MacPaw and Trend Micro come from very different segments of the software industry. The Japanese Trend Micro is a multinational cyber security and defense company founded in Los Angeles, California, its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and a global presence around the world.
MacPaw, on the other hand, is an independent Ukranian-based software development company. As such each of their respective Mac optimization programs naturally have their own distinctions, too, but not in the way you might expect. Trend Micro might have the recognition internationally, but it is MacPaw’s software that stands out as one of the most-used cleaning utilities. They both have their strengths, however, whether that’s Dr. Cleaner’s live expert assistance or CleanMyMac’s impressive cleaning capabilities. The question is, which one is the must-have?
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Frees up memory space (RAM), optimizes your phone, boosts Android games, and removes viruses and junk cache. Scan, clean, and free up memory on your Mac so you can run applications faster. Download Download Try our award-winning products for free. Trend Micro TM Antivirus for Mac. Sep 11, 2018 In the same blog post, Trend Micro also seemed to admit that the company's non-security Mac apps, such as the device optimization products Dr. Battery, and two others called Dr.
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Sep 12, 2018 Apple has removed cyber-security firm Trend Micro's apps from the Mac App Store after reports of it 'stealing user data' and sending it to unidentified servers came to light. Initially, the firm.
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Dr. Cleaner Pro
Securing a place in the Mac optimization market is becoming more and more of a challenge – and not just for new entrants – as users look for multi-purpose services that provide the most value for their money. Trend Micro's Dr. Cleaner Pro seeks to deliver that to users looking for a pro-level service, surprisingly offering such a product for the purchase of a one-time license that costs $19.99. Alongside live support, an outstanding feature of Dr. Cleaner Pro that gives assistance via a professional on the other side of a chat screen, there is also a file manager called Disk Map to play around with. This feature delivers visual information about which files occupy the most space.
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And while CleanMyMac has the app uninstaller feature, Dr. Cleaner seeks to raise the bar with something dubbed “App Manager”. This feature is not limited to only app removal since it also allows users to choose to remove only the cache files generated by software, with a handy tab for finding out which programs and apps are not up to date.
Those looking to test Dr. Cleaner themselves can start by downloading the free version from the App Store. If you are looking for more advanced features – such as deep scanning and duplicate file removal – then either upgrade to the Pro version or test the program risk-free for 30 days before you buy.
CleanMyMac
When you combine ease of use with simplicity, the result is always appealing to end-users. This is how MacPaw managed to strengthen its foothold in the Mac optimization market with its CleanMyMac app. Along with the smart cleanup feature that scours the whole Mac for junk and removable files – something that's just not possible with Dr. Cleaner Pro since the program is sandboxed – the software includes several handy features that serve the main purpose of maintaining a storage-optimized computer.
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Maintenance Options
Every Mac needs the owner's attention from time to time, so instead of having to type code into Terminal (something only advanced users can do) CleanMyMac provides a better alternative with its powerful utilities and scripts that help the system run optimally. Reindex Spotlight, for example, is used in a handful of troubleshooting scenarios, just like repairing disk permissions.
Both pieces of software take privacy seriously, too, and while Dr. Cleaner runs in a sandbox – the safest option since it prevents any system changes – CleanMyMac takes another approach. The app focuses on allowing users to delete cookies, browsing history, iMessage text, and attachments.
CleanMyMac is available as a free download, but if to get the most out of the software you will need a license key for $39.95.
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Conclusion
When it comes to choosing between the two options there are multiple factors to consider, and price isn't necessarily the highest priority; it should be the features that make or break the deal. When you are considering an app, if it’s important that it should remind you to update installed programs and provide live support for your Mac optimization problems or is available for a lifetime license, then Trend Micro will be a good match. However, if you feel it’s more imperative to have a thorough system scan, junk removal, and storage optimization alongside maintenance utilities that can be run from time to time and regular Mac health alerts, then CleanMyMac will be a better fit for you – even if it is much more expensive than Dr. Cleaner. In the end, it's down to your personal preferences, and the good news is that both apps can be tested risk free.
Trend Micro Incorporated and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, 'Trend Micro' or 'we') provides this Privacy Policy to help you understand the types of information that you provide to Trend Micro, what we do with that information and how we protect that information when you use Trend Micro’s products and services.
