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Uninstalling apps on macOS can be frustrating since Apple doesn't provide a standard means of doing so. I personally use AppCleaner and have for years.
[edit] Anyone care to explain why the downvotes? Genuinely interested, since my response is relevant to OPs question.
App uninstallers aren't necessary to use (you can just drag the app to the trash), but I like to use them to remove leftover data files from apps when uninstalling. The best I've used is AppCleaner-- it's lightweight and does its job very well. Make sure to do a quick scan of the files it suggests to delete before deleting them.
For uninstalling apps, I would also recommend grabbing appcleaner to help with deleting those hidden library files. You can also set it to check automatically whenever you move something from the applications folder to the trash.
You need AppCleaner this is the last app you'll ever need, no CleanMyMac bullshit, just drag the app you wanna delete to the AppCleaner window, it will find all related files and give you the option to remove them. no catch no nothing. just a good piece of software that does its job!. honestly fuck CleanMyMac. i tried it once and it was a pain in the ass to even try. deleting the actual app. sorry im pissed hahaha.
In general use AppCleaner, its what I recommend all my customers. Just dragging an application to trash doesn't delete temporary files, or menu icons sometimes, etc.
Its free, pick an app, you will be surprised at how many files most apps create that the Mac will not delete.
I use AppCleaner to fully uninstall Mac Apps. But in your case you can probably just use the uninstaller provided by the app makers of the sound drivers themself
If you still have space, try AppCleaner which has a list of all your installed apps and will delete all of the files of the selected software (including Library and all these remainders). It’s small in size and personally most efficient than the drag to the bin native system for the above mentioned reason.
After that, empty your bin and everybody laughing 👍🏼
https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
P.S. an extra layer of security would be setting a password on your Mac or lock Steam somehow for your little brother 😜
Have a look at this. Seems to be a similar issue.
Next time try using AppCleaner to uninstall any application. It will make sure all supporting files of that application are also deleted. It is a freeware too.
I always use AppCleaner to uninstall programs on my Mac. It goes through and scans your system for any other files/directories associated with a program and gives you the option to remove them also.
Personally I wouldn't bother with any cleaner type products for Mac, the only thing I would suggest is AppCleaner for removing applications. It's not necessary but clears up a bunch of the cruft that would be leftover if you just deleted the app yourself.
As for antivirus, if you are careful on the web and have Gatekeeper switched on I'd say you are about as safe as you need to be. If you do want to have some antivirus I'd probably go for something free like ClamAV or I think Sophos do a free version. Neither of these will offer realtime protection I don't think but you might fancy doing a period scan of your machine. You might want to Malwarebytes Anti-Malware too, it's free and worth doing a scan every so often if you feel like you might be at risk.
One of the things I first install is AppCleaner incase something like this happens again or just when deleting apps. It removes any extra files/folders that may not be removed when you delete an app
That is true. The retina screen uses scaling. No mater what scale setting, the graphics will have to scale the interface. The only way to escape this is to turn off display scaling and use native resolution which is reaaaaal small. (I do this for huge screen real estate ) But to be honest, I doubt you would notice unless you were doing inteste graphics apps.
I do not think this is ever true. All apps put preference and temp files in system folders which will be left behind if you do that. I recommend using AppCleaner which will search for those files as well to delete them.
EDIT: To disable retina scaling, you can use Display Menu
If you can't afford to pay for bartender right now something i've done is used the trial then re-installed after four weeks. Once the trial is up just use "Appcleaner" to delete the app and the .plist file. Download it again and it should work fine.
If your friend allow you to do this:
- Download https://vagrant-osx.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/osx-yosemite-0.2.1.box (13.91 GB)
- Install VirtualBox
- Plug in iPhone
- Open VirtualBox, add to it downloaded box
- In settings->ports->USB add connected iPhone
- Start downloaded box
- Download on it everything you need (Pangu, different version of iTunes if needed, and whatever else you need)
After everything is finished remove VirtualBox using AppCleaner
Maybe try Appcleaner to see if it can pick up the files you've missed when trying to completely get rid of it, hopefully it can then you can reinstall and select the correct drive.
So, the simple answer is that you can go to the Applications folder in Finder to see them. If you just see a bunch of icons, there’s a button that will show you the list view. Here’s mine:
https://i.imgur.com/Gb1r6EA.png
The more complicated answer is that applications will often store data elsewhere. For example, according to that list, Logic Pro only uses 1.97 GB. In reality, there’s maybe 70 GB of other files that it stores in /Library/Application Support.
That’s kind of an outlier, though. Most of the time, apps won’t store a ton of data elsewhere. If you want to check, you can get an uninstaller utility like AppCleaner—even if you don’t go through with the uninstall, they can help you identify the relevant locations where all the files are.
You can get an amazing uninstaller called 'App Cleaner' (https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/). It's free and will clean up those extra files that apps leave behind.
