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#1 OFFLINE   Angie Stone

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Posted 28 July 2012 - 04:24 PM

What's my risk in running CCleaner on my Macbook Pro, if I have absolutely no idea what it's deleting?  I'm running OS10.6.8

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Posted 29 July 2012 - 02:32 AM

Minimal; but it's still worth the effort of investigating everything before removal ;)
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 02:40 PM

Thank you.  I'll run a backup beforehand, but that "minimal" word makes me feel better.

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Posted 29 July 2012 - 05:22 PM

you should be able to press analysis and look at the details before a clean now in cc for MAC if I recall
ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION
DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF.
Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark)
ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T.
CCLEANER, RECUVA, DEFRAGGLER AND SPECCY DOCUMENTATION CAN BE FOUND AT www.piriform.com/docs
Link to Winapp2.ini explanation