CleanMyMac User Guide
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1. CleanMyMac 2 User Guide CleanMyMac 2 User Guide http macpaw com Last updated on May 12 2013 For application version 2 0 3 Copyright c 2013 MacPaw Inc All rights reserved Contents Chapter 1 Introducing CleanMyMac Overview Key Features System Requirements Downloading and Installation Chapter 2 Getting Started Online Activation First Launch Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Automatic Cleanup System Cleanup Large amp Old Files iPhoto Cleanup Trash Cleanup Uninstaller Extensions Manager Eraser Help Chapter 4 Preferences General Scanning Scheduler Monitoring Privacy amp Updates Chapter 5 FAQ wm A A A 10 13 16 19 23 25 28 30 31 34 35 35 36 37 Chapter 1 Introducing CleanMyMac Overview Key Features System Requirements Overview CleanMyMac 2 makes space for the things you love Sporting a range of ingenious new features CleanMyMac 2 lets you safely and intelligently scan and clean your entire system delete large unused files reduce the size of your iPhoto library un install unneeded apps and much more all from one newly designed and beautifully simple interface Key Features Sleek design with one unified button to perform most operations e Scan every inch of your Mac to identify all files that can be removed e Clean your Mac quickly and easily in only two clicks e Remove caches logs and other junk to free up system resources e Review and2. e System Cleanup e iPhoto Cleanup e Trash Cleanup e Large amp Old Files e Uninstaller e Extensions Manager CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Automatic Cleanup 11 After the Full Scan is over you will be presented with a brief results list which in cludes items suggested for Automatic Cleanup These files were selected by Clean MyMac 2 as 100 safe for removal and thus can be deleted with a click of a button ClaanhheAlac 9 Automatic Cleanup System Cleanup urge hol Fes aor on e fn CN Automatic Cleanup CleanMyMac can safely and automatically clean 4 GB iPhoto Cleanup Tr System Cleanu A ACAR wv PI A P 3 49 GB 74 Cleans unneeded items from your system and apps Trash Cleanup 513 1 MB N i j to reclaim space and improve performance iPhoto Cleanup Uninstaller ee Nothing to be cleaned automatically Extensions Manager gt aD Trash Cleanup Empties all the system Trash folders of your Mac s internal and external drives including iPhoto Trash Eraser Click to remove celected items gt Start Over Thanks to a built in Ignore List you can be sure CleanMyMac 2 will never remove critical files from your system and applications Moreover vital items won t be listed within scan results at all Clicking the Clean button at this point will remove only the files that don t affect the functionality of your
3. on your system that can be generally described as extensions This module of CleanMyMac automatically sorts these items into the corresponding groups for you to work with e Plugins Additions that expand application functionality but are often hard to be removed since they don t necessarily have dedicated uninstallers e Widgets Your small Dashboard apps can be easily disabled or completely removed along with all related data e Login Items Manage the list of applications that will be automatically launched every time you log in e Preference Panes All of your Preference Panes come with tons of support files spread over the system e Screen Savers Removing an unnecessary screensaver correctly is easy with CleanMyMac However you can also disable one to make it temporarily una vailable for System Preferences e Dictionaries Not all the inbuilt Mac OS dictionaries are of any use for you but they do waste space You can easily remove unnecessary dictionaries or disable them temporarily CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Extensions Manager 29 Quick Look BIRF I Disabled Enabled After you have reviewed the lists you can click the Disable button next to virtually any item This will turn off the extension and it won t be used by your system or any app until you Enable it again Or you can select items for complete removal u
4. t been opened for a while e iPhoto Cleanup significantly reduce the size of iPhoto Library by eliminating unneeded original copies of previously edited images e Trash Cleanup empty Trash folders of Mac s internal and external volumes including iPhoto Trash e Uninstaller completely uninstall applications that are no longer needed e Extensions Manager review and manage all app extensions from one dash board e Eraser erase files from your system and leave no trace behind CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Automatic Cleanup 10 Automatic Cleanup The Automatic Cleanup module provides the easiest way to clean your Mac quickly and efficiently Automatic Cleanup is the first option that is offered upon every launch of CleanMyMac 2 e eile Analyzing your System System Cleanup Broken Preferences Clean Large amp Old Files Broken Login Items Clean iPhoto Cleanup iOS Software Updates 963 8 MB Trash Cleanup AN T 105 Photo Cache 269 4 MB Universal Binaries 55 KB Uninstaller Development Junk Extensions Manager Language Files Eraser Click Scan in the bottom center part of the window to perform a Full Scan of your Mac CleanMyMac 2 will look through all possible areas on your computer and auto matically identify all the items you can safely get rid of The Full Scan procedure involves the following modules
