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MacCleanse
MacCleanse 3.1.4
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(6) 3.5

Schedule erasing for sensitive data.   Shareware ($19.95)
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    Koingo Software
MacCleanse securely scans your system for activity and erases the desired information.

Whether you've been gift shopping online, discussing confidential business matters, visiting inappropriate web sites, or just want to clean out your system, MacCleanse is your savior. Unlike some other privacy protection tools which go through your system with brute force, MacCleanse has been thoroughly tested and only removes the necessary files, and reports all errors.

MacCleanse also contains enhanced features for specific applications like Acquisition, Adium, AIM, aMSN,
What's New
Version 3.1.4:
  • New Feature: Automatic Safe Clean mode.
  • New Feature: Can now clean Quarantine Events.
  • New Feature: Added a preference option to retain main window size if possible.
  • New Feature: Preview sound effects.
  • Modification: Renamed Quick Cleanup to Quick Clean.
  • Modification: Login Items settings now apply immediately.
  • Bug Fix: Corrected bugs with the Preferences window labelling the panes incorrectly.
  • Bug Fix: Sped up icon retrieval.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed the grammar error in Fav Sets.
  • Bug Fix: Corrected 'backgrounding' grammar.
Version 3.1.4:
  • New Feature: Automatic Safe Clean mode.
  • New Feature: Can now clean Quarantine Events.
  • New Feature: Added a preference option to retain main window size if possible.
  • New Feature: Preview sound effects.
  • Modification: Renamed Quick Cleanup to Quick Clean.
  • Modification: Login Items settings now apply immediately.
  • Bug Fix: more...
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later


Related Links
Download MacCleanse 3.0.8 for Mac OS X 10.4 / PPC



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MacCleanse User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 3.x:
(6)
Your rating: Now say why...
Overall:
(14)

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Tomy_doe reviewed on 24 May 2012
Not useful. Problems on a Mac can be certainly addressed more efficient with tools like Cocktail, Onyx etc. It's apparent success on the AppStore shows clearly what is wrong with the AppStore, i.e. software which has no clear benefit gets completely overhyped. Let's hope for the best that MacOS X doesn't become some iOS operated via a physical keyboard but the AppStore seems to lead the way.
[Version 3.1.4]


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mrtomgardner reviewed on 07 Dec 2011
Is there a way to run a clean leaving my mail cache (and attachments) and spotlight cache untouched?
[Version 3.1.2]

1 Reply

burypromote

+166
Cgc replied on 20 Feb 2012
Yes. The preferences let you specify what gets deleted. Mail.app is in there in several places depending on what you want deleted (e.g. logs, downloads, etc.).
burypromote
+1

+5
Davyboy commented on 30 Nov 2011
Just a quick note - it is currently available at the App Store for $7.99
[Version 3.1.2]


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+21
Roger Katz commented on 30 Nov 2011
Although version 3.0.7 is shown here, version 3.1.2 is shown as the current version at the developer's website.
[Version 3.0.7]

1 Reply

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+1

+77
MacUpdate---Ryan replied on 30 Nov 2011
Thanks for pointing that out Roger, I've updated our listing :)
burypromote
+1

-40
Timmyb commented on 29 Dec 2010
Does not seem to be able to selectively clean cookies. Appears to only be able to delete the entire cookie file. A whitelist would be nice...
[Version 2.1]

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+3

+151
Mistere replied on 05 Jan 2011
For that you need Safari Cookies, if you use Safari. I'm not sure about other browsers, that store their cookies in a separate files. but if you want to whitelist some sites for retaining cookies and be able to delete all the rest in one click then Safari Cookies is what you need. There probably are utils that will parse the cookie files of other browsers and let you manage cookies individually. FF may even have the ability built-in but I don't use it often enough to remember for sure.

Hope that is helpful.

I agree that adding this feature, selective cookie management, for all installed browsers, would be a great feature addition.
burypromote

+167
Zo219 replied on 21 May 2011
Am still hanging on to Cocoa Cookies and can't understand why everyone isn't clamoring for it—and an update.
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+726
Espiridion commented on 10 Nov 2010
My license (2.0.2) stopped working and now I'm asked to activate it. When I activate it, I get a message saying I can buy an upgrade for the current license. A visit to Koingo's website shows that I have fewer licenses than what I had in the past. This is odd since I had free licenses for every one of their applications after purchasing one of their bundles many years ago. In fact, given all the free stuff I got from Koingo over the years, I sometimes bought upgrades or additional licenses for some of their applications.

