Legacy Apps - MacOs

[Madonepro]

With the ability on iOS and iPadOS to remove apps that are present on first install, is it not time for Apple to consider a similar process for MacOS?

There are many apps, that are on the Mac, that have been there for decades, that I’ve never used, and if these forums were a litmus test, many others here would agree.
We often see, trotted out, questions on how to remove Photo Booth, Chess, and others.

In the early days of MacOS/MacOSX, when installing from CD/DVD you were often presented with items you wished to install.

Introducing a feature that either allows you to ‘delete’ them iOS style, or install would reduce clutter, and retrieve some space, albeit it, not that much.

 

[bogdanw]

It would be great, but it’s not going to happen. As Apple pushes its services more and more aggressively, more bloatware will be included in the OS. Like News and Freeform in recent years and now the so called “Apple Intelligence”.

 

[Madonepro]

It would be great, but it’s not going to happen. As Apple pushes its services more and more aggressively, more bloatware will be included in the OS. Like News and Freeform in recent years and now the so called “Apple Intelligence”.

I hold out hope, that 1. This community will make enough of this thread, to able to deliver to Apple a clear message, and 2. With the complete transition away from intel coming soon, that this will be a great opportunity for MacOS to get a 'spring clean'.

 

[winxmac]

Windows 2000 and earlier, and Windows XP to an extent if using a modified installer, allowed users to choose which features to install but is no longer the case since Windows Vista. You can create a modified installer to get the same desired effect but very few highly technical users would do that.

I have watched old videos of installing Mac OS X and I did see there was a point during setup that you are allowed to choose which features to install. The ones I have watched are mostly customized or unofficial Mac OS X releases but I think even the official releases allowed that. It seems that choosing features during setup stopped being a thing in Mavericks or even as old as Snow Leopard.