A reader sent us this tip for insuring that Mac OS X performs a clean install when applied to a volume which already contains a copy of the OS. Paul Christensen writes: "I accidentally replaced the ...

Apple today released macOS 12 Monterey, and whenever a new operating system is released for the Mac, some users prefer to perform a clean installation. This article explains how to perform what is ...

Aladdin Systems, Inc. has announced the release of a free update to Spring Cleaning 3.5 to enable the software to work with Mac OS X. The new update, version 3.5.1, is ready for download from ...

Apple is set to release macOS Sonoma on September 26, and whenever a new operating system is released for the Mac, some users prefer to perform a clean installation. This article explains how to ...

Spring Cleaning, Aladdin System’s uninstaller for the Mac has been revved to version 4.0.1, which is shipping in English, French and German. It also beefs up the Mac OS X support introduced in version ...

This is a guest post by Vera Tkachenko, a software team lead at MacPaw. For the first time, the Mac operating system comes with cleaning tools. The new Optimized Storage feature in macOS Sierra might ...

If you have a Mac, and if BadUSB or the code released at DerbyCon to make BadUSB work didn’t scare you off from using thumb drives, then you might want to start using a free app like CleanMyDrive. Why ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Alright, so I'm pretty familiar with the utilitarian Windows experience: cleaning up the mess of unnecessary services, startup files, garbage temp files, and of course, the almighty accumulative trash ...

Some of the hints for older, unsupported OSes apply equally to both Mac and Windows. Both come with an assortment of bundled ...

update Microsoft plans to offer a modest update to its Mac OS X version of Office in late May or early June, but the company is not saying when it will solve one major shortcoming in its OS X offering ...