I mean, I've never done a wipe-and-reinstall of any of my Macs, and my primary Mac now is a 2.5 year old MBP that is a literal descendant (via Migration Assistant or Time Machine restores) of my first OSX machine in 2002.
#Space gremlin windows software
It's fantastically unlikely that even years and years of accumulation of such orphans will ever approach the level of space the average user wastes in their home directory with forgotten downloads, accidentally duplicated files, screenshots, and reaction GIFs (which, again, is why drive space usage software is important I like Space Gremlin).
#Space gremlin windows free
But unlike Windows, tiny orphaned files in ~/Library or /Library don't cause the computer to run slowly or bog down (assuming there's sufficient free disk space), so you don't have to care. Sure, some minor shit might get orphaned. (What you probably DO need is drive space analysis software, but that's a whole other thing.)
#Space gremlin windows full
I've never had to use any "cleaning" tool on any of my Macs, and I've been full time on the platform since the first days of OSX. The only stuff stored outside the Applications folder is, typically, preferences files that take up essentially no space, and which aren't loaded unless explicitly sought. On a Mac, where "installation" of an app is almost always just "drag it to the Applications folder", it's trivial to get rid of shit you don't need.
AV Comparatives did a test of the new version. They're also giving the same fake messages about issues and then try to extort money from users. The statement at the bottom says that what's in the ad is their personal opinion and only used for advertisement purposes. Here's a popunder I got a while ago, I took a screenshot: They're doing the same bullshit advertisement, but with a little disclaimer. They also said they fixed what's wrong with the app. The new owner has a statement about the settlement here: The original developer Zeobit sold it to another company. This practice led to a class action lawsuit and $2M settlement.
Remove one thing, another running process would put it back in place, like malware. It also placed itself in various places that made it very hard to remove. Then asked for payment to remove these "issues". It installed a heavy process that would bog down the machine. The old version did a "scan" and give tons of fake messages about security etc, even popups outside the app.
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