14 DAY TRIAL // Northern Softworks, a company responsible for a flurry of Mac applications (and a couple of iPhone apps), has released an updated version of its cleaning utility for Mac, Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner. Although advertised as being aimed at Snow Leopard, the program is supported even on Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther). Licensed users of Leopard Cache Cleaner can upgrade to version 5.0.1 at a discount.
Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner can tune Internet and file cache settings, implement ram disks, and clean out various cached and stale data, in order to improve system performance. Including tools to help optimize files and memory, sLCC can also recover wasted disk space by eliminating language localization files and slimming Universal Binaries. The newest version is a maintenance release that addresses an issue displaying the user manual, and improves application performance.
“sLCC makes system maintenance simple with an easy point and click interface to many OS X functions,” Northern Softworks says. “Novice and expert users alike will appreciate the powerful toolset sLCC provides. Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner is installed on thousands of personal and business systems around the globe.”
In addition to the aforementioned benefits, the program also gives you access to functions like turning off Spotlight or Dashboard, or turning on a Login Items Folder. Bootable Emergency Disks can also be created with this all-in-one maintenance and cleaning utility. These include system repair utilities and sLCC's powerful, cache-cleaning functions. “If disaster strikes, the power of Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner is available at the command prompt in Single User Mode,” Northern Softworks adds. Just as important, sLCC ships with the built-in ClamAV antivirus.
A demo version of sLCC is available for free download. Registered users also get a portable version that can be installed on a flash drive or iPod. The portable version of Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner runs on any supported Mac and is “a great tool for testing hard drives, screen pixels, batteries, ram, and more before buying a machine,” Northern Softworks explains.