5. tual menu T rra f e m 7 mee ca iN Remove 4 s Remove J4 ME Hidden Service Copy Version to Keep Ov E Reveal in iPhoto Add to ignore List F 7 Such items will never be presented for removal later As soon as you have selected files for removal use the Clean button to finalize the process G Village ce v Cleaned 7 3 MB CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved a eee Automatic Cleanup System Cleanup Large amp Old Files iPhoto Cleanup Trash Cleanup Uninstaller Extensions Manager Eraser Every volume on you Trash Cleanup Ach Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Trash Cleanup 23 a P rash Cleanup Empty all the system Trash folders of your Mac s internal and external drives including iPhoto Trash Trash on Macintosh HD MM gt files 67 4 MB ai i ahs ad Empty r internal and external drives has its own hidden trash folder containing previously deleted items Trash Cleanup helps too you empty every Trash folder of your volumes and iPhoto Trash In this module you are not required to initiate the scanning process since CleanMy Mac 2 locates all Trash folders and presents you with a list of them from the very Start Click Empty to permanently remove all the stuff you had in all the listed Trash fold ers CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All
6. vy Binaries e f Ensoul Wallpapers app Yes Go to the Uninstaller module look for the app that works improperly select it and choose Application Reset This will remove related files that may cause improper functioning If that doesn t help you can try to uninstall the application using the same module and then install it again In other cases contact the developer of the app Where is my Ignore List CleanMyMac 2 allows to add any items to its internal Ignore List so that it starts to avoid them during scans You can however see ignored items within scan results if you choose Show Ignored Items in the Ignore List menu Can make my CleanMyMac 2 available for all users on my Mac A single license of CleanMyMac 2 can be used from all user accounts of your Mac Can I activate CleanMyMac 2 over the phone Unfortunately this feature is not supported in CleanMyMac 2 I want to buy more CleanMyMac 2 licenses are there any discounts for me Multiple licenses are available with a discount You can either visit our web store and use the corresponding License upgrade feature or email our Sup port Team CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 5 FAQ 39 How to find out what extensions are safe for removal If you are not sure whether a particular extension is safe for removal you can disable it and see how it goes for you After cleaning my Mac with
7. CleanMyMac 2 I cannot open some of my files Why 2 Edit Ignore List View Mitac Window Help Uninstall Authenticate Rebuild Launch Services Database Open CleanMyMac 2 and choose Rebuild Launch Services Database in the Action menu This feature is designed to help you address this particular issue although it happens rarely Can I return the license and have my money back Please learn more about our refund policy from the corresponding section of our web site CleanMyMac 2 is so awesome want to provide feedback But how can I do it DES ar S e O E deia r a ___ CleanMyMac 2 Feedback Feedback Form Please provide a detailed description of your problem suggestion bug report or question so that we have a clear picture of your request and react to it with maximum effectiveness Your Email Description Write your feedback here V Send anonymous system profile Send Feedback Choose Provide Feedback in the Help menu Fill in the Feedback Form and click Send Feedback CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Thank you for using CleaanMyMac 2
8. CleanMyMac 2 every time you move any appli cation to Trash 2 Monitor Trash size Use it for CleanMyMac to monitor the size of items in your Trash and notify you when the limit is reached Adjust the limit with the corresponding slider 3 External Drives We recommend installing our CleanMyDrive utility to work with your external drives in the most efficient manner CleanMyDrive is a small free utility from MacPaw available at the Mac App Store CleanMyDrive cleans up your thumb drives memory cards and exter nal HDDs from unneeded service junk generated by Windows or OS X such as DS_Store Thumbs db Spotlight hidden trashes and so on It also helps you access and unmount all your available drives within a single menu CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 4 Preferences Privacy amp Updates 37 Privacy amp Updates 600 Preferences Hero mm General Scanning Scheduler Monitoring Privacy amp Updates Privacy Share anonymous usage data To help us make CleanMyMac2 better you can send us anonymous system and applications information This will not include any personal info Updates Check for Updates Automatically _ Update to Beta versions when available Please be careful when updating to Beta versions as they include experimental features and can be unstable or result in data loss Check For Updates Now Last check Never Share anonymous usage data
9. Mac What you get after is a faster Mac with a significant amount of additional free space on it CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Automatic Cleanup 12 When the Automatic Cleanup procedure is over you will be able to perform Manual Cleanup and free up even more space The list of items offered for Manual Cleanup depends on your overall scan results and includes files that require user review before removal Automatic Cleanup mo oo a Manual Cleanup gt Review modules below to clean even more Large amp Old Files System Cleanup iPhoto Cleanup 561 2 MB 5 4 Review and clean remaining items 16MB Large amp Old Files F Review the files you did not open for a f ane GB while Trash Cleanup Uninstaller 10 4 iPhoto Cleanup 561 2 MB Remove unneeded service copies from iPhoto lt vi Library Extensions Manager g Uninstaller TaI Review the apps you did not use for months OY tems Eraser Extensions Manager Manage plugi i ae s 60 tems Janage plugins widgets and more Start Over Summarize Cleanup Clicking the Manual Cleanup list items will lead you to the corresponding modules of CleanMyMac which you can also access directly from the main modules panel You can skip the Automatic Cleanup procedure by deselecting all the items and clicking the Skip to Man ual Cleanup button in the lower right corner Cle
