Do you know a free (as in freedom) CCleaner equivalent which works on Mac OS X Mavericks?
I've searched but found nothing.
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1What exact features of CCleaner are you looking for in an OS X equivalent? For instance, CCleaner's registry cleaner has no direct equivalent since there's no registry in OS X.– grg ♦May 2, 2014 at 16:52
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The cleaning option. I want to install a new OS on my Mac.– sosolalMay 2, 2014 at 16:57
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2If you want to install a new OS, why clean the old one? Are you going to restore a TM backup to the new install? If so, many caches etc are cleaned anyway.– grg ♦May 2, 2014 at 17:00
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i clean the old for have space on my hard drive. i install trisquel gnu/linux– sosolalMay 2, 2014 at 17:02
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If you are going to re-partition to install another O/S then a cleaner won't do much, it really depends on how much room you need to recover for your partition.
That said there are a number of cleaners out there. I have always used the free Onyx. I usually get it off of MacUpdate. Note that the latest version is always for the latest O/S if you don't have Mavericks look on the developer's website for earlier versions.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx
Oddly enough CCCleaner is available for the Mac, and while I have used the PC version quite a bit I have never used it on the Mac, preferring to stick with the utility I know. So I can't speak to how good a job CCCleaner does on the Mac.
MacUpdate is a great place to look for software, pretty much everything you are looking for here can be found there.
answered May 3, 2014 at 15:28
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Onyx is free, always has been. If you mean free as in open source I am not aware of anything that does this that is also open source May 5, 2014 at 13:28