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SPRING CLEANING 4.0
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Aladdin Systems
EAN: 0717103109508
Format: CD-ROM
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Aladdin Systems
Manufacturer: Aladdin Systems
Model: SC4BX
Platform: Macintosh
Publisher: Aladdin Systems
Release Date: July 04, 2001
Studio: Aladdin Systems
Editorial Review:
Spring Cleaning makes a simple promise: it will let you get rid of the garbage on your hard drive--files and apps that are duplicates, damaged, unused, or otherwise useless--and have a happier, faster computer, slimmed down to fighting trim. Spring Cleaning definitely delivers, flagging countless megabytes of suspect software that might be clogging up the works. But be warned that this isn't the fire-and-forget simplicity of Norton Utilities and the like--for the most part, you'll actually need to get your hands dirty and make the final call, file by file, on what stays and what goes. And that means novice users, while they can still get a lot out of this package, might be a little intimidated by some of the choices.
With 15 programs in one package, Spring Cleaning guides you through a set of sophisticated searches grouped under different headings: Cleanup, Maintenance, Organize, and Internet. (You also get a restore function for undoing any over-enthusiastic cleanings--a saving grace especially for those novices.) A full Cleanup pass might take an hour or more, while Maintenance, Organize, and Internet functions can take considerably less time (this varies wildly, of course, depending on the size and status of your drive). Each of the 15 searches rounds up a different sort of potential culprit: for example, Duplicates Finder points out similar and identical files (great for chucking duped-up help engines and fonts); File Checker finds damaged files; and Alias Fixer pulls up aliases that don't point anywhere. In all cases, you're given several choices of what to do, from trashing files outright to archiving them. MacUninstaller proves especially useful, allowing you to completely clean out all traces of a particular program from your hard drive, and the Internet-specific searches identify hidden (and often large) e-mail attachments and cache files.
As a diagnostic tool, Spring Cleaning is hard to beat: nothing else is more effective for nominating candidates for a speedy deletion. Just realize that, while it might have been easy downloading all that software over the Internet in the last few months, taking out the trash might prove considerably less fun. And then you'll have to ask yourself, "So... how much does a bigger hard drive cost these days anyway?" --Paul Hughes
Spring Cleaning 4.0 gets rid of hard drive clutter and wipes away Internet tracks to reclaim disk space and increase your Mac's performance.Completely uninstall old software and space-wasting files that becomescattered all over your hard drive. Quickly clean out hard-to-find Internetcookies, cache, and history files that clog disk space and risk yourprivacy. Easily restore items you've removed if you later change your mind.
The application that helps you recover hard disk space by allowing you to remove or better manage your files and application. It does more than just clean out your drives! Includes QuickCompare, iClean, and Restore.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - This really does what it says it does
I have been using this for a while now and I really like it. I don't go much beyond the standard mode because everything I use is right there, plus I like that everything I do there can be undone. I have gotten rid of lots of junk I didn't even know I had and now my Mac runs better. It doesn't seem to crash as often and finds go quicker. I really love the mail cleaner tool. I had no idea that Eudora kept a copy of all of my email attachments. Some of the cartoons/pix my friends send me are kind of ... Read More
Rating: - helpful and thorough- it's a must for computer clean up
Spring Cleaning is a great way to help get your Macintosh organized and cleaned up. Follow the easy guide and choose a cleaning utility like MacUninstaller to find folders, Apps, fonts etc. associated with a particular application, you can then choose to move them to a backup archive using StuffIt (I have all my Read Me files in one spot now), or a storage folder, or just plain move them to the trash. If you aren't sure, move them to a storage folder first, if everything's running smoothly after a ... Read More
Rating:  - It will clean alright - but you will regret this broom !
This is one of those classic faux pas of the software world like Dbase IV, Dos 4, Delphi 4 - the cursed 4 number. So many bugs you will need two hands to swat out all the bugs in this release.
First off the interface is just plain awful. Hard to navigate, difficult and unfriendly to use, impossible to set the configuration the way you would like to.
Once you somehow manage to set the configuration the program proceeds to ignore your settings completely and totally as though you never entered ... Read More
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