It's a specific app and is literally called AppCleaner: https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
Basically instead of just deleting the .app file in your Applications folder, you open this app and drag the .app file to AppCleaner's window and it will search for all the misc files and folders that relate to the .app file.
and if you have OCD like me about apps leaving files after uninstalling them checkout this app https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ it shows what files are left over when u drag and drop app into it
Not really! Mac cleaners are unnecessary for a Mac, they cause more problems that they solve, if you want to uninstall apps and their traces use AppCleaner, a free and reliable app.
You can try Malwarebytes free mode. It’s pretty effective at getting rid of malware.
Also, AppCleaner is good for rooting out extra crap from regular applications.
Get AppCleaner and go to your Application folder, find the files related to flash, booking.com and others, if applicable and drag and drop them into the window of AppCleaner.
AppCleaner is handy, no-crap-/scamware tool that looks for "related" files of those .app files you dragged onto it and will help your remove them from other "system folders", such as ~/Library/Application Support/ etc.
Where did you get the Flash from in the first place? If it was a .pkg with an executable installer, which you might have given permission to write files to your system, the actual files might be scattered.
Since moving to OS X/macOS I entirely stopped using third party download sites, such as cnet, macupdate or alike. If I want an app I check the Mac AppStore first. If it's not available there I'll check the developer website and verify by a quick google search that it actually is a legit app to use or if it's some small app/utility from an indie dev, without a business model attached, I'll check the GitHub Release page. Everything else is outof question for me.
You’ll need to try to find an earlier installer if you want to go back to a previous version, there’s no way to do a straight rollback.
We’re having issues with several office installations after the recent update. I’ve had success doing a full uninstall then installing from scratch. I’m using App Cleaner to remove the offending application and then just reinstall that one. I don’t know if you have access to single app installers but if you don’t removing the entire suite works.
Just make sure you get all the little preference files in the User library, etc. It’s probably one of those that’s causing the issues (so far I’ve had problems with Outlook and Word on 16.14.1) but I haven’t had time to track it down. I’ll try to remember to post back here if I find a more targeted fix.
How did you remove the apps? Did you just drag it from the Applications folder into the trash and then empty the trash? Because if so, that doesn’t get rid of all the files. There are still many things left behind in your Libraries folder and Application Support folder, among others.
Use this to remove all related files when trying to get rid of an app.
My first step would be to completely remove and reinstall Office 2016. A lot of Mac software leaves behind a few configuration files that is not destroyed when you move the app to the trash. Microsoft software particularly leaves behind loads of crap in several non-standard places.
I use appcleaner to uninstall software. I can't remember if this catches everything for Office; be sure to double check if ~/Documents/{Microsoft,Microsoft\ User\ Data/} still exist.
Also, crosspost your issue to /r/MacSysadmin they probably have more insight.
I guess I could have looked, it's right there on the page
> System Requirements
> Windows XP, Vista, or 7
> 512 MB RAM
> 1 Ghz or faster processor
> Intel Mac, OS X version 10.7 (Lion), or later.
> Two-button mouse strongly recommended
> 1GB HD space (recommended)
> Internet connection (broadband recommended)
Edits: trying to format.
Another edit: have you tried anything as of yet like deleting and re-downloading the installer? Preferably use something like AppCleaner to make sure there's no trace of it left before reinstalling.
I just had a customer come in yesterday complaining of the same thing. Turns out she installed xQuartz and it messed with some system file or something. At least that's my best guess. First I used Macs Fan Control to monitor the temp of the computer. http://www.crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control Then Console to see if the system was getting stuck trying to load any files. Turns out there was a file it kept trying to load up. So from there I removed xQuartz using App Cleaner. https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ Then had her reinstall the system from the recovery partition. Apparently after reinstalling it fixed the heat issue. Deleting the App itself is usually useless unless you go out and remove the system files it creates as well. That's what AppCleaner will do for you.
Good luck!
quick edit: It's not that xQuartz explicitly messed up her machine. Turns out she downloaded too new of a version for her system. Make sure you're using the right version of xQuartz for whatever version of OS X you've got.
To add on:
- Spotlight can understand things like "am" as "activity monitor" or "ste" for "sublime text editor"
- Spotlight can do maths and conversions between measurements and currencies. Really quick and convenient. It has become my calculator now.
- AppCleaner link
- Mac optimizers are redundant. Waste of my money.
- Time Machine has saved my butt a few times, even without the back up disk attached due to some features in APFS (snapshots).
- Yes, avoid "cracked" software. Applies to computing, cause it's going to be very likely a virus and macs are definitely not immune to malware and viruses. Open source alternatives is a valid choice, but don't expect it to be free in price 100% of the time (i'll give it about 80% could be free in price).
- Remove stuff taking big space by going to the top left of the screen, clicking the apple logo, "About my mac", storage, and manage. Opens "System Information" app but for storage management. Check the "File browser" of the "Documents" section for finding big files in your home folder (usually applies if you deal with big files).
