If Apple comes out with another OS without an "uninstall app" feature to easily uninstall app's then they have mental problems...
Why?
Most applications can be uninstalled via dragging to the Trash. Only a select few leave behind tons of support data.
It so funny how everyone defends everything Apple does no matter what it is on this site...Like it or not , an uninstall button is easier then dragging stuff and finding related files. It is ONE CLICK. You cant get easier...so don't defend the old fashion manual way. What Apple does is try and make things easier for people do they not? They let you BUY app's with one click now in the app store. Why not uninstall with one click..
If you're the type of person that worries because an OS X app leaves a preference file on the file system after the apps been removed, then pointing at Windows as the solution makes no damn sense.No excuses. Just do it Apple... I dont want to have to worry about which ones leave around what and where it is. one button. Uninstall....if Windows can do it many years ago I think Apple should be able to by now..
Wow....still defending haha. Think about it. How can moving a file to a trash can and going into finder to find files be easier then the click of a button? Time them both and see which is easier. The click of a button is like .00002 of a second. Deleting an app your way is probably 20-30 seconds haha
I just tested a few of these, using Skype.app as the file to be deleted.
AppZapper found 4 items
AppCleaner found 6 items
AppDelete found 9 items
EasyFind found 16 items
Finder found 17 items
Windows can do it many years ago I think Apple should be able to by now..
My mistake. I didn't know that windows only deleted the .exe file or whatever. I thought its uninstall got rid of everything. That's what I am hoping for from Apple Baryon your right about the appstore. It could keep track of the install process and just have a uninstall button with its install button....thats sort of what I was thinking of. If it can keep track of what to install then it can keep track of what to uninstall
Wow....still defending haha. Think about it. How can moving a file to a trash can and going into finder to find files be easier then the click of a button? Time them both and see which is easier. The click of a button is like .00002 of a second. Deleting an app your way is probably 20-30 seconds haha
This is why I love OS X. I can test most apps by running them from their dmg and then unmounting the dmg if I don't want it. Nothing to uninstall. No garbage left over.You're an idiot, sorry.
The reason Windows HAS an uninstall button or has .exe files to INSTALL software is because software on Windows adds tons of registry files, .dll files, crap files, etc. However, when you "uninstall" programs, it doesn't delete all those files. You're just stupid enough to believe it does.
In fact, I think one of the Macs biggest strengths over Windows is the LACK of an uninstall button and installation files. You just write apps to the hard drive, and then move to trash to "uninstall." Very few apps leave crap files behind, and when they do most cases its not really all that much.
Therefore, clicking a button as you like to put it is just as simple as dragging a file to the trash. If Apple creates an uninstall panel, then it enforces into peoples minds that its completely necessary to do, when fact is that its NOT. 95% of Mac users simply don't need it. And Apple doesn't need to make them believe that they do.
And by the way, since you want to "time" how long it takes to click a button versus dragging an item into the trash, how about this? Time how long it would take to open a panel in system preferences and then clicking a button, versus simply RIGHT CLICKING an app and then CLICKING A BUTTON (that button is named 'move to trash)
Voila! Problem solved. Genius.