[X4U] Cleanapp (something I didn't know I needed)

Fabian Fang ftf at mac.com
Wed Jan 16 06:19:45 PST 2008


On Jan 16, 2008, at 5:31 AM, Jim Robertson wrote:

> At Macworld, I wandered by the booth of a German developer (Synium)  
> and saw
> a brochure for a product named Cleanapp, which promises to remove  
> all traces
> of a program's installation. Version 2 is available now, version 3  
> coming
> soon apparently.
>
> I'm about to replace my G5 tower with a new Mac Pro. I'd love to get  
> rid of
> all the detritus of programs that I no longer use. My (very meager)
> understanding of Cleanapp is that part of what it does depends on  
> recording
> the INSTALLATION of programs so that days/weeks/months/years later,  
> if one
> wants to toss the program, Cleanapp can do a thorough job of same.
>
> I suspect this is a pretty face on a few unix terminal commands.  
> Anyone here
> use this program? Anyone have positive or negative things to say  
> about it,
> or recommendations for alternatives?


Have you considered AppZapper?
<http://www.appzapper.com/>


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