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Re:Making macOS Apps Uninstallable by AbusiveHNAdmin on Saturday February 18, 2023 @02:46PM (#34850337)
I agree. How is that "helping me out?" I never said dragging stuff to the trash should do that. I said there should be an UNINSTALLER, which is the whole topic at hand here.
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Re:Making macOS Apps Uninstallable by daneel_w on Saturday February 18, 2023 @03:18PM (#34850628)
It helped you understand why dropping app bundles in the trash does not clean out per-user property lists.

App bundles are never installed anywhere as they are self-contained products, hence they cannot be uninstalled. For applications that actually come in the form of package installers which may place files in "annoying" locations like /usr/local/, you also get the functionality of uninstalling the software, because these packages contain manifests describing what files go in what locations.

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Re:Making macOS Apps Uninstallable by AbusiveHNAdmin on Sunday February 19, 2023 @03:35AM (#34855663)
Why are you telling ME this? I never said trashing app bundles clears out property collections or settings.

You must be replying to the wrong person.

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