If you use it for cleaning apps only maybe you should try https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/. It’s free and from my experience found more files than CMMX. Also, lots of people recommend it lol so here I am spreading the word as well :)
have a solution on mac
download appcleaner https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
open it and drag roblox studio in it and click remove. after that completely empty the bin. After that restart your mac and tadaaa file:///Users/andytran/Desktop/Screenshot%202021-09-30%20at%2020.11.42.png
The developer should be providing a proper uninstaller. A lot of them do but it’s definitely not as common as it should be. The rest can be manually cleaned up or there’s many different softwares that can automate it. App Cleaner is a good one https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
First up have you removed any extensions that might be causing it?
If so, I would probably reset safari and see if that fixes it. If you uncheck Safari in your Mac's iCloud settings, then use something like AppCleaner to find all the preferences that are linked to safari, it will reset the app. Because it's a system app, App Cleaner won't remove the actual Safari app itself, just the settings and preferences. Then you can reopen it and see if that works!
Get AppCleaner.
https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
In macOS, the app icon is actually a folder, that contains all the necessary executables and resources for the application to run. You can right-click on an app and choose "Show Package Contents..." to peek the files inside. So drag that icon to trash is effectively uninstalling it.
However, an app could generated extra files durning its running sessions, such as user configurations, downloaded clipart / templates / plugins, etc, etc. All these files are scattered inside the "Library" folder under your user home, and won't be deleted automatically.
These flies are non-functional since the original app is gone, but it still occupies disk space. Apps like AppCleaner are designed to hunt down such files and delete them for good.
I've played League on Macs for as long as there's been a Mac version. The main thing to consider is that LoL is both a CPU hog and a memory hog. I have one of the latest Macbook Pros and League is the only application that spins my fans up. For comparison, my day job includes working with numerous virtual machines which is far from being a light workload.
With this in mind, before launching League, open Activity Monitor (in /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app). Check how much free memory you have and what your resting CPU load is. If you don't have many free resources before launching the game, you can be sure your system will have a stroke when you open League. Quit applications that you're not using to give it some more welly. Try turning the game settings down to the lowest possible settings and see if that helps.
If that doesn't fix your problem, a good start is to remove League completely (use https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/), and then reinstall. For good measure, try scanning your system for malware with MBAM (https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac-download/).
With all of the above in mind, it's always handy to remember that the macOS version of the game is always a second-class citizen. Some patches simply don't work well and then you have to report it to Rito and pray to /u/CaptainFlowers22 before sleep every evening.
If Malwarebytes doesn't find anything you make have some luck using AppCleaner to uninstall it along with any other files. You should also have a look at your login items and see what is running at startup. It may or may not be in there but that's also a decent first thing to try.
System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Startup Items. Remove anything lingering from here.
Most software can just be deleted from Applications to trash, for some few apps that litter files all over, you can use AppCleaner which is free. Just drag the app to it and it will find all the other lingering files that usually don’t hurt.
There are other options:
- It's a Steam game, so why not uninstall it via Steam?
- Locate the app and delete it via Finder.
- Locate the app and delete it via Terminal, as mentioned in another post.
- Uninstall it using AppCleaner (also mentioned in another post).
Using potentially doggy software wouldn't be my starting choice. In this case it doesn't strike me as a even remotely necessary - CleanMyMac X doesn't have any uninstall "magic" that couldn't be achieved with the above mentioned options, most which don't require the download of additional software.
Most of the time it's enough, but I use an app called AppCleaner when I want to get rid of every single file that the apps used. It's a free download.
macOS is pretty good at maintaining the systems cleanliness.
As a good “house keeping” I would run something like the Mac app “Onyx” to clean and maintain the system. I’ve seen it make a huge difference in performance and also when deleting an app using the Mac app “App cleaner” to get rid of all the relevant files with the app
That said I think the time commitment to do a fresh install versus a clone may be the same so the best use of time would be to just clone the drive either way.
https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
You don't really need that software...Onyx and appcleaner will do the same.
They are both free and Onyx is open source, not sure about the second
If you found it in System Information under Software->Applications, you can select it there to display details including the location of the file.
I use the free AppCleaner to remove applications and their related files. I've never had any problems with it.
If you’re worried about malware, you could just install MalwareBytes. You can use it indefinitely in free mode to run passive scans whenever you think something is amiss.
Also freemacsoft’s AppCleaner is really the best way to get rid of all the supporting files that something like WhatsApp dumps on your hard drive. It’s my go to for removing pretty much any Mac applications at this point. Just drag the offending app icon over its window and it finds all the supporting crap and lists what it will delete if you choose to do so.
Really hard to help without know what exactly you are trying to open but ill give it a shot. Did the program recently do an update? Or did you change some settings five days ago that may affect this program? (install a javascript or flash or something that this game needs)
I would first look in activity monitor and make sure the program and any associated processors are shut down. Then do a computer restart. If that does not work, you may have to delete the app and reinstall it. I would use something like AppCleaner to remove everything. You will lose any saved progress this way but it will be a fresh install of the program. If that does not work not sure what else.
