Product Description
MacCleanse is a powerful application geared towards purifying your system and reclaiming hard disk space. In only seconds, it can perform over fifty tasks which could take hours to perform manually. Safely uninstall applications, slim Universal Binaries, wipe unused languages, erase caches, empty logs, clear cookies, forget web histories, locate unused and old files, and more. MacCleanse won't miss a thing and could reclaim hundreds of megabytes, if not gigabytes, of storage.
Going above and beyond the call of duty, MacCleanse provides detailed information on each item it cleanses, and can even wipe files with US Department of Defense level security. After a scan is complete, never worry about deleting something automatically by mistake. MacCleanse provides a detailed list of all items it intends to clear before the operation completes, and allows you to uncheck any to leave untouched. Also run it automatically on a weekly schedule with a preset list of items to erase so you won't even have to think about it.
It is an ideal solution when shopping for gifts, cleansing the system after someone else has used it, when preparing to sell your computer, or just for reclaiming wasted disk space. But, most importantly, ensure your personal information is out of reach.
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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Single-user or One Computer
- Price: US$19.95
- Intended Use: 1 User/1 Computer
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Student
- Price: US$9.95 (must provide valid Student ID)
- Intended Use: 1 User/1 Computer
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Family Pack
- Price: US$49.95
- Intended Use: 5 Users/5 Computers
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Educational Institution
- Price: US$79.00
- Intended Use: 90 Users/90 Computers
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Business
- Price: US$99.00
- Intended Use: 150 Users/150 Computers
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World
- Price: US$295.00
- Intended Use: 300 Users/300 Computers
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"I read the instructions, set the preferences and selected the files I wanted deleted. MacClease deleted only the files I selected and immediately recovered 5GB of disk space. It worked the first time I tried it.
I am no Einstein but this is not difficult software to use. The instructions are minimal and if I was unsure what I was deleting, the information panel told me what I was doing in plain English.
I can think of more complex software or confusing procedures to do what MacCleanse does so handily but that doesn't seem like a productive use of time and energy." — hudsonw via VT
"Nice app. Works as advertised." — Akrobat via MU
"I've been using MacCleanse in demo mode and REALLY like it. In fact, it may be the only thing keeping my PPC running after installing Leopard." — CJ Hinke
"I use it all the time and the developer is responsive to requests for features. You tailor what you want it to clean." — F451
"This is perfect for what it does. Makes cleaning up of my system for someone really anal about it so much more convenient." — Kayaminoko
"I love this app!" — Vmeeno
"This is an excellent product for cleaning up your system of unwanted files." — Britonius
"Nice, this one keeps your privacy on shared Macs" — Topfstedt
"Nice and useful app" — Multimago
"Are you worried by security? This tool will be useful!" — Simo2409
"Since I installed Leopard I discovered I have an inordinate collection of haxies and apps. I have a feeling that MacCleanse 1.1 would be a wise addition to my collection." — Dshor
"I use MacCleanse for the Finder-cleaning features, and I also use MacDust for its amazing Acquisition-cleaning features. The two in tandem are very effective at cleaning log files, caches, etc. Throw in Hazel to help clear out preference files and you are good to go!" — Fanix
"I bought MacCleanse, I love it!" — Refusion
"A great way to start the new year-clean and clear!" — Aktor
"With my recent problems with Leopard, MacCleanse will be helpful for clearing out unnecessary files." — Larry Jacobson
"A sweet little program. Deceptively simple and easy to use. Many choices, if you want them. Thanks!" — Gabnxe
" Very nice app! And I love the icon! " — Michele3
"MacCleanse looks like a really neat app that could be very useful!" — Chris Thomson
"It surely cleans out all the dirt in my Mac for the New Year!" — Wilson
"Look at it this way - if we get a new start in 2008 why shouldn't our Mac?" — Cjs_bam
"It should be useful for folks who want to eliminate traces of their passing." — Steven Marsh
"This is one of several applications that I have licensed from this developer of whom I find responsive, competent, and consistent in his application development. MacCleanse provides a specific, and quick means of deleting that of which the end-user wishes to delete...and nothing more. This is helpful for those other items you wish to keep. Try it and you will understand." — MAC_1984
"MacCleanse is an impressive product which excels at what it does... MacCleanse makes it easy to maintain OS X easily without any hassle whatsoever... What makes MacCleanse unique is that you can remove histories and logs from lots of different applications from Acquisition to iTunes to VLC. It also handles all the popular web browsers for clearing history and cache." — RealMAC17
The following video tutorials require QuickTime. Alternatively, documentation is available for this program under its "Help" menu, or you may contact our support department.
