OK, I love this little application. Not only is it totally useful, but it’s free.
If you come from the world of PC’s you know what it is to uninstall a program. Or should I say, you know what a pain it is to uninstall a program.
You know the drill… “Should I use the uninstaller with the program, or should I remove using Task Manager” Regardless, you’ll be left with some crap files hanging around and bits and bobs int he registry that slowly but inexorably lead to the eventual proverbial plugging of pipelines. And eventually, you’ll be so frustrated you don’t have a choice but to reformat…and kiss a day or two goodbye in the process.
Yes, everyone will tell you that on a Mac all you need to do is grab the application and drag it to the trash bin and voila, it’s all gone. Well…. not really…. it still leaves preference files and a few odds and sods lying around. Not as much, and they are easier to find, but they are still left in the library.
So what to do…..
A handy dandy, and did I mention that it’s free, program that will quietly sit in the background until needed. When you decide that your application of choice is no longer needed, simply drag and drop it into the trash bin and AppTrap will do the rest. It will leap into action (assuming you set it up to do so int he PrefPane) and find all associated files (i.e. the one or two other preference files associated with your application – be very jealous PC users!) and ask if you’d like to trash them also.
Say yes, and the program and all it’s remnants are totally and completely historical entities on your Mac.
Easy Peasy.
Oh, and there is another (also free) option out there. It’s called AppCleaner. Also a spectacular little application, although it works a little differently.