Did you restart the client when it forgot they existed?
When you close Steam it writes the current internal configuration & other data back to disk, across multiple files. If the client is force closed or if you shut down your PC while it's still working on this it can cause it to corrupt some data and on the next launch it may "crash" and then restart itself quickly, or as you've found it can even completely forget/delete some data. Often it's only temporary forgotten and a restart of the client fixes it, but it can and will delete corrupt files or replace them with a fresh default copy if it's local-only or your latest cloud copy if it's shared.
Also, if the game installation data still exists in the Steam Library Folder where you installed it (inside /steamapps/common) then you should still be able to discover existing files on reinstall, but try restarting the client before you do that again. There may be encrypted data that has is corrupt or missing an encryption key or it could be missing your licenses for the games or the necessary information about the games that's stored locally could be corrupted, etc, etc; restarting client should help this, but the client itself could also be corrupt from updates and require reinstalling.
If you do reinstall the client, do it fully by following Steam's directions for Windows, or use AppCleaner on Mac. On Linux IDK what to use or where any extra files would be, but if you're using that as a daily driver you're far smarter than me and I believe that you can find them. On all systems you can move the default steamapps folder out so that it is does not remove your installed apps when you uninstall the client, but you will lose most of your current settings for the client, non-Steam apps, and there's a small chance you may lose your categories but not likely as they are in a Cloud-synched file.
Bit late here...
The system will remember the size and placement of the last window you closed. So when you close the last Safari window that spans the whole screen, a new window will have that size too.
Traditionally the Mac always fits windows to the content. Like small utilities don't need to be maximized. But document windows will span from top to bottom, but leave the strip on the right side. This way you can quickly switch between open apps.
That's just different than on Windows, where you instantly hit the maximize button on everything, then use the task bar or shortcuts for switching.
Yeah, like 99.99% of apps don't really get "installed". They don't need to place files all over your system to be able to run. There's also no things like the registry or the WinSXS folder full of DLLs that could slow you down. Mac apps still save things like settings files or caches in your Library folder. To see this folder, switch to Finder, click the Go To... menu, then press the Option (Alt) key. A link to the Library will appear. It's normally hidden. Apps leave behind some files when you remove them. But these are rather small. But here's a tool that will allow you to completely remove everything an app leaves behind: https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
A Windows .exe is big binary file that contains everything. Mac apps (UNIX and Linux apps in general) come as packages. That's a folder marked as executable. It contains the actual binary code and many support files like graphics and stuff. You can right-click on an app and choose 'Browse package contents' to see what's going on.
Yeah, same issue here for both normal FF and FF Dev.Ed. Made me switch to Chrome for work, which actually sucks, but I couldn't solve the problem otherwise.
EDIT (2018-05-28): I managed to fix the problem by completely wiping every trace of Firefox from my machine (using AppCleaner) and did a clean reinstall of FF Developer Edition and thus far the problem seems to be solved.
I think Adobe CC apps didn't work because licensing info is encrypted in some cached files that will be created on app launch.
Agree about using AppCleaner. Get it here: https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/, drop the app onto the window, then copy everything it finds over.
first never ever let this person use your mac again. Next take all your documents off that you want. Next clean install. It's the most effective way to get rid of everything for sure. Yeah it will suck to reinstall everything but it's worth it in the end. If thats not something you want to do use Malwarebytes. I think it's still in beta but as someone in IT malwarebytes is my go to application for windows as well as mac when it's infected.
edit: just saw the other comments that you already did malwarebytes maybe use AppCleaner and find any relative apps that this person installed and it will show you any other plist files and dameons attached to them go and delete all of them. But as I said before at this point I think it's easier to just clean install for peace of mind.
You should see this FAQ article for instructions on how to fully uninstall GPGTools. The short version is to download the GPGTools installer again, mount it and run the Uninstall application to fully remove everything from your hard drive.
This is pretty common with Mac apps that can't be completely self-contained, sadly. I use AppCleaner to remove all related files when deleting an .app, you can set it up to automatically prompt you to delete related files when trashing an .app from your /Applications/ folder, which is really convenient.
You can, though it's not supported. Go get AppCleaner...
https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
I recommend AppCleaner any time you remove any app. It's pretty nice for getting all the crap that gets littered around when apps install/run.
In the preferences, it protects os x apps by default. Uncheck it, drop GarageBand (or whatever) onto AppCleaner. AppCleaner will find all the support files that go with it, and you can delete the whole shabang.
Be someone careful with what you delete. GarageBand and iMovie are fine, but deleting iTunes may cause other issues.
AppCleaner (https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/) iirc, CAN remove protected files (eg Safari). However you will have to have a friend/etc with OSX 10.11 and Safari to send you (iirc, just the app will suffice).
If that fails, try a soft-reinstallation (boot to recovery mode, reinstall OSX).
