If Apple just built what AppCleaner does directly into macOS, we wouldn’t have to worry about anything like that at all. In the meantime, we have to turn to a third party to help with something as essential as uninstalling an app completely.
I barely download any apps from the app store, so I didn’t even know that. I just habitually do it straight from the developers.
Regarding uninstalling by dragging to the trash, that would actually be perfect if it worked exactly like AppCleaner does. Unfortunately it always leaves behind cache and a few files here and there.
All Apple needs to do is enable deletion of all app-related files when you drag the app itself to the trash. Can’t imagine it’s too complex if AppCleaner is able to achieve the very same thing as a third-party.
Always thought how crazy it is that the functionality of this app never came built right into macOS itself. Until that happens, this really is a cornerstone app for anyone using macs.
Glad to hear that. We definitely need a Lemmy community for cool iOS Setups as well!
The Montjuïc Communications Tower in Spain photographed by Michael Anhalt
Whatever educated guesses it’s making are pretty damn good then.
As a habit, I always give a quick scroll through all the files AppCleaner finds when I ask it to delete something and not once has it selected anything irrelevant. Been using it for many years now and the app’s performance has just been bulletproof for me in all that time.
If it works as well as it has for me, I would rather it go that extra mile and delete whatever crap it needs to delete rather than leaving vestigial files on my computer for apps I don’t want anymore.