When you install any application, it distributes many files throughout your System using space of your Hard Drive unnecessarily.While you are using the application, you don't think about it, but the day you decide to uninstall it because you don't use it and you want to save space, you realize you don't want to waste your disk.AppCleaner is the application you need to find and delete all those files spread all over your system.Simply drop an application onto the AppCleaner window and it will do its job perfectly. It will erase information safely and your system will be in perfect conditions again.
Great application, but it's too bad you can't override the locked status, especially for non-Apple apps. What's that about? Some apps are considered holy? I want to get them out!Even Apple apps may need to be cleaned sometimes. I remember a bug where Preview got corrupted and needed to be reinstalled, but I couldn't start with removing preferences with the help of AppCleaner. Sometimes it's the other files you want to weed out and not the app itself.
Missed opportunity there.Ons star off for allowing third-party apps to be locked within AppCleaner, as Apple native apps and therefore being undeleteable. No deinstallation either. @lacwbo, the options I see are:- Show protected apps- Protect OS X standard apps- Protect apps that are runningI don't see an option for control over which (non system) apps that are locked, if that's what you meant?However, the last option is indeed interesting. Even if the app itself wasn't running the last time I encountered this, it might be it had spawned helper apps residing inside the main app. That might have been enough to trigger the lock of the main app. Personally, I'd have preferred a manual override in the list.
The simple fact is NO App Uninstaller is perfect and NONE will find 100% of all files installed by an App.Some uninstallers are dangerous because they incorrectly identify and remove files which don't belong the App being uninstalled.However I found that AppCleaner is effective and reliable, It is rare for it to miss anything during uninstallations.Try using Thomas Tempelmann's Find Any File to really be absolutely certain that 100% of an Apps files are removed, But please be extremely cautious when selecting files for uninstalling. This software does a pretty good job and does nothing harmful to your computer. Others I have looked do threaten to remove files that you really know should not be taken from your computer. I tested this by using it followed by a spotlight search. In most cases like with microsoft apps it did very well but when it came to music apps by native instruments or other like it, it missed lots of files that costs memory. However, its a free app and it does automate the process of cleaning up after deleting an app. I plan to continue to use it until I see something that is better.
App Cleaner is a simple utility that is able to find and uninstall apps on macOS. With App Cleaner you can remove apps entirely and clear all their service files. You can even find and delete the remnants of service files of previously removed apps. With a utility such as App Cleaner you can gain. App Cleaner allows Mac users to remove applications entirely and clear all their service files. App Cleaner And Uninstaller for Mac. Free to try Nektony Mac Version 6.5 Full Specs.
Aha, the sweet question ‘Do you need an uninstaller’ for OSX?:)In my quest to find out if this is the case I used 3 popular apps for a couple of weeks: Appdelete, iTrash and Appcleaner.Whenever I removed an application, mostly after testing the application, I ran the above mentioned uninstallers. Noteworthy, I did not used iTrash background feature named Ghost mode and always manually dragged the apps into the uninstallers.After approx. One month I can already answer the main question: Yes, it is useful to have an uninstaller for OSX. To my surprise it found many files and sometimes huge folders with large amount of data. They are harmless but do take a bite on your storage size. Some apps also scatter launchagents and launchdemons. Removing those can have an effect on boot times.Now which tool is the best?
I would say both Appdelete and iTrash did found equally amount of files. In some case iTrash did found more effectively related files and when switching to the expert mode it rarely found even more related files.
But this mode needs to be used with caution.It was a surprise that the very popular Appcleaner always, yes always, found less files. On top, Appcleaner never found the related launchagents and launchdemons files. It is free though.Should you use an uninstaller? Well, if you don’t mind losing MBs or GBs of storage and don’t mind having unnessasary launchagents and launchdemons files, you don’t.If you want to maintain a clean system, you definitely need such tool.
In that case I recommend trying out Appdelete or iTrash. They both offer a free trial period.The next sweet question: Why-o-why doesn’t Apple provides us such tool by default?:). I found the if I didn't login to my MacUpdate account and downloaded a package from the site, I'd get adware for their MacUpdate Desktop sideloaded with the application. If I go to the developer's site directly, as you mentioned, I get the straight installer or application installed directly into my Downloads folder. I've had words with the support people over this and mentioned it on Facebook, but I fear they're turning into another C.NET.Another warning: if you buy a product through their MacPromo site at a discount, you may have to buy it.again. if there's an upgrade.
The vendor hasn't recognized my Macpromo license codes as valid for upgrades. Also, when a program crashed and I wanted my money back, I had to get it from my Credit card as 'All sales are final' with MacPromo stuff. Not really so with Credit card purchases, as vendors have learned. But it's a hassle. Watch Out if you download this app from Macupdate!Like many other download sites, MacUpdate has started injecting adware right into the installation files, so when you download this app, you are not getting the original app, but a modified installer with the original app than as an added 'benefit' hijacks all your browsers search engines and homepage pages to www.search-net.comWhen I inquired, a MacUpdate editor responded is a new policy they are 'testing' (see answer below)'Hi xxx,We're testing the installers on only a few listings, at the moment. This process is still in its testing phases and is subject to change.
As a company, we believe we should be afforded the freedom to look at markets, see how all of the other companies are operating, test and measure behavior, gather feedback and consider moving in a business direction that they think will better support their goals. Additionally, we believe we can improve the installer process in ways that add value to the user. As a result, any offer presented while completing an install is presented plainly as an offer and gives every user the ability to skip or opt-out.As many users have pointed out, MacUpdate is the last of the major download sites to incorporate an installer process. We're having internal conversations about how we think we can improve upon these models.
Our goals are (1) to become the best App Discovery platform for Mac apps (no one is doing app discovery well for apps on any platform, yet, in our opinion), (2) increase engagement of app usage of people's Macs (this means increasing the% of people who fully install apps on their Mac vs. Download and leave.zip files in their /Downloads folder) and (3) to be self sustainable and monetize our company so that we can continue to support the Mac community for years to come.If you're a paid member at MacUpdate, you can go to the Preferences tab of your profile and deselect the 'Show advertising & installers”, then click 'Apply All Changes.' This will turn off the banner ads that are on our website, as well as the special offers (installers) that appear in a few of our downloads. The download links only show you special offers and nothing is installed without your permission. You're able to decline the offers if you do not wish to have them.Even MacUpdate Desktop freemium members can perform unlimited one-click installs, which eliminates the special offers (installers). Freemium members also get the advantage of using MacUpdate Desktop to search and install apps from the Desktop app and get 5 one-click updates per month. If you haven’t tried using MacUpdate Desktop, you can learn more about it here: you would like to read more about our new download process that we're currently testing you can do that here: tweaking, measuring, learning and repeating - all in an attempt to do things better.
We don't want to be the next Mac website that goes defunct, like so many of our sister Mac sites that we grew up with. We need your support and feedback, so thanks for writing in. It's our goal to retain people in our community that are willing to give us room to learn and provide continued support.
We're going to make mistakes and we're going to have successes but in the end, we believe our app discovery platform and community will be better and stronger for it.Thanks again for your feedback.Cheers,xxxContent Editor/SupportMacUpdate'. I've viewed AppCleaner as the best app uninstaller for a long time. I seems to perform as well as its competition. But, what I really liked about this app is its SmartDelete preference setting. It detects when a app is trashed and automatically finds and offers to delete related files. However, since upgrading to Yosemite, this feature is not working. At least not for me on my Macbook Pro.
Each time I attempt to turn it ON, when I give my admin password, it turns it OFF.I hope the developer reads this and releases a FIX soon.