how to uninstall programs on Mac OSX
Im thinking you just drag the app to the trashcan, but does that remove all the files, or is there another way?
MacBook Ultimate, Mac OS X (10.4.7)
MacBook Ultimate, Mac OS X (10.4.7)
Preference files (.plist) are left in
~/Library/Preferences if you want clean those out too
(I dont like anything left over). Sometimes other
files are left (cache folders and application
folders) that need to be removed too.
I used to do it all manually (using spotlight
search), but recently found AppZapper
( http://appzapper.com/) and use that. Worth every
penny and does a great job clearly everything out.
But moving the program to the trash does "uninstall"
the program. However some large ones (like Adobe
Photoshop and Dreamweaver) install things all over
your system, so just deleting them from Applications
wont remove everything.
how to uninstall programs on Mac OSX