![]() ![]() After a short analysis, it shows you what’s available to delete. ![]() Alternatively, App Cleaner can list the installed Applications. ![]() It does this using the same rules Apple tells a developer to use when creating applications.ĭrag the Applications you want to remove to the App Cleaner window. It analyzes the Application and helps you delete all the extra pieces. That’s where App Cleaner from FreeMacsoft comes into play. There’s an additional separate library for your System – where elements like fonts and serial numbers are stored.īut, just deleting an Application leaves all this cruft. This is where all your preferences, caches, autosave information, and many other hidden items are for each Application. Everything you’re looking at in this folder/director are hidden reference items ( library items, get it?) for your personal User on your Mac. Want to see some of what’s taking up space? In the Finder, use the Go menu. And having those extra pieces of cruft is a waste of space on your SSD. If you’re deleting an Application, you’re likely done with it. These pieces are smaller, usually under 100 Megabytes. If you ever decide to re-install that Application it in the future, it will try to pick up where it left off.Įxcept it’s leaving traces of the application on your System. This can be a good thing – and it makes sense from a digital hoarder’s point of view. However, it leaves all the other pieces still installed. On deleting Applications: Apple has a specific technote for deleting applications in their fantastic dedication to documentation. They suggest deleting it via Launch Pad (like on iOS) or just putting the Application in the trash. Unfortunately I have only three possibilities:ġ) Run OnyX and not close and open the application.TL DR There’s a great free utility that does a better job deleting an Application and all of its traces from your Mac. So I have finally discovered the reason of all those duplicates! So, starting from the just cleaned list, every time I close and re-open Bridge, the program start again to look for the available applications not only on my actual boot disk, but also on the others. On my Mac Pro I have four internal HD's each one with an OS installed (High Sierra, High Sierra backup, El Capitan and a backup of my portable Mac Book pro). I have finally discovered that is a problem with my Mac Pro. every time I close and re-open the application the list starts to grow again and again which each open and close operation! Opening Adobe Bridge after the restart, the list is clean but. OnyX requires to restart the computer after its job is finished. I confirm that with OnyX it is possible to clean the list. Hoping that somebody can help to solve the problem, Where is this list hidden? It should be possible to trash it and then let Adobe Bridge to rebuild it. You can see the different versions, which is logic, and many duplicates, which is not logic. All the suggestions help to clean the "open with" list from the finder (the list is "clean") but are useless to do the same on the Adobe Bridge open with list.Īdobe bridge, just the beginning of the list: Here is the list from Adobe Bridge when you use the "open with" command and, following, the same list from the finder. All the suggestions found on the net, also on the Adobe site, didn't help to solve the problem. There are the same programs (with the same version) many times in addition to the various versions. I attach just the first part of this list which is far longer than can be seen from the image, because it is in alphabetical order. Up to now, I have not found any possibility to "clean" the horrible " loooong " list. Look for any plist's that have you apps name and get rid of them as well. Since you are already in the library you may want to check the Preferences folder. You will find also find the caches folder when you open the library. If that does not work try the option or command keys. It is locked by default but I unlocked it quite a while ago so I have forgotten which key. You may need to press I think the Control key to un-hide the Library after selecting Go. Look for any app folders there after you delete them. One question where do I find " cruise through Application Support to see if any remnants".įinder - Go - Library - Application Support. I'm not a Mac expert so just dragging your unwanted apps into the trash can will probably suffice. At the end you might want to delete your library folder's caches and cruise through Application Support to see if any remnants. If they don't I drag the App into AppDelete. Checkout the apps first to see if they have their own uninstaller. I got an App called AppDelete at the App store. ![]()
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