If THAT fails, do a full backup (you should have one anyways! Feel free to PM me if you need a recommendation), then using recovery mode ERASE your HDD and Reinstall, migrate data (without settings, to be safe).
If somehow that fails too, follow step 3 but dont migrate data back. move only your user folder, but omit your Library, and manually make the account in System Preference.
Try that first, and I would also check to see if they are located in System Preferences > Users and Groups > Login Items and remove them from there as well. If you still see them starting up or notice they are producing activity in the Console or Activity Monitor, then I would scour /Library/ and ~/Library/ and places like Application Support for any remnants. You could also use an app called App Cleaner which I think works pretty nicely. https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ That might be a good choice in this case. I doubt that these apps could be causing this but at least it's something to try.
I would also try watching the Console (Applications > Utilities > Console -- have it set on All Messages) when you experience the connection problem and see if you notice any kind of pattern to messages or any suspicious looking error messages being printed.
I have been using AppCleaner, it's simple, free and kept relatively up to date.
It doesn't delete anything you don't tell it to. It searches based on the the app you're trying to uninstall, then shows you a list of all the proposed changes. You select what you want to delete and let it go.
I'd recommend using AppCleaner (https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/) to remove all your applications that you've downloaded from your computer that you no longer use. It's simple to use and effective.
Also, there are tools like OmniDiskSweeper (https://www.omnigroup.com/more) that can help you find what is taking up the most space on your computer. Running that can help you delete files or folders that you no longer need and are taking up space.
Running those two apps can help you reclaim disk space quickly... There are many more, a quick Google search can help.
If you have a Mac with the M1 or the T2 chip you can reset your Mac in the System Preferences menu. But the AppCleaner app that was mentioned will do what you want here https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
sounds like the mac app may not get fully uploaded. I suggest to delete the mac app and install it again. use a tool like https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ to clean the local database. Of course, you will lose unsynced subscriptions, I'm afraid you have enter them again. Hopefully it will get all your devices synced.
This is far less true than it used to be. The OS and all supporting files are now in a signed, immutable volume. Only user files are in the userland. Kernel drivers are now gone.
If one insists on a wipe approach, wiping and recreating a new user results in a very “clean” slate too.
That said, I’ve migrated the same user and files forward for the past decade or so. With conscious installations and leftover maintenance it’s been a smooth ride.
These can help for leftover maintenance:
https://www.soma-zone.com/LaunchControl/
I know it may sound stupid, but did you restart your Mac? Some complicated apps like this one benefit from a reboot after install/uninstall.
Also how did you remove it? Maybe some files are still there and are causing some issues. To uninstall third-party apps (ie not from Mac App Store) always use AppCleaner which is the best one in this category. Of course now AppCleaner probably won't be able to find AdGuard, so maybe you'll have to reinstall it then use AppCleaner to remove again and properly. There's also an "advanced uninstall" tutorial on their support website to do it manually.
^(PS: I only have "AdGuard for Safari", not "AdGuard for Mac" as I find it too intrusive.)
Hello. I have the same problem. But I followed TranQualit's advice and it worked! Thanks to TranQualit
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here's the app that helped: https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
his advice:have a solution on mac
download appcleaner https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
open it and drag roblox studio in it and click remove.
after that completely empty the bin.
After that restart your mac and tadaaa
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Thanks again. Hope it helped
This reply needs to be pinned at the top of this sub.
Been Mac'ing myself since the early 90s and have never met an Apple specialist who uses or recommends cleaning apps (aside from the freeware Onyx and AppCleaner).
Onyx is here: https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html
AppCleaner is here: https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
Yep, it's pretty dumb. I created a 'system' folder tag and made sure to tag my Application Support folder in my user's Library folder since it's pretty common that's where apps store stuff. It's pretty annoying how many different folders are created around the system for different apps, which is why I like to use AppCleaner to remove apps instead of just dragging the icon to the trash. It's free and quite nifty.
>So, the other day I read in a subreddit that the Apple App Store version of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PP e.g.) booted up slower than Microsoft’s native version from their website.
Untrue. Direct downloaded version and App Store version are mostly identical but have their support files stored in different path. App Store version need to obey Apple's sandbox rules, that's all.
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>I used Microsoft’s installer that writes the applications onto my system (like in the old days) rather than just dragging and dropping the application to my apps folder (like you do with Chrome e.g.).
Because they choose to do so.
Microsoft can do the same thing as Google, that embed the runtime builder script inside app, to check/install/repair the runtime environment every time it launches, and use per-account based LaunchAgents instead of system-wide ones to hook their updaters, just like what Chrome does.
There are multiple ways to do get the same goal, and they choose the installer.
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>I have now noticed that Microsoft have created a lot of files in my Library folder.
Chrome have created a lot of files in your Library folder, tool. Just hop to ~/Library/Application Support/Google to see what they did.
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>I don’t think they do that when installing directly from the App Store, but the apps still works in the exact same way.
