hi I recently swithed to mac and lately I have found my self installing lots of different apps to try them out. I want to know if there is a good app out there for uninstalling programs completely.
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App for uninstalling other apps completely
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More complete than dragging them to the trash?
Mac software (except maybe for some Apple Pro stuff like Final Cut Studio) is generally self-contained - there are no DLLs or any extraneous stuff installed on your system. There is no registry.
The only remnants most software leave behind is "preferences" - which take up whole kilobytes of space and don't actually do anything. They are in your Home Folder/Library/Preferences - simply drag the preferences associated with your app into the Trash and empty. It usually isn't worth the bother, though. I wouldn't worry yourself over it.
Mac software (except maybe for some Apple Pro stuff like Final Cut Studio) is generally self-contained - there are no DLLs or any extraneous stuff installed on your system. There is no registry.
The only remnants most software leave behind is "preferences" - which take up whole kilobytes of space and don't actually do anything. They are in your Home Folder/Library/Preferences - simply drag the preferences associated with your app into the Trash and empty. It usually isn't worth the bother, though. I wouldn't worry yourself over it.
He's looking for installing them, not uninstalling them, which confuses me slightly. I have a third party program for installing apps, but I can't remember what its called.
What's the point of that? How do you install something incompletely?
That doesn't even make any sense
EDIT: Aha! I was right in assuming he meant uninstall - note the changed thread title.
What's the point of that? How do you install something incompletely?
That doesn't even make any sense
EDIT: Aha! I was right in assuming he meant uninstall - note the changed thread title.
D'Oh!
my mistake
sorry guys I did mean uninstalling them... Apparently the auto correct on my iphone changed it to installing. I apologize for the confusion... Any one know any freeware alternatives to appzapp?
sorry guys I did mean uninstalling them... Apparently the auto correct on my iphone changed it to installing. I apologize for the confusion... Any one know any freeware alternatives to appzapp?
