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Benefits
- Fast and stable performance combined with a convenient user interface made navigation and customization easy.
- The modules work as advertised and handle duplicate files and cleanup well.
- Good value for the price asked.
Disadvantages
- The Page Up and Page Down keys cannot be used in the app for quick navigation.
- No free trial to test the software/some software elements require a subscription account to work.
- The app appears to be covered in advertising for other Trend Micro products.
Our verdict
Cleaner One Pro offers a useful set of Mac cleaning tools at a good price, and if you’re looking for something reliable in this area, it’s worth considering.
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Cleaner One Pro for Mac is easy to download and install: simply purchase the free copy or sign up for a tiered subscription, install the software, give it permission to access your hard drive and that’s it.
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The software requires Mac OS 10.12 (Sierra) or later to install and run, and is available in free and paid subscription tiers. For the free tier, the software offers basic scanning and no user limits while not requiring credit or debit card storage with Trend Micro. The Basic tier, which currently costs $19.99/£19.99 per year (then $24.99/£24.99 per year), requires a payment method to be stored with Trend Micro, offers support charging a device, access to additional tools and easy uninstallation if desired. . The Advanced tier currently costs $29.99/£29.99 per year (then $59.99/£46.99), requires a payment method to be stored with Trend Micro, and offers support for five devices , macOS and Windows support, quick uninstallation and access to additional features. tools. There is a version on the Mac App Store that costs $19.99/£19.99 or $29.99/£30.99 with an annual subscription. There is also an iOS version.
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Once installed and running, a clean and animated user interface beckons. Like similar tools, Cleaner One Pro is designed around an assortment of modules as well as its overall Smart Scan, which examines your storage, diagnostics and applications, while the other modules (Junk Files, Large Files, Disk Map, Startup Manager, Duplicate Files, Similar Photos, Application Manager and File Shredder) take care of their own tasks when enabled. The modules, in turn, performed well in testing and were able to locate large files and duplicates that could be eliminated.
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The Junk Files module found a nice variety of unused disk images and installers that I had forgotten about and didn’t need, and an interface along the menu bar tracked memory usage , CPU usage, network usage, and was connected to Dropbox to help place the files. on the cloud, which was useful. Other nice touches include easy access to tech support to quickly file a ticket, report a bug, or suggest a new feature, and the Smart Scan feature helpfully indicates whether or not a macOS update is available for download and installation, which is useful. Add on.
Customization of the Smart Scan module and choice of tests to perform.
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However, certain elements may require some attention. Firstly, and as useful as it may be, the free version of Cleaner One Pro feels like a living advertisement for the subscription-based tiers, with the interface covered in advertising encouraging you to unlock the full feature set. This ad, of course, disappears once you sign up for the service, but the “More Tools” module leads to a screen offering access to Trend Micro’s antivirus, VPN, unzip, and ad-blocking utilities. Yes, this can be argued on both sides and a company has every right to advertise all of their products, but it still seems excessive once you click into the “More Tools” window. You can’t navigate module windows using the page up and page down keys, and are instead limited to the mouse, which seems like an odd feature to leave out. This and the fact that once an activation key has been purchased, it cannot be copied and pasted from the Trend Micro website or your email, and must be entered by hand, shows security and ease of use, even if it’s for a one-time thing, like entering the activation code you just paid for.
Finally, the lack of communication from Trend Micro itself regarding technical and product matters raised my eyebrows a bit, and I’m curious if others have experienced this or had prompt and prompt communication with the company.
Should you buy Cleaner One Pro for Mac?
What’s present with Cleaner One Pro is useful, lives up to its description, and a sleek user interface makes it easy to navigate the program, customize settings, quickly view applications, files and login items unnecessary and pruning your Mac more efficiently. It is also the merit of Cleaner One Pro that the application does not try to turn into a mega-suite and do everything under the sun, including anti-virus scanning and protection or act as a VPN , although Trend Micro happily advertises the sale of these products. A free trial of Cleaner One Pro wouldn’t hurt, and if Trend Micro could find a way to keep its customers informed of its offerings while also relaxing its in-app advertising a bit, the experience would be all the better. . Still, Cleaner One Pro offers a useful set of Mac cleaning tools at a good price, and if you’re looking for something reliable in this area, it’s worth considering.
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