Issue/Question
Occasionally a pop-up will appear on the desktop prompting:
Need more hard disk space on this Mac?
Cause
The pop-up comes from an adware product known as Advanced Mac Cleaner, which is sometimes included as an add-on with legitimate software.
Resolution
Removing Advanced Mac Cleaner will stop the pop-up from appearing.
- Select Finder.
- Click Go.
- Select Go to Folder... .
- Enter ~/Library/LaunchAgents/.
- Delete the file com.pcv.hlpramc.plist.
- Click Go.
- Select Go to Folder... .
- Enter ~/Library/Application Support/.
- Delete the folder amc.
- Click Go.
- Select Go to Folder...
- Enter ~/Library/.
- Delete AdvancedMacCleaner.
- Click Go.
- Select Applications.
- Delete the app Advanced Mac Cleaner, if it exists.
- Restart the computer.