#Mac apptrap install
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#Mac apptrap software

I seriously don't think that this would hamper application development or make the system run slower or be kludgy. There should be an EASY Control Panel in System Preferences that lets you uninstall any program off your drive. It should not fall upon the user to play sleuth and hunt down the myriad places that these apps store things on the drive!!!

#Mac apptrap install

is it used only by Photoshop? What if I just wanted to uninstall InDesign and I no longer have the original install disk because, lets say, I sold it? 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/ДЇurther, 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.Дrdocument, 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.

#Mac apptrap software

Library/Preferences, named something like 'com.plist'.ДЇor 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.

#Mac apptrap manual

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.