Both apps are made by the well-known cyber-security company Trend Micro and are good looking apps.
Cleaner is available for free on the Mac App Store and can be upgraded to Pro for $19.99.
If something is wrong with your Apple computer, you can call their support and one of their representatives will remotely connect to your Mac's desktop using a secure ID and a password and help you. Second, unlike all other apps in this list, MacKeeper offers free IT maintenance services to help you prevent problems. The app comes with advanced anti-theft technology (Location Tracker, Thief Snapshot, and Screen Locker Options). First of all, it is a full-featured Mac cleaning utility, which helps you secure your Mac and data. MacKeeper is the editor’s pick from the range of the similar products because of the three reasons. The “set it and forget it” nature of this app makes it our users’ favorite system cleaner. The primary way I’ve used it in the past is to set the Pilot to schedule a run through this once a week when I know my Mac is on but not heavily used (Friday at 4PM). Cocktail’s interface is cleaner and easier to decipher than Onyx’s, though any user could still be overwhelmed by the number of available checkboxes and action items in Cocktail.The most popular feature is certainly the “Pilot” mode that bundles the default UNIX daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance scripts along with cache clearing tasks into one nice “Run” button. It allows for all the similar tasks to be performed and gives access to several system settings as well.
Some may say that Onyx makes it too easy to perform some processes that may ruin your day so use at your own risk!Ĭocktail is similar to Onyx in many ways, and also quite superior in a few important ways.
This makes it an invaluable tool for many who work in computer repair or IT departments, and if you are a novice user then someday an expert will ask you to install this app to help you find that one action that will save your day.
Onyx is designed for experts that know what actions they are looking for. It does not clean out virtual memory or uninstall applications or find orphaned files related to past uninstallations. One thing to keep in mind before using Onyx is that there are some risky actions, especially if you have a solid-state drive (SSD). From the basic maintenance of cleaning out cache files to helping you adjust the settings for your Dock, and quite a few more things in between. Onyx does (almost) everything someone may need to do to maintain or repair their Mac. If you are just an average person who has had a Mac for a year or so and done nothing to maintain it, then this list is for you! If you know your terminal commands then regular maintenance can be an easy tasks that takes a few minutes once a week. Macs are not without system and Internet caches, trash cans, and hidden files and settings, and trying to do regular maintenance for all these things can be tough for the average user to manage. Add this to the fact that we like to keep our Macs running without restarting them for weeks and we find that junk can build up and slow us down!
Sometimes, though, your system misses these tasks for a number of reasons. Most systems are designed to regularly clean themselves with automatic Unix scripts that are set to run daily, weekly, or monthly.