Untrue. App Store apps still install a lot of things in your library, but they have restricted access to file system, limited in its home path under ~/Library/Containers.
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>There was no simple way to uninstall either.
That's why apps like AppCleaner is praised by so many people.
Do yourself a favor and get an App like AppCleaner or AppZapper.
With those, when you drag an application to the trash it will also give you the option to clean out all associated files.
Download this: https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
Great free tool. Note that you don’t have to drag and drop. In the upper right corner is an icon that changes to list mode. You can then pick the app(s) to delete.
I use AppCleaner to uninstall apps and it works great. https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
Btw how is Monterey to you? I've got a M1 MacBook Air too and I'm hesitant to upgrade due to bugs people been complaining about.
No app is just "one file". What you see as an app is actually a directory with .app appended to the name. The layout of the files inside the folder follow a very specific order that tells MacOS how to "launch" the "app". Outside of this .app folder there are additional folders created by the app at first launch. These additional files can include things like preferences, preferences that may affect how MacOS runs the app. If the preferences say (for example) set option 1 to A and on M1 Macs it needs to be set to B, then the app may not be running right and crashing.
Install appcleaner (don't worry it's free), drag IINA to the trash (appcleaner will catch those extra files and trash them as well) and reinstall IINA.
Also, I have an M1 Mini and IINA has been rock solid stable with no crashes and opening everything I throw at it.
If you disable the System Integrity Protection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System\_Integrity\_Protection), AppCleaner will most possibly be able to delete it. Don't forget to enable the SIP again immediately afterwards.
Install App Cleaner and then drag the Big Sur installer into it. Make sure you go change the app settings to where if you throw an app in the trash, it finds all the other associated files too. Super handy little app.
How about deleting the Bear app on the Air and reinstalling it. I'd restart the Air before doing the reinstall.
You should also use a free tool like AppCleaner (https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/) prior to the reinstall. It will help find some, but not all, additional files located in hidden folders. This will help in getting the cleanest reinstall possible.
Also, be sure to empty the trash before restarting the Air after finishing the app deletion.
I had the same issue, first uninstall ghub, then reinstall it. if that doesn't work, which didn't for me, download app cleaner from here https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ then go to list mode and search up ghub then remove those files and reinstall it
AFAIK, Signal stores messages in a queue for each linked device no longer than 30 days. This means, that two months of your history won't sync on desktop. Plus, inactive devices get unlinked after 30 days of inactivity.
My advice is to wipe everything clean including old settings. Easy way would be to use a free and proven uninstaller like AppCleaner.
Option #2 is to manually delete preferences files located at ~/Library/Preferences/org.whispersystems.signal-desktop.plist and ~/Library/Saved Application State/org.whispersystems.signal-desktop.savedState.
Option #3 is to check the logs right after starting the app. Logs live at ~/Library/Application Support/Signal/logs.
What are you trying to achieve? You could try OnyX if trying to automate maintenance functions, and have an interface to modify some system settings.
https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html
If just looking to effectively wipe out old applications then the AppCleaner (suggested by others) is a good option.
I found my way here because BlueStacks was crashing while launching after installation on my Mac. I was getting the same error of Cannot parse contents of file /tmp/BlueStacks-501-Private/guest-network-tcp-9999, and when I did an internet search for that error message, this thread was literally the only result.
What I ended up doing was thoroughly uninstalling both BlueStacks and VirtualBox, restarting my Mac, reinstalling BlueStacks from scratch (following all of the prompts), then restarting my Mac again, at which point BlueStacks finally worked.
The default uninstallation instructions for BlueStacks on Mac are laughably incomplete. If you use the application AppCleaner (which is free and extremely lightweight) to remove both BlueStacks and VirtualBox, you will have a better chance of actually getting a clean slate for reinstalling. (In general AppCleaner is the uninstall tool that Apple should have included with macOS, but I digress.)
The reason you have to restart your computer, by the way, is that BlueStacks (like other virtual machines) uses a type of program called a "kernel extension" that can only be enabled or disabled at boot. If you uninstall BlueStacks and VirtualBox without restarting your computer, the kernel extension will still be running in the background even after you've deleted it. The kernel extension is necessary for BlueStacks and VirtualBox to be able to achieve native-level performance.
I had installed and uninstalled BlueStacks a year earlier, then installed and uninstalled VirtualBox separately earlier this year. My best guess is that those previous installations were interfering with BlueStacks' installation process, which is why doing a more thorough uninstall and reinstall helped.
Try AppCleaner , it lets you select hidden folders of apps as well. It also allows you to remove some system apps (like iTunes), but you will need to get into the app it's settings to enable that.
You need to remove all traces of Kindle for Mac, including any files hanging around in Application Support or other system folders. I'd recommend a tool called AppCleaner for that.
You also need to uninstall the DeDRM plug-in from Calibre.
Once both app and plug-in are uninstalled, reinstall Kindle for Mac 1.31 or lower. I took version 1.30 from here: https://kindle-mac.en.uptodown.com/mac/versions
Install it, but don't open it.
