files got corrupted

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Your Mac experiences difficulties while finding or using data

If you have disks, other than the startup drive on your Mac, you will be able to verify and repair them right within CleanMyMac 3.

For more information about the Recovery HD functionality, see OS X: About OS X Recovery.

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Speed Up Mail

The Speed Up Mail task reindexes OS X Mail envelope database to resolve widespread message content issues, improve performance, and search speed. Reindexing is a safe and useful procedure that doesn’t affect your emails.

Depending on your mailbox size, the completion of the Speed Up Mail task may take up to a couple of hours (for large mailboxes). To speed up the reindexing process, before proceeding with the task, we recommend you to do the following:

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Clean up Junk and Trash folders in Mail

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Delete unneeded emails

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Mail’s search works slowly and cannot find existing messages

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Impossible to delete, move, or receive messages

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Message content cannot be displayed properly

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Maintenance

task

How it works

Rebuild Launch

Services

Database

The Finder uses the Launch Services database to keep information about file types and applications assigned to open them by default.

As you install, remove, or update applications, database may become corrupted and cause some troubles with opening applications or with

displaying correct contents of the Open With menu (control-click any file and choose the Open With command). Use the Rebuild Launch Service Database task to resolve these issues.

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When you double-click a file, it opens in a wrong application

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Some files and folders have incorrect file type icons

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The Open With menu displays duplicated or outdated application references

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Reindex

Spotlight

The Reindex Spotlight task initiates a complete reindexing of your Mac’s main search engine to improve its performance and accuracy. Generally, Spotlight indexes itself automatically, but after working with a large amount of files or after a long period of service it may need help.

Please mind that Spotlight reindexing is a rather time- and resource-consuming procedure that will keep your Mac under a high workload until the task is completed. During this period, Spotlight won’t be available, but it will work perfectly for you afterwards.

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Overall search performance drop

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Spotlight does not find existing items

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Flush DNS

Cache

OS X keeps a local cache of resolved Domain Name System (DNS) requests during the period defined by the DNS server.

In some cases, you may need to reset the cache immediately and get new DNS records. For example, after an entry on the DNS server is changed, or a new entry is added.

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Inability to connect to some websites

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Start a maintenance task

Note: Please carefully read and follow the recommendations for use for each maintenance task to prevent system lag under high workloads. Also note that all of the tasks

have different usage recommendations, and it is not necessary to run them all at once. 1. In the Modules list, switch to the Maintenance module. Or choose Go > Maintenance.

2. Click Choose Tasks.

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To discontinue a maintenance process, click Stop.

As soon as the task is complete, you can do the following:

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Return to the task list and continue maintenance of your Mac: Click Select Tasks.

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View a detailed information on maintenance results: Click View Log in the lower-left corner of the main

area.

Privacy

The Privacy module securely cleans up chat, browsing and download history, cookies, recent items list, and more to help keep activity on your Mac private.

In this module, CleanMyMac sorts all data into groups depending on a type of activities or used applications, so that you could quickly make your cleanup decisions:

Browsing and

surfing on the

Internet

All browser-related information is gathered in groups under appropriate names of the supported browsers:

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Safari

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Google Chrome

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Opera

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Mozilla Firefox

Each browser group generally contains these items:

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Autofill Values — data kept by your browser to quickly fill in some fields with

appropriate information.

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Browsing History — a list of web addresses you’ve opened with the browser.

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Cookies — small files sent to your computer when you visit a website.

Cookies help you navigate websites and perform some functions, but they also keep certain private information regarding your activities, browsing preferences, and history.

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Downloads History — a list of all files downloaded via a particular browser.

Note that the Privacy does not remove the files themselves; it only clears the list of these files in a browser.

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HTML5 Local Storage — locally stored information similar to cache.

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Saved Passwords — a list of credentials you allowed a browser to remember

and to fill in the appropriate fields.

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Instant

messaging

You can easily remove your conversation, call, and file transfer history related to the following messengers:

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Skype

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Messages

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AOL IM

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Jabber

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Yahoo

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iMessage

Viewing items

on Mac

When you open a file with an application, it usually adds this file to its own list of recent items. Similarly, your Mac remembers all applications, documents, and servers you’ve opened or viewed, and keeps references on them in the Recent Items menu of the main Apple menu.

