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I have a MacKeeper related question: are apps such as this (cleaners, antivirus etc.) necessary for Mac computers? Judging by the number of users affected by th
by parandroid 11y ago
I have a MacKeeper related question: are apps such as this (cleaners, antivirus etc.) necessary for Mac computers? Judging by the number of users affected by this, there are a lot of people thinking they do need it, I guess.
- s_kilk 11y agoNot usually, but a lot of users coming from Windows just reflexively install a cleaner/AV anyway.
- parandroid 11y agoCool. I'll stick to the "no cleaners" personal policy then.
- pidg 11y agoI don't feel they are necessary, even for less advanced users. Apple do a reasonably good job of keeping things safe and up-to-date. The number of users may also reflect their pushy "you need this!" marketing. I installed MacKeeper a few days after switching from Windows to Mac, as I had no idea what I was doing. Ended up uninstalling it, then reinstalling OS X from scratch just in case.
- parandroid 11y agoThat's what I thought, thanks. I'm a newish Mac user, so I was a bit confused by the whole situation, since other Mac I know told me not to install anything of that kind.
- marcosdumay 11y agoThe thing is, those apps aren't very useful at Windows either. Get to any Windows user, and ask him when was the last time his anti-virus stopped him from doing anything. Malware has adapted since the 90's.
- mauz0r 11y agoIf you stick to official software and don't care to scan documents for windows viruses and such, you won't need any antivirus. I do however use CleanMyMac 2 to remove stuff I don't use, this is the only piece of "cleaning" software that I think is actually worth it. I like how it helps me getting rid of logs and language files in a lazy way :)