What is everyone using these days to remove old Mac apps? I used to use App Zapper, but it’s been a while since that app was updated.
I read about iTrash and AppCleaner, but I have no experience with either. Any advice is greatly appreciated. 
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On 20 Jul 2013, at 10:22, RavenManiac email@hidden wrote:
What is everyone using these days to remove old Mac apps? I used to use App Zapper, but it’s been a while since that app was updated.
I’ve generally gone the easy time-honoured route of simply dragging the application to the Trash and emptying it. If I’m feeling particularly fussy, I’ll seek out the Preferences for the application by looking in ~Library/Preferences; it’s not hard to identify them, as they’ll contain either the application name or the author’s name. For instance, the Preferences for Ambrosia software’s ‘Snapz’ application is called ‘com.ambrosiasw.snapz.plist’. But you don’t strictly have to do that; it’s OK to leave an orphaned preference file hanging around, it isn’t going to hurt anything.
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Paul Bradforth
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Hi Paul,
I had the automated CNET tech tracker app installed until the auto download got to be a problem and I disabled it. But a residual part of the app is kind neat in that when I delete an app a window opens up (CNET) that offers ‘ancilery files’ such as the apps prefs as a selectable delete item also. I usually cancel or just close the window as the procedure that triggered it was an upgrade or the like and I want to save the prefs, but sometimes that is an option.
Frank H.
On Jul 24, 2013, at 4:09 PM, Paul Bradforth email@hidden wrote:
On 20 Jul 2013, at 10:22, RavenManiac email@hidden wrote:
What is everyone using these days to remove old Mac apps? I used to use App Zapper, but it’s been a while since that app was updated.
I’ve generally gone the easy time-honoured route of simply dragging the application to the Trash and emptying it. If I’m feeling particularly fussy, I’ll seek out the Preferences for the application by looking in ~Library/Preferences; it’s not hard to identify them, as they’ll contain either the application name or the author’s name. For instance, the Preferences for Ambrosia software’s ‘Snapz’ application is called ‘com.ambrosiasw.snapz.plist’. But you don’t strictly have to do that; it’s OK to leave an orphaned preference file hanging around, it isn’t going to hurt anything.
best wishes,
Paul Bradforth
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On 25 Jul 2013, at 05:22, Frank Harshbarger email@hidden wrote:
But a residual part of the app is kind neat in that when I delete an app a window opens up (CNET) that offers ‘ancilery files’ such as the apps prefs as a selectable delete item also
There’s also a clever application called Hazel which is a kind of automation thing; you can set actions to happen at certain times, and under certain circumstances, eg, ‘If an item has been on my Desktop for more than two weeks AND it hasn’t been opened or otherwise looked at, move it to THIS folder’.
The application also has, built into it, the option you describe; if you delete an application, Hazel will pop up to say ‘Would you like to delete all the files that go with this application?’.
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