The Privacy module quickly erases all of these traces throughout the system. However, there’s no need to worry about the actual files and documents, they are not affected.

Start working with the Privacy

1. In the Modules list, switch to the Privacy module. Or choose Go > Privacy. 2. Click Select Items.

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View available items

After you clicked Select Items, CleanMyMac opens a detailed Privacy module window, which contains all information about your online and offline activities stored on your Mac.

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To view files included to a particular group: Click the group in the left-side pane of the main area. Items

included to the group are revealed in the right-side pane. To view contents of a folder in the right-side pane, click its disclosure triangle.

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To view a file in the Finder: Hover over an item you want to reveal, and click a magnifier icon that

appears next to it.

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To change sorting of items: In the upper-right corner of the main area, from the “Sort by’’ pop-up menu

choose the appropriate sorting criterion.

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To sort out items based on their creation time: Click the “Time range to clean” pop-up menu, and

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Note: After changing a time period, the Privacy will ask you to quit your browser due to estimation purposes.

• Select items you want to remove

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• Clean up selected items

Note: Usually, when you start a cleanup or maintenance process, the system asks you to confirm it by entering your administrator account password. Alternatively, you can go through the quick authentication procedure that frees you from entering your credentials more than once per CleanMyMac session:

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Click Remove at the bottom of the window.

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Choose Action > Remove.

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Press Return.

To discontinue a cleanup process, click Stop.

As soon as the task is complete, you can do the following:

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Return to the item list of the Privacy module: Click View List.

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View a detailed information on cleanup results: Click View Log in the lower-left corner of the main area.

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Extensions

Apart from ordinary applications, there are a lot of other software components on your system, like extensions, widgets, and plugins. CleanMyMac’s Extensions module gathers all of them together, and then lets you remove or disable them at your convenience.

Start working with the Extensions module

1. In the Modules list, switch to the Extensions module. Or choose Go > Extensions. 2. Click View All Extensions.

Review all your applications

After you clicked View All Extensions, CleanMyMac opens a detailed Extensions module window, which shows you all available extensions in groups:

Extension group

Description

Plugins

Many of your applications have additions (plugins) that expand their functionality. Plugins might be difficult to get rid of, since they quite often do not have dedicated uninstallers.

Depending on the parent application or its type, Extensions displays plugins in the corresponding groups and allows you to remove any plugin with a couple of clicks.

Widgets

CleanMyMac gathers all your small third-party Dashboard applications (widgets), so you could easily disable or completely remove the

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Extension group

Description

Login Items

Manageable list of applications that are automatically launched every time _{you log in.}

Preference Panes

Your custom preference panes and their multiple support files are spread over the system.

CleanMyMac simplifies locating and viewing these files.

Screen Savers

Allows to correctly remove an unnecessary screen saver, or disable it, so

that it becomes temporarily unavailable in System Preferences.

Dictionaries

Your OS X has multiple built-in dictionaries, most of which you won’t ever need.

Remove them to save space or just disable temporarily.

Launch Agents

Some applications installed on your Mac come with small helper apps (launch agents). These apps broaden the functionality of the parent product, but in some cases you may consider removing or disabling them.

Services

Some applications install additional services onto your system. You can access these services via file shortcut menus right in the Finder. Use CleanMyMac to disable unnecessary services if needed.

Note: Some extensions are marked with info signs and do not have checkboxes. These extensions can be removed only along with the associated applications or services.

Yet, you can easily disable or enable these extensions.

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To view extensions included to a particular group: Click the group in the left-side pane of the main

area. Extensions included to the group are revealed in the right-side pane. To view contents of a folder in the right-side pane, click its disclosure triangle.

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appears next to it.

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To change sorting of items or groups: At the top of the window, use the left-side “Sort by’’ pop-up menu

to change sorting of extension groups, and the right-side “Sort by’’ pop-up menu to change sorting of items.

• Remove or disable extensions

Note: By default, CleanMyMac does not offer any extensions for removal. If you decide on removing an item completely, you will not be able to undo this action.

However, if you disable an extension, it can be easily turned on.

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3. After selecting the items you want to delete, click Remove.