Is there a new policy in place?

I would have bought an upgrade to the next version if I was told beforehand about this change, but if this is their new approach I would rather spend my money elsewhere.
[Version 2.0.8]

1 Reply

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+2

+726
Espiridion commented on 10 Nov 2010
Turned out to be a glitch with their license server. As usual, great support from Koingo.
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+3

+78
influous commented on 15 Feb 2009
Having tried them all (literally!) MacCleanse is the easiest to use for day-to-day cleaning as, unlike Onyx, Cocktail or TinkerTool System, it has a one-pane interface. Open it, Command-E and that's it - no presses on tabs or buttons are required. The interaction can be made even slicker by removing prompts to restart Finder or to close the application when cleaning is done.

It also appears to clean more options than (the totality of tabs on) these tools - it was still finding some logs, in particular, after combinations of them had been used.

What it deliberately doesn't do is system, rather than application, cleaning and fixing (permissions, preferences, kernel caches, databases, DS_Store files etc.); any of those three applications will suffice.
[Version 1.3.6]


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+2

+22

akrobat reviewed on 02 Aug 2008
Nice app. Price is a bit steep though.
Works as advertised.
[Version 1.2.3]


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-1

+12
MacGEEK19 commented on 26 Jun 2008
I much prefer MacDust.Easier to Use, Faster and smaller footprint. Also, I do *snif* a but of feature swiping
[Version 1.2.1]


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-2

+85
@timi commented on 22 Feb 2008
*snif*
Is it just me or does this update smell like borrowed features ;-)
[Version 1.1.3]


There are currently no troubleshooting comments. If you are experiencing a problem with this app, please post a comment.


+3

Aaron-T. rated on 23 May 2012

[Version 3.1.4]



+52

Bleech_Jef rated on 09 May 2012

[Version 3.1.4]



+1

Bremen rated on 01 Jan 2012

[Version 3.1.2]



+10

JacobsIvan rated on 01 Dec 2011

[Version 3.1.2]



-22

TripHHH rated on 10 Nov 2011

[Version 3.0.7]




Dlclaytor rated on 12 Jun 2011

[Version 2.1.7]



+1

nonomori rated on 05 Jun 2011

[Version 2.1.7]



+2

L-G-S rated on 20 May 2011

[Version 2.1.6]



+162

Alexrom1000 rated on 02 May 2011

[Version 2.1.4]




John100000 rated on 02 May 2011

[Version 2.1.4]


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Version Downloads:1,204
Type:Utilities : File Management
License:Shareware
Date:16 Feb 2012
Platform:Intel
Price: $19.95
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MacCleanse securely scans your system for activity and erases the desired information.

Whether you've been gift shopping online, discussing confidential business matters, visiting inappropriate web sites, or just want to clean out your system, MacCleanse is your savior. Unlike some other privacy protection tools which go through your system with brute force, MacCleanse has been thoroughly tested and only removes the necessary files, and reports all errors.

MacCleanse also contains enhanced features for specific applications like Acquisition, Adium, AIM, aMSN, Azureus, Bit Torrent, Colloquy, FireFox 2 & 3, iCab, iChat, ICQ, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, MPlayer, MSN Messenger, Netscape, OmniWeb, Opera, Preview, QuickTime, Safari, Skype, Transmission, Unison, Xtorrent, and Yahoo Messenger. These enhanced features allow you to pick and choose what exactly to remove from the application - be it only auto-fill values from Safari or the recent download history in Xtorrent.MacCleanse also contains enhanced features for specific applications like Acquisition, Adium, AIM, aMSN, Azureus, Bit Torrent, Colloquy, FireFox 2 & 3, iCab, iChat, ICQ, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, MPlayer, MSN Messenger, Netscape, OmniWeb, Opera, Preview, QuickTime, Safari, Skype, Transmission, Unison, Xtorrent, and Yahoo Messenger. These enhanced features allow you to pick and choose what exactly to remove from the application - be it only auto-fill values from Safari or the recent download history in Xtorrent.
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