10. Rights Reserved Automatic Cleanup System Cleanup Large amp Old Files iPhoto Cleanup Uninstaller Extensions Manager Eraser eieciecel Deselect All e Trash on Macintosh HD CleanMyMac 2 Suspansa zip ScreenFlow 4 0 2 dmg Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Trash Cleanup 24 Sort by Size Remove Immediately Alternatively you can review the contents of any desired Trash folder by clicking on it Then you ll see a list of files that can be sorted as you like previewed or revealed in Finder When you re done reviewing your Trash folders simply hit Empty to remove its con tents CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Uninstaller 25 Uninstaller on Samet Applications 108 All Selected Sort by Last Launch Date Smart Selector Complete Removal Automatic Cleanup ae Se A Month to 3 Months Binaries x Gemini 11 3 MB mn s Twitterrific app System Cleanup 2 2 MB Opened 2 months ago Installer a 7 iMovie 1 34 GB IE Large amp Old Files EO i i com iconfactory mac Twitterrific fe Opened 2 months ago iPhoto Cleanup Sam xScope Opened 2 months ago Trash Cleanup Opened 2 months ago Extensions Manager Ensoul Contacts Opened 2 months ago Eraser SourceTree Source Opened 2 months ago Courier Opened 2 months ago This module provides you with easy and t
11. We respect your decision on this matter and thus leave this option disabled by default You can help us make CleanMyMac 2 better if you allow sending us anonymous system and applications usage reports When the option is ena bled CleanMyMac 2 gathers only technical data that may help us understand how to make the app even more effective and functional than before Updates As any other app with every update CleanMyMac 2 becomes better and bet ter That s why we recommend to keep the Check for updates automatically option enabled In addition to this some pre release features require additional testing and we allow users to update to beta versions using the corresponding option If you are ready to help us make CleanMyMac 2 better we will appreciate your beta feedback Please update to Beta versions at your own risk since they may be unstable CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 5 FAQ 38 FAQ I want to activate my copy of CleanMyMac 2 on another Mac If you don t have a multiple license you can activate only one copy of Clean MyMac with your activation number In order to deactivate your copy and activate it on another Mac uninstall the application from your current Mac and install it on a new one Reactivate using your original Activation Number One of my apps started working improperly Can CleanMyMac 2 fix it Smart Selector Complete Removal Application Reset
12. anMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning System Cleanup 13 System Cleanup ad Po AAAA se 9 _ Automatic Cleanup scan Completed Large amp Old Files iPhoto Cleanup 961 2 MB A y i 2 VIB Can be safely cleaned automatically Uni ii bes System Cache Files b User Cache Files System Log Files Language Files ninstaller he och T ESR Extensions Manager Review detailed scan results to see the particular items ee Detailed Result Eraser CleanMyMac offers to remove Start Over This module helps you take care of all the unneeded items generated by your system and applications After you choose System Cleanup on the left panel you will be able to see a visual representation of how much space is taken by different types of un needed items You can either click Clean to remove them if you haven t done this yet during Automatic Cleanup or proceed to the list of files by clicking the Detailed Results button CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning System Cleanup 14 You will find the following groups within Detailed Results CleanMyMac 2 a Results Deselect All Sort by Size Deselect All Sort by Size Automatic Cleanup P System Cache Files 1 5 MB D User Cache Files a System Log Files System Cache Files System Cleanup com apple ImageCapt
13. anted files you should only decide on erasing them quickly in an ordinary way or enabling the Secure Erase feature Secure Erase physically overwrites removed items This ensures that such items cannot be recovered by means of any special tools Note that this type of erasing takes quite a lot of time When you are all set just click the main Erase button to forget about the un wanted items once and for all CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Help 31 Help To make the process of cleaning as crystal clear as possible CleanMyMac 2 shows you numerous tips and hints that should help you use it 1 Modules that support the scanning procedure show you an animated guide It explains what files will be found after the scan You can always watch the guide again during the scan process by clicking the points above the main Stop button System Cleanup Large amp Old Files iPhoto Cleanup Trash Cleanup Uninstaller Extensions Manager Your Mac ig a complex system of numerous software items CleanMyMac knows Eraser everything about them and keeps them in harmony 2 Every module has the small button in its lower right corner Click it and you ll get a detailed explanation of the currently selected module Alternative ly you can choose CleanMyMac Help in the Help menu CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw In