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To disable extensions and isolate it from your system: Hover over the Enable status next to an extension

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Shredder

The Shredder helps you easily remove any files you no longer need in either a secure or ordinary way. If you select secure removal, be sure that erased files, including their digital footprints, will be made completely irrecoverable. The Shredder seamlessly deals with the task even when the Finder brings up errors while trying to remove items involved in current processes.

Erase files with the Shredder

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In the dialog that appears, enter your administrator account credentials. 1. In the Modules list, switch to the Shredder module. Or choose Go > Shredder. 2. Click Select Files.

3. In the dialog that appears, navigate to items you want to remove (one or multiple files or folders). 4. Click Open.

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View items added to the Shredder cleanup list

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To reveal items within a folder: Click the disclosure triangle opposite the folder.

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appears next to it.

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related directory in a new Finder window. If an item path does not appear, choose View > Show File Path.

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To change sorting of items: At the top of the window, use the right-side “Sort by’’ pop-up menu to

change a sorting criterion.

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To find an item within the cleanup list: Start typing a word in the search field — results appear below

the field right as you type. To view all available items, click the close button (x).

Modify the Shredder cleanup list

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To exclude previously selected items from the cleanup list: Deselect checkboxes opposite folders or

files you do not want to remove. Or click Deselect All at the upper-left corner of the window to exclude all items from the cleanup list.

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Chapter 5: CleanMyMac Dashboard

The Dashboard displays real-time state infographics of your internal drives, random-access memory (RAM, or memory), battery, and processor (CPU).

CleanMyMac is constantly monitoring the system, and lets you know if there are any health issues. However, you might want to open the Dashboard periodically to improve your Mac’s performance through RAM cleanup, or to check free disk space availability, processor workload, and battery state.

Open the Dashboard

Do any of the following:

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Click the Dashboard button in the upper-right corner of the window. It is available for all modules.

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Choose Go > Dashboard.

The Dashboard displays your Mac’s model, total number of cleaned data, and detailed information on your Mac’s components represented in a form of graphs.

A graph is a visual representation of one of the component containing a legend of all of its items.

Check the component’s state

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Hard drives

CleanMyMac monitors all internal volumes of your Mac and displays them individually with their own icons, names, and graphs.

Each graph contains color-encoded sections that represent different categories of files stored on a disk. The size of a sector correlates with the amount of disk space used by the file category it represents, and is specified in the legend.

On a disk graph, you’ll see the following file categories:

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Audio —your iTunes Library music and files in MP3, AAC, AIFF, APE, and other audio formats.

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Movies — video files, including movies and podcasts of all known video formats.

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Photos — your iPhoto Library images and files in JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and other image formats.

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Apps — application files from any location on the drive.

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Backups — archives, containers, and backup files of different origin.

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Other — all files that cannot be referred to any of the listed above file

categories. For example, contacts, calendar data, the System folder, cache data, application plugins, and so on.

You can take one of the following actions with this Dashboard element:

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View the disk in the Finder: Double-click the disk icon.

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Open a Finder window with the Spotlight search for a particular file category: Double-click the corresponding section of the graph.

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View a short file category description in the legend: Click the category

name.

Memory

RAM keeps the information that is being processed by your system and applications. Generally, it helps speed up completion of operations, but as the number of data stored in the memory grows, your Mac may become slower.

To clean up the memory to make it run faster: Click Free Up. Be sure, this

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Memory

As you hover over the Memory graph, you see the following data categories:

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Wired — information in RAM that can’t be moved to the drive or used

by other applications. The amount of wired memory depends on the system configuration and applications you are using.

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Active — information that is currently being used and constantly

addressed to.

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Inactive — information that was recently used, but remains currently

unaddressed.

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Compressed — the amount of memory used by inactive applications

that was compressed to make more RAM available to active applications.

To take a closer look at the memory: Double-click the Memory icon to open

Activity Monitor.

Battery

The current charge level of the battery is displayed above the Battery graph.

To view details on the battery state: Hover over the Battery graph to check

its health and a number of charge cycles.

To take a closer look at the battery: Double-click the Battery icon to open

Energy Saver Preferences (in System Preferences).

Processor

This Dashboard element shows the current CPU (processor) workload in %.

To take a closer look at the processor’s current state: Double-click the