CCleaner is of the most downloaded software utility by users worldwide and also in most corporate’s, they also use only CCleaner for cleaning up the system and helping it to run fast. CCleaner is also one of the most used applications to help protect your privacy and cleans your system in-depth, helping it to run faster and in a secure manner.
Everything About CCleaner You Must Know
Review of CCleaner Free (Mac El Capitan)
CCleaner which was initially started as a very basic application for removing temporary files has grown itself to a big extensive application that can do even a minute to any big thing you want the CCleaner to do it for you. CCleaner is highly effective in freeing up disk space by deleting temporary, unused files, recycle bin entries, windows hot-fix files, history, the cache of every browser you may use like Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, Tor or any browser you may have known. CCleaner also gives you the option of preserving cookies of the browser you may select during a system clean, so that it may save you from the hassle of doing login in all logged-in websites again.
CCleaner also gives you the option of adding new programs for software that doesn’t come with a base install. Also, you can add programs in the exclusion list of CCleaner, so that they don’t get cleaned during the system clean. It also provides options for adding or removing built-in detection that comes with base CCleaner install. This proves, that CCleaner has the maximum flexibility if compared with any cleaning tool.
The first version of CCleaner was released around 2008 for Windows XP and till today, CCleaner has come ahead with so many developments and is also counted as one of the most actively developed cleaner software. Piriform who are the makers of CCleaner keeps releasing a new version every 4-5 weeks and keep improving supports for browsers which are frequently updated. I remember when Windows 7 was launched, CCleaner was the first app to came with features like “Taskbar Jump Lists“, progressive bar similar to Windows 7 and many more.
If you’re running on the latest operating system like Windows 10, I recommend you installing CCleaner as they keep updating their software with the support of browsers as well. Likewise, you should know that CCleaner supports Microsoft Edge too fully.
However, CCleaner I believe should come with a tutorial or start-up wizard where users could customize the software as per their need, so that they may not end up deleting things they never intended too. However CCleaner is very conservative in deleting things in Mac, still, it’s a cleaning software with knives and swords and you must take of options before running a system clean.
Features of CCleaner Free for Mac
- CCleaner helps you with cleaning browsing history on your own or a shared public computer by deleting all saved passwords and other temporary internet files. It doesn’t leave any trace for anyone do to any kind of reverse engineering.
- CCleaner also helps in protecting your privacy by removing information from many windows applications which you may have used for accessing some files and folders.
- CCleaner removes traces of already deleted documents by securely wiping free disk space.
- CCleaner also cleans up unused registry which is incorrect or not anymore required by any applications in Windows or by the operating system itself.
- CCleaner helps in reducing the memory load and speed up boot time by specifying which programs autorun during Windows boot.
- CCleaner is also popular for helping you uninstalling those applications which Add/remove programs fail to remove. Of course, you can uninstall any application using CCleaner.
- One of my favorite features of CCleaner is Manage your cookies. In CCleaner, you get to choose which browser cookies you want not to get cleaned during cookies cleanup.
- By default upon running cookies cleaner, CCleaner will delete all of the cookies from all installed browsers in your computer. However, there are 3 ways, using which you can keep your cookies and clean other files.
Way 1
- Open CCleaner and click on the CCleaner icon on the left.
- Under the Windows Tab > Internet Explorer > Uncheck “Cookies” checkbox.
- Repeat above step for Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari or any other browser you have installed in your computer.
- Run the CCleaner. You’re done.
Way 2 – Save Certain Cookies in your computer
- Open CCleaner > Options.
- Click the Cookies button and search for the cookies you don’t want to get deleted during system clean up. On the left, CCleaner list all the cookies which would be deleted upon running, hence select the cookies you want to save and shift them to the right column. You can select multiple cookies by using Ctrl+Click or can select a set of cookies by clicking one and then SHIFT+Click on the last one.