14. ation Number button you need to type or paste your Activation Number into the corresponding field Make sure you include all the letters and numbers and avoid entering blank spaces As soon as a valid number is in the field the application will be activated automati cally 4 Successful Activation Congratulations Now you can use your activated copy of CleanMyMac 2 BERS 3 License Activation Thank You You have successfully activated CleanMyMac 2 Stay in touch y f Q CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning First Launch First Launch Main Window CleanMivMac Automatic Cleanup System Cleanup Large amp Old Files iPhoto Cleanup Trash Cleanup We C O an a Uninstaller i J Keep your Mac clean and ene Extensions Manager Eraser Qart your first Scan A CleanMyMac 2 presents you with the main status area and the modules list on the left Every module applies its own algorithms to find unneeded files and delete them in the way that best fits your needs Here is a brief description of every module e Automatic Cleanup take advantage of an intelligent algorithm which sug gests to remove files that are 100 safe for deletion e System Cleanup remove caches logs unused language files and free up sys tem resources for a better performing Mac e Large amp Old Files review and remove large files and folders that haven
15. c All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Help 32 3 Automatic Cleanup System Cleanup Trash Cleanup and Extension Manager modules also have small i buttons providing you with small tips on different kinds of files found by CleanMyMac User Cache Files Originally intended to improve startup times the cache files of your applications ultimately accumulate and result in improper functioning or overall performance drop ook thumbnailca 4 The CleanMyMac 2 support section at macpaw com hosts a knowledge base and answers on the most frequently asked questions Go to Help gt Support Center and take advantage of it if nothing else helps CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 4 Preferences 33 Preferences With Preferences you can further tweak and personalize CleanMyMac 2 to make it work even more effectively for you You can either open the Preferences window using Command keyboard shortcut or by accessing it from the main CleanMyMac 2 menu Preferences consist of 5 tabs that are described below About CleanMyMac Check for Updates Activation Info 3B License Agreement Preferences db Services b gt Hide CleanMyMac 3H Hide Others dH Show All Quit CleanMyMac Q CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 4 Preferences General 34 General 800 Preferences
16. eeded file and select Ignore File in the Fu ture yv 1GBto3GB Select Terminator avi for Removal Select All avi Files Reveal In Finder Quick Look Terminator avi Ignore Terminator avi in the Future Look Up Terminator avi After you have reviewed the list of large and old files hit Remove to delete them By default CleanMyMac 2 will remove files from your Mac omitting Trash However you can change this option using the menu in the lower right corner and tell CleanMy Mac 2 to move files to Trash or erase them securely and leave no trace of the erased data Remove Immediately When you ve selected the way of deleting the files just hit Remove CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning iPhoto Cleanup 19 iPhoto Cleanup r iliasanhtshAse 9 Automatic Cleanup System Cleanup Large amp Old Files z Photo Cleanup Optimize and reduce the size of your iPhoto Library by removing unneeded service copies of images mR Trash Cleanup a a l iPhoto Library Uninstaller Users admin Pictures Change Library i Extensions Manager Eraser iPhoto Cleanup is a powerful space saving module for those who have large iPhoto Libraries It looks through your iPhoto library to locate unneeded original copies of images kept by iPhoto after you crop resize rotate or otherwise edit your pho
17. ences It is recommended to add every language you know to this list so that Clean MyMac does not remove it from your apps Simply click and select the required languages CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 4 Preferences Scanning 35 Scanning 0 09 Preferences ORE General Scanning Scheduler Monitoring Privacy amp Updates Specify the items to include to Full Scan System Cleanup M Analyze system and applications Only the following items will be scanned 4 User Cache Files M system Cache Files M E user Log Files M system Log Files M Broken Preferences f o a Large amp Old Files Y Look for Large amp Old Files CleanMyMac will look for large and old files either in the last selected locations or in your Home folder iPhoto Cleanup Analyze your iPhoto Library for unneeded copies The last library you have added or the last one opened in iPhoto will be analyzed Trash Cleanup V Analyze Trash folders on internal drives Analyze Trash folders on external drives Analyze iPhoto Library Trash The last manually selected library or the last one opened in iPhoto will be analyzed Here you can decide what kinds of files should CleanMyMac 2 search for during Full Scan If you want to tweak the behavior of the Full Scan feature you can do that in this tab Scheduler 8600 Preferences GROF Q mm General Scanning Scheduler Moni
