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I love this - it's great.

this hasn't been updated in a long time, its still a ppc binary only. would appreciate it if someone really just updated it, although it does work fairly well as is.

How is this "fun"?

This app is now stable, reliable and fast!

Why use shareware when Monolingual can do the same for free?

Monolingual does not allow you to select the applications you want to slim. If you are not careful, it lets you remove essential files in your system rendering it unusable (Rosetta can be destroyed, for example). It requires the user to select from a confusing list what architectures should be preserved, making it possible to slim the Intel code in an Intel machine. It uses a static blacklist of troublesome applications, instead of a dynamic downloadable one. It does not perform backups.

All these issues are solved in Xslimmer. Xslimmer is easier to use, more informative and clearer. It is also smart enough to detect the architecture it is running on and act accordingly. It provides you with detailed information about what applications can be slimmed, how much space will you save, or if an application is known to cause problems after being slimmed down. Xslimmer is not yet able to remove unused language files, but this feature is being developed currently.

From my standpoint Monolingual is a GUI on top of a low-level tool meant for administrators, whereas Xslimmer is intended for all types of users. If you are looking for a pleasing, reliable and user-friendly way to save some space, use Xslimmer. If you know what you are doing, Monolingual can do the job for you.

Pcuenca, I take back what I said earlier. Truth be told, I hadn't actually bothered to look at the screenshot or the web page when I made my comment. I couldn't run it either since I haven't downgraded to Tiger, but after looking at the screenshot, it seems that you made some very good points. This app looks like a very nice implementation indeed, although I personally will probably stick with Monolingual.

> Monolingual does not allow you to select the applications you want to slim.
Right. Monolingual is a batch tool. TrimTheFat is for single apps. Both are free.

> If you are not careful, it lets you remove essential files in your system
Uncheck "/System" in Monolingual's preferences and you're done.

Just tested it out, and for the current version, at least, it found 13 apps in my Applications folder that it could slim...
For a grand total of 0b saved.

Is this a bug? It seems like a simple enough app to use, but not if it doesn't do anything (TrimTheFat found a few megs on a single app where it said 0b would be saved).

Hi groxx. That was a display bug that affected some PowerPC systems. All sizes were shown as 0b, but if you slimmed one application and checked its properties before and after the operation, you could see that the slimming process did work and the size was indeed reduced.

This has been solved for version 1.0.9 RC2. Sizes should display correctly now on all systems.

I've had baaaad luck stripping out non-native code in the past. When I first got my MacBook I used whatever app showed up first, and found that my applications didn't work right. I was experiencing a lot of crashes and many apps wouldn't even start. I've got enough disk space that I can live with fat apps for now.

None of which is to say you shouldn't use this. Just...y'know...be careful out there. :)

I don't know why so many other people are giving the developer a rough time, Xslimmer is great, and (for me) reliable.

Works fine and does a good job slimming unneeded code and language packs. Hasn't broken one application for me.

So far it has saven 1.49Gb but what's more important: it makes most of my apps open in less than a second (one or two bounces in the dock)!

I had never any problems with slimmed apps, except for VLC Player.

Regular updates with new features - it is a good buy.

This little utility is great. So far I've used it 4 times and had absolutely no problems, and it's shaved all but 2 apps for a total of over a gig of HD real estate recovered. The price is modest and well worth it. What makes it so valuable to me is that it's nicely configurable as to what apps (and even volumes) you can exclude, like the external HD I archive the original downloads onto, and you can do the entire system in one fell swoop if that's your pleasure. It shaves both unnecessary binaries and languages. For me, this is an essential addition to my system maintenance folder.

Mono does the same thing (more or less) for free, as well as removing language files and other stuff (language files are a lot bigger).

Xslimmer is fantastic and has an auto or 'genie' mode... I've NEVER had problems and use it routinely esp on Powerbook to save space. This SW ought to be in everyone's computer bag!!!!

Wow, great app. As an example, iTunes went from 114Mb to 32.4Mb....and that's just one app.
Brilliant.

I saved loads of space with this app. Well worth the small donation. I run it on a regular basis to help keep my drive filling with unneeded stuff.

if you don't want to pay, all you have to do is get appdelete and after you've save ~50 mb of the trial, appdelete it, drag it back out of trash, and it has 50 mb left again!!!