October 2019 • Macworld 65REVIEWHandy modules
MacPaw set out to make its Menu Bar utility much
better and has succeeded. A quick click on the
icon reveals handy information such as how much
space is left on each of your drive partitions, your
Mac’s CPU load, how much RAM is available,
your computer’s operating temperature, and other
useful information. This is a nice touch and the
menu can be customized as you see fit.
The modules are the key to CleanMyMac and
it’s handy to be able to quickly enable and disable
macOS extensions with the Extensions module,
or hunt down extraneous files with the Large &
Old Files module, which lets you see which files
are devouring space and erase them quickly. The
Uninstaller module was able to quickly locate
and pick off unnecessary applications during
testing and accomplished something I’d never
seen before in an application removal utility: it
removed multiple applications at once, which is
quite useful. The Maintenance module handles
tasks such as clearing RAM, running maintenance
scripts, clearing the DNS cache, and repairing
file permissions quickly, tidying up the macOS’s
underpinnings as needed.
CleanMyMac X 4.4.1’s new claim to fame is
the Space Lens module, which offers a quick
look at your hard drive’s most sizable folders.
This is where the truth as to what’s eating your
drive space comes out, as a 73GB Pictures
folder inside your Users folder could stand to
be slimmed down a bit.October 2019 • Macworld 65REVIEWHandy modules
MacPaw set out to make its Menu Bar utility much
better and has succeeded. A quick click on the
icon reveals handy information such as how much
space is left on each of your drive partitions, your
Mac’s CPU load, how much RAM is available,
your computer’s operating temperature, and other
useful information. This is a nice touch and the
menu can be customized as you see fit.
The modules are the key to CleanMyMac and
it’s handy to be able to quickly enable and disable
macOS extensions with the Extensions module,
or hunt down extraneous files with the Large &
Old Files module, which lets you see which files
are devouring space and erase them quickly. The
Uninstaller module was able to quickly locate
and pick off unnecessary applications during
testing and accomplished something I’d never
seen before in an application removal utility: it
removed multiple applications at once, which is
quite useful. The Maintenance module handles
tasks such as clearing RAM, running maintenance
scripts, clearing the DNS cache, and repairing
file permissions quickly, tidying up the macOS’s
underpinnings as needed.
CleanMyMac X 4.4.1’s new claim to fame is
the Space Lens module, which offers a quick
look at your hard drive’s most sizable folders.
This is where the truth as to what’s eating your
drive space comes out, as a 73GB Pictures
folder inside your Users folder could stand to
be slimmed down a bit.