What is the software for Apple that is a software that cleans up space on hard-drive

It had a cartoony looking elephant as it's icon and it did similar stuff to what CleanMyMac did for Mac but the software is free. I can't think of the name of it and I tried googling it. I was hoping someone on the Apple messageboards would know. I know if i asked this elsewhere some tool would bash me for using a Mac. People like to troll on the internet a lot because their real lives are pathetic. This software works with Mac OSX Yosemite.

You are very wise.. !!
It can be awfully hard restoring the Mac from TM.. as many posters here have discovered.
IMHO.. for certainty.. get an external drive.. they are not expensive.. do a full backup to it.
I would even download superduper and make a clone of the existing drive and boot from it.. this means when the Mac is returned if all else fails.. you can use the external clone as a boot and have exact OS as you have right now.

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