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Basic Overview
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Demonstration of how to use the program in the simplest way possible. |
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Favourite Sets
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Shows how to use and create Favourite Sets. |
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Scheduling
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Learn how to have MacCleanse run periodically throughout the week. |
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App Slimmer
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Remove the PowerPC or Intel components from applications. |
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App Uninstaller
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Locate and remove an application and all of its support files. |
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Duplicate Finder
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Analyze your documents for duplicate movies, music, photos and more and slate them for deletion. |
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Language Slimmer
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Remove unused language packs within applications. |
Version 3.1.2
- Version 3.x is a $9.95 paid upgrade from version 2.x and earlier (with some exceptions for free upgrades). If you already own a 3.x license, just download this update. No payment required. For everyone else, please visit our upgrades store for a free or paid upgrade as well as more information.
- This version is designed for Intel Mac OS X 10.5 or later, and will not run on Mac OS X 10.4 or PowerPC Macintoshes.
- New in Version 3.1.2 — November 17, 2011
- Modification: Converted entire source to Cocoa from Carbon. Please let us know if you run into ANY bugs. Users on PowerPC machines, or Mac OS X 10.4 and earlier can download version the old version (3.0.8) from the MacCleanse page on our web site under "Older Versions" if they have accidentally updated.
- New in Version 3.0.8 — November 17, 2011
- REALLY IMPORTANT NOTE: This is the last build of MacCleanse for PowerPC. Intel Macs running 10.5 or later will be required for all future versions.
- Bug Fix: Fixed deleting local storage files for Safari.
- New in Version 3.0.7 — September 19, 2011
- Bug Fix: Misc Lion fixes.
- New in Version 3.0.6 — August 4, 2011
- New Feature: Remove Saved Application State on Lion.
- New Feature: Remove LocalStorage for Safari.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug in the new file inspector.
- New in Version 3.0.5 — August 2, 2011
- New Feature: Duplicate File results list can now show an inspector window to view file details.
- New Feature: App Uninstaller area now shows full path to file.
- New Feature: App Slimmer area now shows full path to file.
- New Feature: App Slimmer area now accepts the ability to set multiple excluded directories.
- New Feature: Unused Files area now shows full path to file.
- New Feature: Unused Files area now accepts the ability to set multiple excluded directories.
- New Feature: Duplicate Files area now shows full path to file.
- New Feature: Duplicate Files area now accepts the ability to set multiple excluded directories.
- New Feature: Archive Files area now shows full path to file.
- New Feature: Archive Files area now accepts the ability to set multiple excluded directories.
- Bug Fix: Fixed spotlight queries for the App Slimmer and Language Slimmer searches.
- Bug Fix: CPU time much better yielded back to the app during directory size calculation.
- New in Version 3.0.4 — July 24, 2011
- Bug Fix: Fixed potential crash when scanning for used files, etc. if the folder was not readable.
- New in Version 3.0.3 — July 20, 2011
- Bug Fix: Fixed crash if the main window was closed and the user login items list changed.
- Bug Fix: Fixed related app files not being found.
- New in Version 3.0.2 — July 16, 2011
- Important Bug Fix: MacCleanse now sends lipo and rm commands to a helper app in bulk instead of running a separate command for each one. This saves a huge amount of processing time and prevents the authorization object from becoming invalid (error -60031).
- Bug Fix: Right-clicking an folder (not item) in the Scan Results list no longer crashes the app.
- Bug Fix: Calculates file sizes when directory calculation is turned off.
- Bug Fix: Crash resolved when obtaining the home library path.
