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I work for an IT company in Technical Support assisting users mainly in Windows environments but occasionally Macintosh (I wish there were more), I have seen various support tools out there such as TechTool ProToGo, Memtest OSX, Malwarebytes etc. I'm wondering what other IT professionals use to do the following on a Mac: Clean Caches and remove unnecessary clutter/buildup (like Cleaner for Windows) Test Memory Check for and remove Malware/Viruses Check Hard Disk health and scan tools Check battery health, fans and other useful information What other tools do you find useful? Absolutely no anti-virus, memory test, and no so-called cleaner applications! They either interfere with the normal security built-in to the OS X, or the so-called cleaners can and do remove critical parts of the OS requiring a reinstall. The first rule of OS X is not to try and administer it as though it were Windows. There are no viruses, but there certainly is malware, which is a reason for MalwareBytes.
Even I use that. Avoid software downloads from aggregator sites like softonic, cnet, macupdate, and more. Get it directly from the OS X App Store, or the vendor site. No Torrent crap ever. You cannot trust the software. If you want to clean out System caches, verify the boot disk, and rebuild System databases (e.g LaunchServices, Fonts, etc) — then just boot into Safe mode. This is just pressing and holding the shift key from a cold boot until you see the horizontal progress bar.
For that reason, it runs in the cloud, rather than locally on your device. All you need to check your writing with a Grammarly product is an Internet connection. When you use Grammarly, you can help improve its suggestions. Anytime you hit “ignore” on an unhelpful suggestion, Grammarly gets a little bit smarter. 