18. g option of iP hoto But after you do it you end up with an unneeded original copy with red eyes hidden in your library Why carry this sort of stuff CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning iPhoto Cleanup 21 Apart from these two groups you may also have other types of hidden originals in your library which you would most probably want to remove Clicking the Detailed Results button will reveal other possible groups muy ba rae D Brief Results E Drag over to select multiple items for removal Hold Alt for reverse selection ka Sort by Modifiers RAW Rotated Enhanced 185 4 MB RAW and Enhanced 131 1 MB system Cleanup 2 2 MB RAW Rotated Cropped Enhanced 107 6 MB Enhanced 84 1 MB Large amp Old Files Cropped and Enhanced 26 3 MB Rotated and Enhanced 18 MB Rotated Cropped Enhanced amp 7 MB Automatic Cleanup Trash Cleanup Uninstaller Extensions Manager Eraser Start Over i e Cropped There may be quite a lot of images that you ve earlier cropped since you did not need the whole scene that was originally taken Therefore you may want to get rid of the unwanted original copies e Enhanced iPhoto offers a variety of effects and adjustments for your photos such as sharpness contrast exposure and many more Once these are applied original copies of modified images remain hidden inside the library Most
19. lication Support 7 mm CleanMyMac 2 Logs v im CleanMyMac 2 log a com macpaw CleanMyMac2 Login Items kd 9 com macpaw CleanMyMac2 Agent Saved State ai com macpaw CleanMyMac sa Preferences v k com macpaw CleanMyMac2 plist v ki com macpaw CleanMyMac2 pli Leftovers 1 Application Reset 43 8 MB 43 8 MB 4 1 MB 4 1 MB 197 KB 197 KB Zero KE 131 KB 131 KEB 57 KB 5 7 KB 4 KB 4 KE Zero KB 4 KE Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Uninstaller 26 You are able not only to select ap plications for complete uninstal lation but also reset them to their initial state by removing all related files and keeping the app file in your system Use the correspond ing Smart Selector option to do that rapidly Smart Selector Complete Removal Application Reset ettovers Select and remove leftover files of applications that are no longer present on Your Mac PN f JE N Mg This section provides you with a list of items on your system that earlier belonged to applications you have already trashed Basically such files are no longer used by any of your apps and only waste space Review and select them for removal with no hesitation CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Uninstaller 27 3 Unsupported Unsupported Applications E y E F hy a Ty ra Your Mac does
20. likely you won t need them anymore e RAW Some cameras do not automatically convert taken images into usable formats and such images are imported as raw image files iPhoto automatically converts them into viewable photos still keeping the RAW originals in its library Most users won t need those raw files which use lots of space Many of your photos may be modified by a few of the above listed criteria They will be combined into groups Click the corresponding disclosure triangles to expand any groups and review the particular items to select for removal CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning iPhoto Cleanup 22 Brief Results Drag over to select multiple items for removal Hold Alt for reverse selection mi i ia Sort by Modifiers Automatic Cleanup T Enhanced RAW and Enhanced System Cleanup Large amp Old Files iPhoto Cleanup Trash Cleanup 23 9 Ma Uninstaller RAW Rotated Cropped Enhanced Extensions Manager Cropped and Enhanced T Rotated and Enhanced Eraser T Cropped Rotated Cropped Enhanced Rotated and Cropped start Over You can select individual files or hold down the mouse button and drag over multi ple items to select them all at once Holding the Option key down on your keyboard helps to deselect multiple items Any of the photos can be added to CleanMyMac s Ignore List right from their contex
21. not contain unsupported applications All applications on your computer can be launched on its current configuration Here you will find a list of applications that are incompatible with your Mac configuration They either work on earlier versions of OS X or require other Mac architecture to operate Since they cannot be launched and used on your Mac you can select them all for uninstallation As soon as you select any of the items for removal use the main Uninstall button to finalize the process CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Extensions Manager 28 Extensions Manager Flasar AM AAs 9 i yy Sort by Name Automatic Cleanup 1 d koae ot Contacts plugins 6 items System Cleanup Dictionaries 7 items Large amp Old Files Internet plugins 15 items iPhoto Cleanup iTunes plugins 2 items Login Items 8 items Sais A S C A S V Sill AQ f Uninstaller Remove or disable your Widgets Application Plugins Preference Panes Preference Panes Dictionaries Screen Savers and Login Items right from this list Trash Cleanup Quick Look plugins 6 items Eraser QuickTime Player plugins 5 items Safari extensions This module allows you to easily remove or disable your widgets application plugins preference panes dictionaries screen savers and login items Apart from ordinary applications there are many other software components
