While the access was limited, the program found 226MB of junk to get rid of. Unless you give the program full disk access, what it finds during its scan will be very limited. One key thing to draw your attention to is the allow full disk access option on the bottom left. Once the installation is complete, you're presented with a fairly simple screen listing the options available. The only odd thing I found during my installation was that it asked me to install fonts too. The program also isn't large, so it won't take up much room if you're short on disk space. My Mac is a few years old, and it still took less than 2 minutes. You will need to be an admin user to install this program, but it's pretty fast once you set it going. Every button does exactly what you expect just as they did in the virus checker.

A benefit of the cleaner product is that it’s very straightforward to use. I’ve tried a range of antivirus software over the years but found Avast one of the most user-friendly. It may not impact a Mac as much as a PC, but I'm still no stranger to a cleaner program. Needless to say, that leaves a lot of files behind. I tend to learn by doing, so I will install a program, play with it, and if it doesn't do what I want, I'll take it off again just as quickly.

Even the most efficiently designed operating systems slow down after a while.

Simple to use because its features are very basic Needs more to competeĪlthough Macs do a far better job cleaning up old and unwanted files than Windows, they still need a bit of help sometimes.

This lack of functionality makes it not worth the price tag with so many better options available. However, the other features are either underpowered or don't work at all. If you want it to locate duplicate files, it's pretty useful as it finds more than most other apps I tested. That might explain why their clean-up features are somewhat lacking compared to other long-standing brands. While they are a big player in the antivirus field, Avast is new to the cleanup market.

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