5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. How SpeedUp Mac can be useful for a Mac user?

The main purpose of SpeedUp Mac is to enhance the Mac hard drive performance by removing unwanted files. At the same time, by removing unnecessary files, lots of drive space can be created that again helps in improving the speed of your system.

2. Can I clean up Caches, Leftovers, Duplicate and Large files with the SpeedUp Mac software?

Yes. With the SpeedUp Mac software, you can remove unwanted stored caches, duplicate pictures, videos, music files, unwanted large files and those leftovers files that somehow were left on your Mac hard drive.

3. Can I remove Duplicate Files from iTunes, iPhoto, iMovies, iWork and Aperture using SpeedUp Mac?

Yes. SpeedUp Mac helps to remove all duplicate files from Aperture, iWork, iMovies, iPhoto and iTunes. You can remove duplicates data from Documents, Movies, Compressed Files, Applications and Sound files.

4. Can I clean up an external hard drive or SD card using SpeedUp Mac software?

Yes, cleaning junks, duplicates and large files from an external hard drive or SD card are possible with the SpeedUp Mac. See Speedup the Boot and Non-Boot Volumes to know how to remove these files.

5. What is the difference between SpeedUp Mac Uninstaller and Mac's Drag-Drop Uninstallation?

SpeedUp Mac has a built-in Mac Uninstaller to provide the user a single interface for removing a selected application and its associated files completely from macOS. At times, Mac's default drag-drop feature fails to remove an application entirely. Some or more leftovers stay behind due to improper uninstallation. However, SpeedUp Mac addresses this issue and ensures that no associated files remain on the disk drive. See Uninstall using Uninstaller to know how to use the uninstaller.

6. When I dragged an application into the trash, a message popped up. Why?

SpeedUp Mac provides an advanced feature Automatic Uninstaller, which helps you to uninstall the application. By default, the Enable Automatic Uninstaller option is ON. That is, whenever you drag an application into the trash, SpeedUp Mac Uninstaller will be launched popping up a message. This allows you to uninstall the application, instead of deleting it. To know how to disable the option, see Cleanup preferences.

7. Can we list applications or files that we do not want to include at the time of scanning?

Yes, SpeedUp Mac provides a feature Ignore List, which helps you to create a list of applications or files that you do not want to include at the time of scanning. To know more, see Ignore List preferences.

8. Is there any way to restore the language files that were accidentally removed using the software?

No, the software cannot restore the language files, once deleted. However, you can get them back by reinstalling the macOS. Or else, if those language files belong to any application, you need to reinstall the application to get them back.

9. What are login items and why should I remove them?

Login items can be a frequently used application, document, server's Internet Location file, or other items that auto-start at boot time and opens automatically when you log in to your Mac. This increases the booting time of your system. To decrease the booting time of your Mac and enhance its performance, it is advised that you remove them.

10. What kind of unwanted and unused files that are scanned by SpeedUp Mac for freeing up space from a volume?

SpeedUp Mac scans for the following kinds of files for freeing up space from a volume:

• Cache Files - consists of temporary files created by an application installer to load and work faster. There are different types of caches (for example - User Caches, iOS Caches and System Caches) in the system.
• Index Log Files - contains information about device changes, device drivers, system changes, events, operations and more. There are different types of logs such as User Logs and System Logs which you can find in the system.
• System Junk - consists of all the junk includes universal binaries, language files and other junk files from the applications in the system.
• Trashes & Leftovers - are all files and leftovers which are present in the Trash.
• Manage Extensions - consists of various extension files and preferences that you do not need on your Mac.
• Universal Binaries - are executable files or application bundles that run natively on Mac computers.
• Language Files - are localization files for OS X applications. It typically contains the .nib files for a given language. A software application supports different languages.
• Duplicate Files - are copies of existing files.
• Large Files - Large file size is set at 100 MB for the application by default.
• Mail Attachments - attachments can be any type of file, including images (photos), videos, mp3s, documents, zipped files/folders, and more.
• Photo Junk - After syncing data from any iOS device, there must be some photo junk left on your Mac, which just consuming space.
• iTunes Junk - created by the iTunes program when it writes temporary files during installation, running, syncing, or backing up iOS device media files to your hard disk.
• Downloads - contains .apk files, unknown extension files, and a lot of duplicate files.

11. What is Full Disk Access? Why is it required and how to Enable it?

Full Disk Access permission is a new privacy feature introduced in macOS Mojave (10.14) that prevents some applications from accessing your important data, such as Mail, Messages, TimeMachine, and Safari files. If you are running macOS Mojave (10.14) or higher, you need to enable Full Disk Access on your Mac to ensure SpeedUp Mac works correctly. To know how to enable it, see Prerequisite - Enabling Full Disk Access.