22. on of CleanMyMac 2 you will be CleanMyMac 2 Activation automatically presented with an activation dialog on the first launch The application will request to pro vide your details and to accept our Your copy of the application is not activated and can only clean 500 MB of found items Buy a license to remove the limitation and experience all the license agreement This will serve benefits of CleanMyMac 2 as a confirmation of your purchase later on If you already have a license click the Enter Activation Number button If not click on Buy License to visit our web store and buy a license Otherwise you can click Later and continue using the trial version which allows to clean no more than 500 MB of unneeded items CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 2 Getting Started Online Activation 3 Enter your Activation Number 6 0 0 ___ssiLicense Activation A single license of CleanMyMac 2 is valid for one Mac and works on all CleanMyMac 2 Activation of its user accounts If you need to P Activation Number migrate your CleanMyMac license to cll A OU A EON OEE another Mac you should uninstall reactivate it on a new one If you experience any difficulties please contact our Customer Support If you purchased CleanMyMac 2 from the MacPaw Online store the activation number was emailed to you Cancel After you have clicked the Enter Activ
23. oup to reveal the list of files that were found and se lected for removal CleanMyMac 2 offers endless possibilities if you want to go deep into cleaning your Mac Sort by Size Y Size Name Selection 1 Use the search icon in the upper right corner of to search for particular files 2 Sort files and groups by size name or selection and see them in ascend ing or descending order to easily locate the most space consuming items or quickly review deselected items 3 If you decide to deselect some items from the cleaning list be sure Clean MyMac 2 will remember your choice and keep them deselected on future scans 4 Use the Info button next to every group of items to get a brief description of what you currently work with Most of these options are available in other cleaning modules as well Language Files t Setup Languages pv E French Portuguese Note that the Language Files group has the Setup Languages button to help you edit the list of unneeded application localizations CleanMyMac 2 should look for and remove Finally as soon as you are ready to clean up your system from unneeded data you should simply click Clean CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Large amp Old Files 16 Large amp Old Files Automatic Cleanup System Cleanup Large amp Old Files iPhoto Cleanup 561 2 Mi ae sa Se jl ge amp DS Loca
24. pted for several rea sons and this leads to improper behavior or inability to launch related apps later Luckily such problems can be easily avoided e Broken Login Items In some cases after an application or a service gets removed a broken link to it remains among your Login items This problem can be easily resolved with CleanMyMac e iOS Software Updates After your iOS devices update using ordinary cable sync nearly all the update supporting data remains on your Mac and becomes entirely useless after the update is completed e iOS Photo Cache After you sync photos with any of your iOS devices this opera tion leaves a certain amount of photo cache on your Mac This data only wastes Space after the sync is done Universal Binaries CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning System Cleanup 15 e Universal Binaries Developers usually compile their apps to support several Mac architectures which means putting in twice and sometimes four times the code However your particular Mac only needs one copy e Development Junk Applications usually create some supporting files on your system while they are being installed or configured and these files become useless afterwards Remove them harmlessly e Language Files You can easily remove application localizations that are of no use for you thus saving a significant amount of disk space Click on the particular gr
25. remove large files and folders that you haven t used for a while e Reduce the size of your iPhoto library leaving your photos untouched e Empty Trash folders of your Mac s internal and external volumes e Uninstall apps you don t need anymore e Review and manage all app extensions from one dashboard e Erase files from your system and leave no trace behind e Drag items into CleanMyMac and it will visually recommend an action System Requirements e OS X 10 7 e 100 MB of free disk space CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 2 Getting Started Download and Installation Downloading and Installation 1 Please click here to download CleanMyMac or visit our website and click Free Download 2 Mount the downloaded CleanMyMac dmg file 3 Drag the CleanMyMac 2 icon to your Applications folder 80980 _ CleanMyMac 2 X 2 items en E Drag the icon of CleanMy a FR Mac 2 into the Applications folder to install 7 CleanMyMac 2 CleanMyMac 2 th 1 a r LA D y v at Paw Now that you have installed CleanMyMac 2 you can launch it from the Applications folder 8 6 Applications gt EN m im 2v amp Q FAVORITES e All My Files gee AirDrop Mail Skype Microsoft Communicator Desktop i Documents O Downloads i Movies JI Music Pictures Microsoft Messenger SHARED DEVICES 1 of 117 selec
26. rouble free application uninstallation possibilities It lists all the applications installed on your Mac including the ones outside your Application folders All applications are divided into three main sections to work with A A Pan ee A te oe a ON AA ar ST ee pce eg ea eg eat ae ae Pay ea ES eS zi Da NS TF 3 ar APLY Peete pe eee FE Saye Sears rite Applications 108 CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved 1 Applications This list represents all supported applications that are installed in your default Appli cations folder or anywhere else on the system If you wish to uninstall an application you should select it using the corresponding checkbox After selecting an app you will see the app file itself and all of its related items listed on the right Applications 108 All Selected 2 Weeks to a Month Adobe Illustrator C56 263 6 MB Opened more than lt Weeks ago Versions Opened more than 2 weeks ago Xcode 3 68 GB Opened more than 2 weeks Camtasia 2 pened more than 2 weeks ago Screen Capture Opened more than 2 weeks aga ScreenFlow Opened more than 2 weeks A Week to 2 Weeks Opened more than a week ago 2 Leftovers son by Last Launch Date A Month to 3 Months Sort by Last Launch Date 9 Flip4Mac s Opened 2 months ago Smart Selector Complete Removal Ey ha Binaries 7 CleanMyMac 2 app App