Way 3 – Use Intelligent Cookie Scan
- Open CCleaner > Options > Cookies
- Right-click on any cookie from the list and select “Intelligent Scan“
- This will show you a prompt box, asking “This will allow CCleaner to keep your persistent logins for websites, such as Gmail, Outlook.com, and Yahoo Mail.“
- If you select NO, this shall cancel this operation here. If selected Yes, then it’ll automatically scan and shift all cookies which are being frequently used for logging into websites. Intelligent Cookie scan for following set of cookies:
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1234567891011121314151617181920login.live.comgoogle.comwww.google.commail.google.comwww.google.com/accountswebmail.earthlink.netmail.netscape.comyahoo.commail.yahoo.comwebmail.aol.commy.screenname.aol.comfastmail.fmmail.lycos.commail.ruauth.me.comovi.com/services/signinlogin.comcast.netfacebook.comtwitter.comaol.comicloud.com
- This list keeps on updating from time to time and allows more keeps to save which are used for persistent login.
- Last but not the least, CCleaner also helps you find duplicate files in your computer and list out to them for further actions.
What CCleaner Can’t Do?
- It’s not an anti-virus application nor an anti-spyware.
- CCleaner doesn’t provide you any option of def-ragging your hard drive. Piriform offers a separate application for that named Defraggler.
- CCleaner also cannot recover deleted or corrupted files. Recuva from Piriform can do that.
System Requirements of CCleaner Free
Although CCleaner can be installed on any edition of Mac, yet if you’re interested in knowing, find those below:
- Apple Mac running 64-bit OS X 10.6 to 10.11 El Capitan
CCleaner Free Setup Technical Details
Below given is the technical information provided on as-is basis for CCleaner Free Download Version:
- Application Name: CCleaner for Mac v1.10.335
- Filename: CCMacSetup110.dmg
- File Sized: 2.9MB
- Latest Version: v1.10.335
- Latest Version release date:Â 23 Sep 2015
CCleaner Free for Mac Application Version History
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v1.10.335 (23 Sep 2015) - Added OS X (10.11) El Capitan compatibility. - Improved Safari 8 Session and History cleaning. - Improved Opera Cache and Saved Password cleaning. - Improved Cookie management. - Added Microsoft Office 2016 cleaning. - Added Portable version. - Minor GUI improvements. - Minor stability and bug fixes. v1.09.313 (16 Sep 2014) - Improved OS X (10.10) Yosemite compatibility. - Added Safari 8 cleaning. - Improved Startup Item Management - Improved Cookie Manager - New System and Browser monitoring (Professional only). - Added Social Media links. - Minor GUI improvements. - Minor bug fixes. v1.08.302 (22 Jul 2014) - Added OS X (10.10) Yosemite Developer preview compatibility. - Improved Google Chrome cleaning. - Improved Cookie detection and cleaning. - Added Automatic Update checking. - Added Silent Background updates. (Professional only). - Added Opera 15 and newer cleaning. - Updated exception handling and reporting architecture. - Minor GUI improvements. - Minor bug fixes. v1.07.236 (17 Apr 2013) - New interface and icon. - Improved cookie management. - Optimized cleaning speed for OS X 10.8. - Improved Safari cleaning. - Added in-app upgrade to Pro version. - Improved compatibility for OS X 10.5. - Minor GUI improvements and bug fixes. v1.06.208 (18 Dec 2012) - Faster cleaning of Google Chrome cache. - Improved memory usage on OSX 10.8. - Improved handling of non-standard Startup Items. - Improved calculation of application size for Uninstall tool. - Fixed issue that caused some cookies to be saved incorrectly. - Fixed issue that could cause Firefox DB optimization to be skipped. - Added check for updates. - Minor bug fixes. v1.05.189 (22 Oct 2012) - Added full support for Mac OS 10.8.2. - Added Custom Include/Exclude for files and folders. - Improved Uninstall Tool when the Applications folder has subfolders. - Improved stability of Repair Permissions when a USB thumb drive is present. - Improved GUI updates during long operations. - Improved memory management for long operations. - Fixed bug that could cause an incorrect file count for Safari Internet Cache. - Fixed issue with Chrome that could leave a single cookie undeleted. - Fixed minor bug issue that could cause a crash on Mac OS 10.6.8. - Improved stability on older Mac OS 10.5 versions. - Lots of minor tweaks and fixes. |
Download CCleaner Free for Mac from Developer, Filehippo and CNET
From Developer Site Itself
For 32 and 64 Bit Operating System – CCMacSetup110.dmg
From CNET
For 32 and 64 Bit Operating System – CCMacSetup110.dmg
From Filehippo
For 32 and 64 Bit Operating System – CCMacSetup110.dmg
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