Description of the product/service
With Trend Micro products and services, you can increase the protection for your digital data from hackers, spammers, spyware, malware and other online threats. Because of the fast and constant evolving nature of online threats and malware, it is necessary to configure our products and services to constantly provide data and information from your devices to enable us to stay ahead of malicious activities and protect your devices and data. This data and information can also include personal data.
What information do you provide?
Product license data
When you install and activate our products, you provide personal data such as your:
- name
- phone number
- email address
- device ID
- operating system
- license key
We use this personal data to ensure that your license to our solutions is valid and to contact you regarding renewals, technical issues and new product information.
Information and personal data for using and interacting with Trend Micro’s products and services
You provide the following types of information and personal data when you use and interact with our products and services, including customer support. The specific information and personal data that you provide will depend on the particular product or services used. Providing these types of information and personal data enables you to participate, share and leverage Trend Micro’s global database of threat related intelligence to rapidly identify and defend against potential threats within your unique network environment, as described in more detail below as well as enabling us to provide support that you request.
- Product information, such as MAC address, device ID,
- Public IP address of the user’s gateway to the Internet
- Mobile/PC environment
- Metadata from suspicious executable files
- URLs, Domains and IP addresses of websites visited
- Metadata of client/device managed by gateway product
- Application behaviors
- Customer behavior [See Hedwig]
- Information from suspicious e-mail, including sender and receiver email address, and attachments
- Detected malicious file information
- Detected malicious network connection information
- Debug Logs
- Network Architecture/Topology
- Screen capture of errors
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If you do not want to provide personal data to Trend Micro, please refer to your product documentation for further details on how to disable those features that collect and send feedback to Trend Micro, if applicable.
How does Trend Micro use the data that you provide to us?
Our products use the personal data that you provide to perform security and threat detection related services and functions such as:
- Analyze data sent to/from your device(s) to isolate and identify threats, vulnerabilities, suspicious activity, and attacks;
- Assess the reputation of a device or file to advise you on whether access should be granted;
- Analyze email to protect against spam and other suspicious content;
- Virus protection;
- Intrusion detection, prevention, and protection;
- Threat prevention and prediction;
- Network defense;
- Identify sources and methods of targeted attacks
- Deliver updated protection against malicious threats
We may use information that you provide to us for other business purposes, including
- Internal record keeping
- Compliance with the law and requests from government bodies
- Product and service development
- Keeping you informed about our products, services and promotions
- Provide customer support, manage subscriptions, and respond to requests, questions, and comments
- All the personal data stated above are necessary to enter into the contract with Trend Micro and to use Trend Micro’s products and services so that you are obliged to provide such personal data, otherwise, we can neither perform our contract with you nor provide our products and services to you.
How do we protect your information?
We use administrative, organizational, technical, and physical safeguards, including access controls, premise security measures, secure data destruction and incident response plans to protect the information that you provide to us. Our security controls are designed to maintain an appropriate level of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Where do we process your data?
We may process your personal data at data centers in the United States as well as other locations around the world operated by Trend Micro, affiliates of Trend Micro or data processors engaged by Trend Micro who carry out data processing on behalf of Trend Micro. When you connect to our services, you may be sending your information outside your country to a jurisdiction that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction
Data retention
We will keep information that you provide to us for as long as you are a registered subscriber or user of our products or for as long as we have another business purpose to do so and, thereafter, for no longer than is required or permitted by law.
How do we share your data?
We do not share data that you provide to us, except with service providers that help us perform and improve services for you, with your consent, as necessary to perform our contractual obligations to you; in order to protect your, our and others' rights and interests; in connection with a sale or reorganization of our business, if and to the extent permissible by law and as required to cooperate with any legal process and any law enforcement or other government inquiry. This means that we may provide information that we collect from you if that information is relevant to a court subpoena or to a law enforcement authority or other government investigation, provided this is permissible under applicable data protection law.
Changes to the Trend Micro Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy was last updated on January 2017. Trend Micro will occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our products and services and customer feedback. When we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will revise the date at the top of the Privacy Policy. If there are material changes to this Privacy Policy or in how Trend Micro will use your personal information, Trend Micro will notify either by prominently posting a notice of such changes prior to implementing the change or by directly sending you a notification.
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