27. sing their corresponding checkboxes and the main button Remember that disabling an extension is an easily reversible operation But if you decide to remove an item completely you will not be able to undo this ac tion Reveal in Finder Quick Look iWork Select iWork for Removal Add to Ignore List Look Up iWork If needed any of the listed items can be added to CleanMyMac s Ignore List so that it never offers to remove them later After you have looked through the sections you found interesting and selected the unwanted items use the main Remove button to finalize your work CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Eraser 30 Eraser Automatic Cleanup System Cleanup Large amp Old Files iPhoto Cleanup meses Erase any unwanted files or folders quickly and without leaving a trace Trash Cleanup Uninstaller Select Files Extensions Manager Use this module to quickly dispose of any unwanted files from your Mac avoiding Trash If you have any file or folder that you wish to remove forever all you need to a e a NE do is drag this item into the Eraser module of CleanMyMac or use the Select items that are used by some apps Files button and simply brings up unknown er rors while trying to remove files That s when Eraser comes in handy Remove Securely As soon as you have added all the unw
28. te and remove large files and folders you did not open for months Trash Cleanup UAE i w Macintosh HD Extensions Manager Add Folder Clear List Eraser This module helps you locate review and remove large files and folders you did not open for months and probably don t need anymore Your user Home folder is the default location to scan however you can select literally any locations to analyze For instance these can be entire internal or external drives network volumes and any other places where files are stored Me Movies bia l Music hi oe Pictures as C ELE Add Folder Clear List m As soon as all the desired places were added click the Scan button to analyze your files CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Large amp Old Files 17 After the scan is over you will be presented with a list of all your large and old files Show files and folders larger than 50 MB lastopened any time vy 1GBto3GB Terminator avi Automatic Cleanup yt System Cleanup Y 50 MB to 100 MB Slumdog Millionaire gt iPhoto Cleanup Trash Cleanup Uninstaller Extensions Manager Eraser Start Over emoe Remove Immediately r CleanMyMac offers to review them and select the unneeded items for removal The application cannot identify unwanted files by itself since it is your decision to remove or keep an
29. ted 20 91 GB available LI p CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 2 Getting Started Download and Installation Alternatively you can quickly access the application by entering its name in Spotlight P 1 fT a S amp S 55 4 MacPaw e JOA CleanMyMac 2 Show All in Finder Top Hit CleanMyMac 2 Applications Applications CleanMyMac 2 Applications CleanMyMac 2 Downloads CleanMyMac 2 Documents Noriments l CleaanMwMar 7 7in Or clicking its icon in Launchpad CleanMyMac 2 MacHider And of course you can decide to keep the CleanMyMac 2 icon in your Dock and launch it from there later fi CleanMyMac Options gt Keep in Dock Open at Login Show All Windows chow in Cinder Hide CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 2 Getting Started Online Activation Online Activation Follow the step by step activation instructions for your copy of CleanMyMac 2 1 Click the orange Unlock Full Version button in the left part of the main window Claanhn Automatic Cleanup System Cleanup Large amp Old Files iPhoto Cleanup Trash Cleanup VWVelcome Uninstaller Keep your Mac clean and healthy Extensions Manager Eraser Unlock Full Version 2 Select your option in the Activation dialog 8 OO License Activation If you have purchased a box ver si
30. tm General Scanning Scheduler Monitoring Privacy amp Updates 1 Applications _ Allow to clean code signed applications Cleaning protected or code signed applications may cause unwanted alerts to appear while using system Firewall but should not affect the apps functionality 2 Ignore List Reset Ignore List to Default Sounds V Play sounds Keep the following localizations within your apps G 4 English Ukrainian wes Russian 1 Allow to clean code signed applications You can check this option to clean even more unneeded files on your Mac However by default this option is disabled since cleaning such apps can cause unwanted alerts while using system Firewall Although enabling this op tion won t affect the functionality of any single app for the comfort of using your Mac it is recommended to have this option disabled 2 Ignore List You can reset your Ignore List to its initial state using the corresponding but ton in this tab This may be useful if you ve found out there are too many un needed items or if you are not sure about your previously added items 3 Sounds One of the reasons why CleanMyMac 2 is so easy to use and clear is sounds that accompany every important action However if you don t want the appli cation to produce sounds you can turn them off 4 Localizations Use this list to configure CleanMyMac according to your language prefer