- Bug Fix: No longer syncs preferences numerous times during certain threaded operations.
- Bug Fix: Check All/Uncheck All now works as expected.
- Bug Fix: Probably fixed authorization errors after 5 minutes.
- New in Version 3.0.1 — July 10, 2011
- Known Issue: Authorization objects expire after 5 minutes and you will be required to re-enter your admin password. We're looking for a way to extend this so it no longer times out.
- New Feature: Ability to subscribe to our newsletter within the program.
- Modification: Removed Exit button the cleanse complete window.
- Modification: Duplicate Finder, App Slimmer, App Uninstaller, and Language Slimmer now automatically expand their results lists to show the user what was found.
- Optimization: Compressed app PNGs.
- Optimization: Dramatically improved the speed of running operations with a progress bar (App Slimmer, language Slimmer, etc.).
- Bug Fix: Now verifies all internal images before allowing launch.
- Bug Fix: Fixed issue with helper launching even when it was disabled, and additionally, it now closes older helper apps that may be running.
- Bug Fix: Lowered thread priority to improve application UI responsiveness.
- Bug Fix: When the authorization object expires during an operation it should properly re-request a new object without halting the operation thereafer.
- Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where some countries may show the wrong flag in removing languages.
- Bug Fix: Now defaults to the About screen on first launch instead of Overview to remove an appeared hang.
- Bug Fix: Fixed Recent File Histories description in the Overview tab.
- Bug Fix: Fixed ability to Go Back to the Intro page of the Initial Setup window.
- Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where an error dialog would be shown when trying to activate the product even if there was a valid internet connection.
- New in Version 3.0 — July 9, 2011
- New Feature: Run MacCleanse on a schedule!!
- New Feature: Retail Version Only: Redesigned Language Slimmer panel.
- New Feature: Retail Version Only: Uninstall applications and related files.
- New Feature: Retail Version Only: Remove the PowerPC or Intel segment of applications.
- New Feature: Retail Version Only: Languages now have flags next to them if they are associated with a specific country.
- New Feature: Retail Version Only: Languages section moved to an "Advanced" area and can no longer be done during a QuickClean for safety.
- New Feature: Retail Version Only: Results of language search are now shown after a scan and can now be toggled on/off before deletion.
- New Feature: Retail Version Only: Language deletion now supports secure deletion.
- New Feature: Retail Version Only: Language scan results show total size to be recovered.
- New Feature: Search for and remove duplicate files.
- New Feature: New 'Overview' section that lists some basic system stats on wasted space.
- New Feature: Redesigned About panel with a Contact Us link.
- New Feature: Redesigned Favourite Sets panel.
- New Feature: New 'Everything' built-in favourite set, renamed 'Common' to 'Recommended' and 'None' to 'Nothing'.
- New Feature: Favourite Sets now display a tally of how many items are enabled within them.
- New Feature: Redesigned Activity Log panel.
- New Feature: Button to clear Activity Log contents.
- New Feature: Redesigned Scan & Delete panel.
- New Feature: Progress window for deletion limited to 100 log entries for faster program execution..
- New Feature: Scan results now automatically show the contents of each folder in the list instead of having to click the triangle.
- New Feature: For file and folder results, two new icons are shown below the list: QuickLook and Reveal in Finder. Additionally, you can access a new contextual menu by right-clicking to get these same features.
- New Feature: Progress window now has a Trash can icon.
- New Feature: Redesigned Purge Locations panel.
- New Feature: Drag and drop files and folders into purge locations.
- New Feature: Redesigned Unused Files panel.
- New Feature: Refine an Unused Files search by Creation Date.
- New Feature: Refine an Unused Files search by Modification Date.
- New Feature: Refine an Unused Files search by Accessed Date.
- New Feature: Completely redesigned the Archives cleaner and removed it from the Quick Cleanup area. Added numerous new features to handle archive search results.
- Modification: Removed the toolbar on the main window as it was virtually useless and very redundant to menu items.
- Bug Fix: Purge Locations now has a different icon than Trash.
- Bug Fix: ... and much much more!.
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