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Re:Making macOS Apps Uninstallable by soraminazuki on Saturday February 18, 2023 @12:28AM (#34844203)
Homebrew Cask can remove application-generated files if you pass the --zap option to "brew rm". Cask definitions include a list of known paths to those.
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Re:Making macOS Apps Uninstallable by eviks on Saturday February 18, 2023 @12:33AM (#34844231)
Yeah, unless the definition doesn't include something
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Re:Making macOS Apps Uninstallable by soraminazuki on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:08AM (#34844406)
It does, a lot of the time though. Casks are actively maintained and adding a missed file to the list is only a single pull request away.
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