31. toring Privacy amp Updates Schedule Maintenance V Remind me about regular maintenance Once in two weeks a On Maintenance Event Show Notification _ Launch CleanMyMac In order to keep your Mac always clean you should perform cleaning proce dures every once in a while That is why CleanMyMac 2 offers you to set main tenance reminders By default CleanMyMac 2 will show you notifications every two weeks CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 4 Preferences Monitoring 36 Monitoring e800 Preferences Aroense mm General Scanning Scheduler Privacy amp Updates 1 Uninstaller 4 Offer to correctly uninstall applications Use CleanMyMac when any application is moved to Trash The application gets scanned for all related items for complete and correct uninstallation 2 Trash Cleanup MV Monitor Trash size Set a limit for the total size of items in your Trash so that CleanMyMac periodically checks if the limit is reached and reminds you to empty the Trash Monitoring Size Limit 3 External Drives y 2 GB I Y l l l Launch CleanMyDrive to monitor and remove junk from external HDDs and flash drives Launch CleanMyDrive Since CleanMyMac 2 is a maintenance utility as well you can set it to monitor some of your uSual activities 1 Offer to correctly uninstall applications This option will offer to utilize
32. tos Such copies are hidden but they significantly increase your library size Click Scan to start scanning your default library if it hasn t been done already If you haven t scanned iPhoto you can start scanning your default Library or select a different library by clicking Change Library CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning iPhoto Cleanup 20 Automatic Cleanup System Cleanup scan Completed S06 MS Can be safely cleaned automatically Large amp Old Files Trash Cleanup TUREI E Rotated i h 806 MB Extensions Manager Review detailed scan results that include additional aa Detailed Results eraser 291 4 MB of potentially unneeded items pacino gt Start Over After the scan is over CleanMyMac will present you with brief results and allow you to automatically remove items that are completely safe to get rid of These may include the next types of images e Rotated When you import any of your photos to iPhoto it either automatically ro tates them into proper orientation or you do it manually so that photos are not on their sides or upside down However the wrong originals still remain in the library and use space while being entirely useless e Fixed Red Eye You definitely know that on some photos people s eyes may come out red and this can be easily fixed with the corresponding editin
33. ureExtension2 ICADeviceDataba 98 KB Large amp Old Files com apple ImageCapture Notifications DeviceDiscover 70 KB iPhoto Cleanup Language Files com apple ImageCapture Notifications DeviceDiscover 70 KB Trash Cleanup com apple Components2 LocalCache QuickTimeComp 20 KB iOS Software Updates 2 issues Uninstaller com apple Components2 LocalCache AudioComponents 4KE com apple Components2 LocalCache Components Zero KB Extensions Manager com apple coresymbolicationd Zero KB Eraser com apple Spotlight Zero KB EE com google SoftwareUpdate 0 zero KB Start Over e User Cache Files Originally intended to improve launch times cache files of your apps ultimately accumulate and result in improper functioning or overall perfor mance drop e System Cache Files System applications generate and keep a lot of cache files which ultimately result in larger startup times overall performance drop and some times improper functioning e User Log Files The activity of your applications is constantly being captured into numerous log files which start using quite a lot of space after some time but are rather useless especially if they are old e System Log Files The activity of your system applications and services is being captured into numerous logs which may be helpful for debugging purposes only and can be removed without a second thought e Broken Preferences Application preference files can get corru
34. y of the presented items In order to make it easier for you to sort and review the files you are provided with a number of useful display criteria Show files and folders larger than _ 500 MB last opened anytime v v 1GBto3GB eF e Show This filter allows you to see only files folders or both of them at once e Larger than By default CleanMyMac 2 shows only the files larger than 300 MB You can decrease this limit and then remove even smaller items to free up as much Space as possible on your Mac e Last opened Use it to filter out files that you opened ages ago or to exclude more files that you opened recently e Sort by This criteria allows to order files in the manner that fits your needs For in stance you can list items by Selection to review the files you have already selected for removal CleanMyMac 2 User Guide Copyright 2013 MacPaw Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter 3 Scanning and Cleaning Large amp Old Files 18 When reviewing a list of found files you can also preview items or reveal them in Finder Point the cursor on the area near the size of a file and you ll see the cor responding buttons If you want to open a particular folder where the found item is stored just click it twice Also you can find files that are very important for you though you may open them rarely for instance old family videos Such files can be forever excluded from the scan To do that just control click the n
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