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However I wonder how this could have happened. Such tactics lend the developer no credibility, but slapped wrists for me for taking my eye off the ball.
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I found the install dmg hiding in /private/tmp The only explanation I can see is that MacBooster either piggybacked the DivX installer, or disguised itself as a legit DivX installer. This is exactly the time at which I upgraded my Divx10 installation. However the file creation date was "today, 12.41".
I looked for the app, found it in my apps folder, no evidence of an installer or image file which might have contained it. I have never knowingly installed MacBooster2, and no-one else has access to, let alone admin privileges, to my iMac. I got a notification that something called MacBooster2 "wants to make changes to this computer". I realise this is an old thread but I thought it would be worth relating my experience this morning. You're not on a technical "high horse", you're not technical at all.Ĭharlie, do it your way, I'm sure you're happy, let other people do it their way and don't dump on things if you really have no clue of what they are doing. There are many like me, Unix Professionals who see more than one way of doing things you're not doing at all, relying on "Apple Magic". If I'm in a pinch and developing, I go to command line, it's how I was trained. So I let a utility take care of if for me. To clean cookies, which I do once a week or so, I'd have to explore my user directory more than I care to. Get real, OS X is the first honest to gosh, great Unix desktop, but it's still a Unix desktop and some people may know a bit more than you do about 'Nix OS's. Some apps are just drag to trash and there may be some Apple thing that may drag the soft linked data files or not, but some of the utilities already do this.Īs a 'Nix developer who has maintained both desktops and servers for a while, please tell me what is necessary and while you're at it tell me what's wrong with folks who want to use shortcuts, especially since those shortcuts seem to take into account 'Nix commands you clearly aren't versed in. I think I've already told you where user apps live. You knew that /tmp and /proc disappear with a reboot, cleaning them out and the process table as well. Yea, like all my apps have an uninstaller, and how would you check for soft links to data files, I'll give you a clue try ln -s, chances are your data files are soft linked, but as a Unix guy you would know that. (Fair disclosure: The Safe Mac is my site, and contains a Donate button, so I may receive compensation for providing links to The Safe Mac. Since the MacBooster developers are allowing this as a means of increasing their sales, is it really a program you should trust?
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Typically, an illegal video streaming site will offer some kind of video player, and if you download an install it, you end up infected with adware and MacBooster. If that's not enough to convince you, be aware that I've seen MacBooster being distributed lately through illegal websites packaged with adware. It serves no useful purpose, because Macs do not need this kind of "cleaning." See The myth of the dirty Mac. MacBooster, and all products like it, is snake oil. It's not a matter of whether to clean manually or not, it's a matter of not needing to clean at all.
I agree that some of the stuff like caches and browser histories you can all clean it by yourself manually I have used MacBooster for almost a year now.
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Removing bad software gets trickier, and it is best left to your consulting the vendors in question, other than Mackeeper, which I've linked above to how to remove. If you are backed up at least twice, we can suggest other things like repairing the directory, and checking the hardware test for errors. Repairing permissions through Disk Utility can help.
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Stick to known software sites such as Apple's Mac App Store and software vendors themselves.ĭo not download updates because Adobe says there is an update available, go directly to Adobe's website to get the update.
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When it comes to slowdown, once your system is backed, you should make sure the hard drive isn't over 85% full.Īnti-virus, Mackeeper, firewall software are the worst, and really are not necessary unless you engage in risky behavior such as peer2peer software, and torrent reading. Suffice it to say, the only regular maintenance a Mac needs is backing up. The problem is that cache file cleaning of the system can actually lead to cache corruption. System cache cleaning, which is one of many of these vendors hallmark, actually slows it down! Any software that purports to make the Mac faster is selling snake oil.
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