Open Terminal app and paste the following command:
sudo chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test
It'll ask for your password. Enter it and hit enter again.
Open Kindle for Mac and log into your Kindle account. Go to Preferences > Updates and make sure that 'update without telling me' is unchecked. Close it, which will cause it to crash if you've prevented updates successfully, so click 'Ignore' and go on with your life.
Go back to Calibre and re-install the DeDRM plug-in. As you're on Calibre 4.23, use the 6.81 version. Go through the install + restart Calibre process.
Go back and open K4M. To download books from the app, right click on the book's image and select 'download' from the context menu. Important: do not open the book.
Go to your 'My Kindle Content' folder (mine's in /Documents/) and drag the book, which should be in AZW format, onto the calibre icon in your dock (or right click and 'Open with Calibre').
Once it's imported the book, go to Calibre Preferences > Plug-Ins > File Type > DeDRM > Customise Plug-in > Kindle for PC/Mac. If you see the default_key there, it should have been installed correctly and your book should have had the DRM ripped.
(The DeDRM plug-ins do not strip DRM from non-purchased books by design so this won’t work with KindleUnlimited or PrimeReading books, only purchased titles.)
Many time when deleting an app in the trash it doesn't completely removed everything related to the app. Get this app and drag the old one to it and delete and empty the trash bin https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
also I would restart the computer before trying to install it again and make sure you have the latest version of the rob lox app
probably some corrupted file but hard to know which. may be making sure you are in the latest version of Mac OS too
have a solution on mac
download appcleaner https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
open it and drag roblox studio in it and click remove.
after that completely empty the bin.
After that restart your mac and tadaaa
For those with the Yeti Nano (and for those with Yeti probably) I've come up with a workaround.
You won't have Blue VOICE effects but at least the microphone seems to be working ok.
- Uninstall G Hub (I used https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/)
- If not already installed, install Blue v1.7.24 and uninstall it following the instructions provided by u/smithmmtk in this post.
- Disconnect the microphone.
- Make sure the drivers folder got deleted in
/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/LogiGamingAudio.driver. If not delete it manually. - Shutdown and perform a NVRAM reset: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
- Start the computer and install Blue v1.7.24 again.
- Connect the microphone.
- Go to macOS Audio settings and select the Yeti Nano as input source, adjust the volume as needed.
At this point you should have the Yeti Nano working again. Blue software will detect it but changing settings won't be possible (it seems the new firmware made Blue software incompatible).
Please let me know if it works for you.
Nothing is wrong. Apple is a trillion dollar company - believe me, their engineers know what they are doing more than you or some Redditor. Mac is very aggressive with RAM, it uses all it can until an app requests it, then it makes room when necessary.
Uninstall CleanMyMac. I actually pirated it to test it, and still removed it because I didnt find it worth any money. To uninstall apps I use AppCleaner as its free and it does a better job than CMMX in removing rubbish left by old apps.
Congratulations, you have made the move many many of us have done before you! It’s a good journey at the start some things will annoy you but overall you should be happy and not want to go back to windows.
I was a massive windows guy myself and went to mac after getting my first iPhone 3G and I have never looked back. My life and my businesses both revolve around Apple now ;)
1 tip of many - get https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ as Macs don’t have the same options as windows to remove apps. You can just delete an app however it dont remove the associated files and configs. Using app cleaner will do this for you
Enjoy your Mac
This app is free and very useful. Name is a bit misleading. What it does is allow you to very cleanly uninstall any app.
Drop the app into app cleaner and it removes all traces of app from you hard drive.
app cleaner:
https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
Also this app allows you to snap windows just like in Windows 10 etc. came with a small cost, I believe there are some free alternatives but this one works fairly well for me
cinch:
Here's the thing - so its not actually showing up anywhere BUT in System Information? Sounds like it isn't actually installed, just some temporary files. Or in fact it might not be installed at all. If you want to remove it properly, reinstall it, THEN uninstall using AppCleaner - it will remove all the files it creates that are hidden in /Library/ or wherever.
Sorry, AppCleaner is the one. The company I work for deploys it on their Macs for users to clean up after craplications that leave debris behind. Works well and doesn’t appear to be sketchy.
Assuming that Tune Up is this app then it's about as "useful" a CleanMyMac i.e. it's overpriced and contains a lot of mostly useless features e.g. "cache cleaners" (caches get recreated so removing them will only result in temporary slowdowns). CleanMyMac comes with some additional snake-oil features like "RAM cleaners" as well.
For finding junk I recommend one of the free or paid apps found at https://www.reddit.com/r/applehelp/wiki/mac_disk_other
For app uninstalls I've seen the free AppCleaner app recommended. Alternatively You could learn about the common locations (in your users hidden Library folder) where app settings, caches and sometimes app data is stored.
For a "good" cleanup you could also backup your data and do a clean reinstall (format HD and reinstall macOS) you could then copy back select files and reinstall select apps.
