# Mac OS X clean up?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-x-clean-up/687745>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 5, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-x-clean-up/687745 "2014-05-05T21:01:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![runningdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@runningdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runningdude)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-x-clean-up/687745/1 "2014-05-05T21:01:18Z")

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Is there a program that can scan and remove old launch daemons and other bits of old software no longer installed. I am running OS 10.6.8 on a Macbook.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-x-clean-up/687745/2 "2014-05-05T21:42:53Z")

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I’ve always just done this by hand.  
I’ve never trusted a robot to do this…

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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-x-clean-up/687745/3 "2014-05-05T21:46:44Z")

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May want to post your question on a Mac or OS/X forum [Apple Support Communities.](https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook?categoryID=218)

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**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-x-clean-up/687745/4 "2014-05-05T23:24:28Z")

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I use something called [CleanMyMac](http://macpaw.com/cleanmymac) that I think does everything you want. It’s not cheap at $39, and honestly I never would have paid that kind of money for it on it’s own, but I got it as part of a bundle of a bunch of different Mac apps a while back. I have to say, it seems to work very well. I think there’s a demo so you can check it out and see if it does in fact do what you want.