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AppTrap
Version: 1.0.5 ||
Release Date: 2008-02-11 ||
License: Other Open Source
Developer: Markus Amalthea Magnuson
Uninstalling on Mac OS X; let's solve it once and for all!
What can be considered the exact opposite of dragging an application to the Applications folder? Opening another application, dragging the unwanted application to that application, clicking a button, clicking another button, quitting? Nope!
The exact opposite would have to be... dragging the application to the trash. Ah, there you go! This is exactly what AppTrap does. Whenever you drag an application to the trash, a dialog window will pop up, asking if you want to delete the associated system files too. Simple as that.
AppTrap is a completely free utility for uninstalling applications on Mac OS X.
Tags: uninstall
Opinions:
The apptrap site is currently down. Someone has a mirror?
worked fine on my macbook core 2 duo running 10.5.1?
much better than having a seperate app in theory to remove all the crap but not sure what it does to system resources yet? surely not much if anything?
The pref pane's 'Start AppTrap' button does not work on my MacBook Core 2 Duo running 10.5.1. I click it, nothing happens.
I can attest to it working fine in Leopard. At least in my experience. :)
We're having DNS problems so the website address without "www" doesn't work at the moment. Just add "www" to the address and it'll work. I've edited the links in this entry.
Just checked their website today. It appears to be gone.
I love this one! Thanks a lot! Sometimes I find myself deleting apps just for fun ;-)
@rickyb: I delete almost everything using Apple+Backspace, so the AppZapper icon solution is not good enough. It also requires closing down after you zap, so is a lot more of an interruption.
@rampancy: Yay me!
I think Matt has the right idea, actually. It might make the process slower actually, but Matt's solution sounds to me like it's the most simple one to implement (compared to any Sparkle-related stuff I might have suggested).
I'm surprised how few people know this, but you can drag AppZapper to your Finder toolbar. When you want to delete an application you can simply drag the application onto the AppZapper icon in the toolbar and AppZapper will automatically open and show you the files to be deleted. You simply click Zap! and then close the application. This way there is only one more step than AppTrap. Granted, AppTrap is free and AppZapper is not, so I'm hoping AppTrap catches on. Nothing beats good competition!
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