I often feel unsure if I'm deleting something from /Library/Audio/Plug-ins or /Library/Application Support/Adobe because. Library/Application Support/Garage Band/įurther, it's not always clear whether the files you are deleting are used by just one application, or multiple applications from that same company (or even other companies). Garbage Band stores its garbage in numerous unintuitive places: NONE of these programs can be deleted easily. Here's some programs that I have installed that are quite typical of Mac users: Nor would they be able to sort through it all to find the five locations where the tons of crap might be stored. The average Mac user has no clue as to what the Library folder is for. No need to worry: anything left after uninstalling by either method is of no consequence.ĭrdocument, I respectfully, completely disagree with you. I'm happy to do my part to keep OS X as great as it is, and if that means having to use a developer's uninstaller or drag an app to the trash, I can do that. Library/Preferences, named something like "com.plist".įor Apple to develop a universal uninstaller would require a Microsoft-like "nanny state" micromanagement of every individual application out there which would stifle development of new software and divert OS programming resources from more important things like stability, usability and security. All that will remain is perhaps a small text-only plist file which will do nothing, and can be easily deleted manually if you wish, in. To uninstall the latter, simply drag the application to the Trash. If there's a problem (rare), developers of these applications have manual uninstall instructions and their installers almost always include a report of "what was installed where." To uninstall the former, simply run the uninstaller. The latter simply use built-in system resources and usually install nothing additional other than a preferences (plist) file, a small text file that will does nothing except use a few KB of disk space. The former install extensions or other things that might do something unexpected (but probably not harmful) if the parent application is not found, hence the need for an uninstaller. There are two types of applications for Mac: those that come with an uninstaller and and those that do not. In my opinion this feature is not needed in OS X due to the fundamentally different relationship between applications and the system compared with Windows, by design.
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