MacCare finds and removes up to 20 GB of junk — without touching your Logic Pro plugins, Kontakt libraries, or audio settings. The only Mac cleaner with Audio Producer Mode.
MacCare scans 8 categories of system junk, finds duplicates, manages startup items, and visualizes disk usage — with a safety-first approach that CleanMyMac can't match.
Parallel scanning across 8 junk categories. Risk-classified items with color-coded safety indicators. Only safe items are selected by default.
Interactive TreeMap visualization shows exactly where your space went. Drill-down navigation, color-coded by file type, with protected paths clearly marked.
Hardcoded whitelist of paths that are never touched — Documents, Photos, Music, Mail, SSH keys. Every deletion goes to Trash with full Put-Back support.
Removes apps and all their hidden remnants — caches, preferences, containers, launch agents, logs. Finds what Finder misses.
Manage Login Items, LaunchAgents, and system daemons. Toggle items on/off with impact indicators. Keep your Mac booting fast.
Always-visible disk space indicator in your menu bar. Quick-scan access and last cleanup stats at a glance.
Built by a Logic Pro user who got burned by CleanMyMac deleting AudioUnitCache and triggering a 30-minute plugin re-validation. Never again.
When enabled, MacCare automatically protects all audio-related paths — plugins, sample libraries, presets, and DAW caches. No other cleaner does this.
Same power, more safety, one-third the price.
| Feature | MacCare | CleanMyMac X |
|---|---|---|
| Junk Cleanup | ✓ | ✓ |
| Disk Visualization | ✓ TreeMap | ✓ Space Lens |
| App Uninstaller | ✓ | ✓ |
| Startup Optimizer | ✓ | ✓ |
| Menu Bar Monitor | ✓ | ✓ |
| Risk Classification per Item | ✓ 🟢🟡🟠🔴 | ✗ |
| Audio Producer Mode | ✓ 🎵 | ✗ |
| Safety Whitelist | ✓ Hardcoded | ✗ |
| Put-Back from Trash | ✓ Full support | Partial |
| Cleanup Activity Log | ✓ | ✗ |
| Confirm Dialog with Risk | ✓ | ✗ |
| Price | $29/year | $89/year |
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