Comments on: AppTrap – The Feature Apple Forgot?

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By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:04:22 +0000

I tried deleting google earth with AppTrap and it’s trying to delete the crash reporter from Adium as well as stuff with SmartReporter (a SMART drive status reporter):
http://myskitch.com/tomck/apptrap_sucks-20071107-051037/

I would recommend avoiding deleting everything AppTrap suggests. AppCleaner is not a bad alternative, but I fear for it to have similar problems.

By: MB-switcher

MB-switcher — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:35:35 +0000

@Steve
thanks for the reply…apptrapper sure looks promising and I also think that it is a pro to not having to run an app to uninstall.

however, I was wondering if it is as effective in finding the files that are installed with the .app to be uninstalled.
it might be an interesting article to compare all the big uninstaller apps by having them try to uninstall the same app and to see which one finds all the associated files (or maybe to count how many “false” it tries to uninstall.

By: Mac App Cleanup Made Easy « Insomnic Dreams

Mac App Cleanup Made Easy « Insomnic Dreams — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:30:39 +0000

[...] App Cleanup Made Easy MacApper has a good rundown on an application called AppTrap which can make uninstalling applications from your Mac easier.Â Â [...]

By: E.T.Cook

E.T.Cook — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:46:44 +0000

Personally, I don’t like this method of uninstallation management. I like to force another application to open to uninstall an application. Everytime you update an application, it produces a false positive if it threw the old version in the trash…very annoying…especially when I made the mistake of telling forklift (has the same feature) to uninstall the application…and it deleted all my preferences.

By: Steve Halford

Steve Halford — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:40:48 +0000

@MB-Switcher – I had AppTrap installed on my home Mac when I upgraded to Leopard and it seems to be working as expected since.

I think AppTrap is more effective than the alternatives because you don’t have to remember to run AppZapper etc. when you want to delete an application, its always there when you need it.

By: Michele

Michele — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:11:51 +0000

Hazel is working great for me. Before using Hazel I used AppZapper.

By: Bruno Casarini

Bruno Casarini — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:23:47 +0000

I currently use AppCleaner. It’s very good: uninstalls applications, widgets, screensavers… Take a look: http://www.freemacsoft.net/AppCleaner/

By: MB-switcher

MB-switcher — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:16:13 +0000

is this app leopard compatible yet?
and how effective is it compared to other alternatives like appzapper you also have mentioned in your review?