AppZapper
I like trying out lots of shareware and freeware programs. If I don't like them, I drag the application into the trash. But that's not really the best way to delete applications, because a lot of them have preference files and other supporting files. Who knows where they are or what they are called? I don't.
But a Mac OS X application called AppZapper does know about all the extra files that are associated with an application. To delete an application, just drag it onto the AppZapper icon. In a matter of seconds, you'll be presented with a list of folders and files that belong to the application. You can uncheck any file you want to keep (I've deleted about 20 applications with AppZapper and haven't had to uncheck anything yet.) I've zapped away about 2 GB worth of unwanted junk from my hard drive.
You can zap five applications for free. After that, you have to pay $12.95, which includes free upgrades for life. Link
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That's really great. Lingering libraries have always been a peeve of mine.
I just wish there was something like this for Linux.
Oh thank god.
My PowerBook's prayers have been answered.
How can you reccomend this product. I will not be purchasing AppZapper because it doesn't work as promised. After zapping 5 apps, and then emptying my trash, I used Apple's Spotlight to search for anything related to the apps. Guess what? Lots of bits of files, related to the zapped apps, are still in my computer. All over the place. Including full working versions of some apps. It seems AppZapper removes the icons from the applications folder, and nothing else. The icons alias' are still in the dock. That's a piss poor product .
-Jim Murrin
Re: Jim's comment here.
If you could post which apps specifically you're talking about, we can confirm that. Without specifics, this claim that AppZapper doesn't work seems a bit harsh as we've had thousands of happy users.
Also, since AppZapper offers free upgrades for life, the product will only get better and your investment will have an increase ROI.
Jim, please provide specifics.
-Brian Ball (from AppZapper)
What am I doing wrong? I've dragged it into my applications folder, but then when I try to drag things onto the icon, nothing happens.
You don't actually drag onto the app icon, you run AppZapper, then drag into the AppZapper window.
Seems to work well, btw.
Evil thought: if AppZapper works as advertised, you could have it zap itself, then do a clean install and get past the five-free-zaps limit. :-)
Not that I'd want to cheat the authors of such a useful and reasonably-priced product, just that it would be oh so tempting to set its sights on itself and see what happened...