Damn. The website says that the app is not yet supported on M1 macs, although it does claim that it should work.
Try reinstalling it. Follow the provided uninstall instructions, if any, and use a tool like AppCleaner to clean up any leftovers. (Open the app in AppCleaner first to gather the files, then uninstall the app as per the instructions or just move it to the Bin, then delete the files with AppCleaner.)
ADE is a terrible piece of software.
Its Cloud Library feature seems to update around once every 24-36 hours so if you delete a book from the library on your machine, it remains in your Cloud Library for at least a day. It also doesn’t even delete the local copy of the book you’ve asked it to: it stops displaying it, but it still leaves a copy of the book in the Digital Editions folder.
Once you start running into issues with ADE, the best thing to do it delete the entire program from your machine and any books which are in your Digital Editions download folder which is:
<user>\My Documents\My Digital Editions on Windows
~/Documents/Digital Editions on Mac
If you have an uninstaller program like CCleaner for Win or AppCleaner, use that.
Once you’ve done that, try a completely clean install of ADE.
Authorise the computer itself and then your Kobo device separately. Then try downloading the book again and transferring it.
I’m sure you’ve tried all this, but the nuclear option is the best way to go.
I did a clean reinstall and that seems to have fixed it for me! I used a program called AppCleaner, because they don't beg you to pay and other junk. Then I redownloaded MEGA Sync, and it started working again!
If you still cannot get the app to work, you can use this safe tool called Appcleaner to completely uninstall all Sonos files https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
You will then need to set up the app from scratch after you install it again.
> To uninstall an application, I just need to delete the app from the Applications folder. Right?
You can just delete it from the Applications folder.
But I use and recommend AppCleaner.
Or, use AppCleaner, it does a great job finding all the leftovers across the system.
https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
It's free and very simple. (just drag the app's icon in the AppCleaner's "window" and click Delete).
There is a solution (read: workaround)!
Just update to macOS Big Sur 11.3 and completely (with AppCleaner) remove Logitech G Hub from macOS and restart. Now sound and microphone should work.
Download App Cleaner, completely uninstall Logic and its related files, and re-install Logic from the app store.
App Cleaner link: https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
Try removing League using AppCleaner, it sounds like you have some lingering config files that might be corrupt. It should be finding files in locations like /Library, ~/Library and /Applications (if it's a default setup). After that, try reinstalling from scratch. If that doesn't help, open /Applications/Utilities/Console.app and see what error messages there are for League, those might give you or Rito some useful debugging information.
The actually useful features could be replace by:
- One of the free or paid disk usage visualizers, see here for a list.
- AppCleaner is a free uninstaller app, that I've occasionally seen mentioned. I personally never used uninstallers, as I'm familiar with where macOS stores stuff.
- I recommend something else than CleanMyMac if you want an antivirus that actual reviews decently. Also consider not using antivirus, it can add more security issues than it solves, see this article for examples.
- Browsers are the typical way to get malware - an ad-blocker will (mostly) remove the risk of encountering malicious ads. Combine this with not downloading updates from random sites (use App Store / developer site / auto updater). Also google an app for know issues, before installing it.
- The "maintenance tools" and "optimization" features of CleanMyMac seem like a mix of useless "snake oil" and stuff that can already be done in regular macOS. None of these are things that should need to be run on a regular basis and doing so is likely to cause more issues than it solves.
Here are some suggestions:
- Do you have a firewall? If so, make sure Chrome is allowed. Try turning off your firewall and see if you still have the issue.
- Disable all your Chrome extensions and see if you still have the issue. If that helps, turn the extensions on one-by-one, checking each time.
- Reset your flags in Chrome. Enter chrome://flags and click "reset all"
- Uninstall chrome using AppCleaner (free), which will also delete the settings files, which may be corrupted and normally aren't removed when you drag the application to the trash. Then reinstall
These types of errors are often the result of shady extensions that want to inspect what you're doing in your browser.
Hope this helps!
Best practice out there :
- use AppCleaner to uninstall an app properly (MacOS as an OS will provide useless media apps, but not a complete uninstall feature, in fucking 2021, food for thought...)
- use Onyx to scrub your system now and then.
- Manually go to /Library and ~/Library subfoders and look for remaining stuff, delete them.
tl;dr:
Google Chrome’s hidden auto update daemon, Keystone, slows down your Mac.
Opinion:
I haven’t really had an noticeable issues, although I do prefer Safari which I find better on battery life. I also hate programs that install extra “helpers.” AppCleaner is good free tool to fully remove Apps and their leftovers: https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
Trying using AppCleaner to remove all files associated with the Mail app. You may have to go into AppCleaner preferences and uncheck "Protect default OS X apps." This will clear its saved state and hopefully resolve the issue
I’m not familiar with sensei but I have used TinkerTool for years. Apple has removed some of the things that used to be able to customize though.
AppCleaner is at https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/.