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Uninstaller
Uninstaller 1.15.1
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Auto-delete newly added files and folders.   Shareware ($29)
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Uninstaller is a Mac OS X native software that allows you to uninstall applications or just find changes made in a disk or folder by taking snapshots of file system hierarchy and comparing them between two dates.
What's New
Version 1.15.1
  • Bug fix about archive and restore features which fail with files embedding a resource fork when running Uninstaller on Mac OS X 10.7 only.
  • Backward compatibility: in response to many user requests, Uninstaller 1.15.1 can be used with Mac OS X 10.6 or Mac OS X 10.7.
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later


Related Links
Download Uninstaller 1.14 (Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.6)



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Uninstaller User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 1.x:
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-titanium- reviewed on 27 Nov 2011
I liked this app for many years. But installed in Lion, it seems to have issues.

Every time I use the app, Lion gets lost of several system preferences. For example, I prefer to set the menu bar to be not transparent (set in System Preferences -> Desktop), but after using Uninstaller, the bar is semi-transparent again. It happens every time...
[Version 1.15.1]

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-titanium- replied on 28 Nov 2011
I investigated the issue further. After using Uninstaller, the owner of the file ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist has become "root". Before, it was the username of the current user. Simply call

sudo chown PUTYOURUSERNAMEHERE ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist

in Terminal.app after every use of Uninstaller and all is well again. Magmana, could you please fix that annoyance? Thank you :-)
burypromote
(developer) replied on 29 Nov 2011
Just discovering your post, please email me directly in case of problem because i don't read this thread regularly...

You're the first to report this issue so i investigate and post an update. as soon as possible.
burypromote
(developer) replied on 29 Nov 2011
Can't reproduce the behavior you describe (running MacOS X 10.7.2). Using Uninstaller in user or root mode does not affect the ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist file on my system... Please email me to further investigations, probably something else affect the ownership of this file. Waiting your mail and other user complains about the problem.
burypromote
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+95

xXAkumuXx reviewed on 22 Mar 2011
Even though this is an older app, it's quite frankly... amazing. I wish the developer would continue development, but it still works in Snow Leopard. The only app that is similar to this is CleanApp, which has a monitoring daemon that lets you remove any modifications/files that a particular app has done. I use both, and I couldn't be happier. 5 stars. ^_^
[Version 1.14]


burypromote
+1

+9
Hauslendale commented on 03 Mar 2011
Love this app. The best at what it does. All other uninstaller apps just play around compared to this.

One thing that makes me nervous is we are now in 2011 and the developer has not made any updates from 2009. Root mode is still tweaky in Snow Leopard, and the app could use a fresh update just to polish up the functions. I just hope the developer stays with this app. I like many would hate to see this app fall away.
[Version 1.14]


burypromote
+1

+48

Designer reviewed on 27 Nov 2010
I don't like to think of Uninstaller as an Uninstaller per say. It's a magical app that can capture a snapshot of every file on your system and save it as a state. You can then install something or essentially do anything with your system and then run a state comparison. Uninstaller beautifully displays every new file, every modified file and every deleted file since your original snapshot. Sure, it can be used as an installer but I use it to monitor exactly what a software installation does to my system so I can then delete every last trace of it if I want - right down to the hidden core system level.

I can't give this app enough praise. I've used it for years and it's never let me down. Love it!
[Version 1.14]


burypromote

+20
Scott-Gardner commented on 02 Sep 2009
Step 1 of the procedure to use Uninstaller is to, "Open Uninstaller in "Root mode." Yet the version 1.12.2 notes state, "10.6 limitation: the preferences option 'Make Uninstaller a root application' does not work under MacOS 10.6 and has been disabled for such systems. Note that except this, Uninstaller is fully functional under MacOS 10.6."

So is it necessary to, e.g., open Uninstaller via Terminal on Snow Leopard in order to achieve full functionality?:

sudo /Applications/Uninstaller &

Psuedo is an application that will allow drag-and-drop opening of an application as root, but it hasn't been developed since 2002 so I I don't know if it's compatible with 10.6.

Thanks
[Version 1.12.2]

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+1

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Borlox replied on 02 Sep 2009
"Make Uninstaller a root application" means setting the SUID bit on the executable, so that it always runs as root without the need for an administrator to authenticate. Apparently this doesn't work in 10.6, which is a good thing in my opinion.

The application can still run with root privileges after authentication.
burypromote
+1
(developer) replied on 02 Sep 2009
As BORLOX said, under MacOS 10.6 you have to enter your admin password each time you want to launch Uninstaller in Admin mode. Once done, Uninstaller runs with root privileges as in previous versions.
burypromote
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-5

samadore reviewed on 07 Nov 2008
Uninstaller is the ONLY stable (am keeping my eye on CleanApp) app uninstaller that lets you ensure you see EVERYTHING that an application installation puts on your hard drive. Trust me. Use this, see the items it shows you were just installed by an app and you'll realize that all the other purported 'app cleaners' do nothing but drag the app from your application folder and maybe find the odd ~/Library/Preference file and on a really good day a User cache file. It's interesting and useful to see the plethora of files (and where they go) some of these application installations scatter all over our hard drives. Can also be used as a re-installer and has uses beyond simple application file management.
Plus you get to try the other products in the MacMagna stable.
[Version 1.12.1]


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SGHuebner commented on 15 Feb 2008
I am sorry, there seems to be no way to edit a review so I have to use another one. There was a typo in my last comment. The last sentence should read "...then make a *comparison*...", not "computer". Don't know how this got in there :-)
[Version 1.12]


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SGHuebner commented on 15 Feb 2008
Maybe I am the only one but I think the new behaviour of 1.12 is very un-intuitive compared to how it worked before. Reasons:

1. The toolbar-buttons do other things than their label suggests.

2. "save" not only saves the state, but it does a compare again. Totally useless and unnecessary as I only want to actually "save" but not want to compare again.

3. It is not clear to the user that "compare" actually not only compares but also saves the new found state.

This is bad for several reasons. In my opinion, "save" should only be available in two cases:

1. There is no earlier state
2. right after a "compare" and only once.

"Compare" should really do only "compare" and no save at all. The reason? The user may only test try a comparison to see if anything has changed. He might decide to leave Uninstaller without saving, install something else and then make a computer which then would include the unsaved changes plus new found entries.
[Version 1.12]


burypromote
+1

+5

reza666 reviewed on 06 Dec 2007
I have tested most of the so called uninstallers and i must say this is the only software that finds everything. all others do not find hidden files and leave files behind.
On the other hand, i think it is a little to complex to all the time exclude files not related to the install. I have lots of excluded files in my list by now.

Would be nice if there were some predefined list. Still i think this is a great software so i have payed for it.

One feature i miss is the ability to add more items to an existing log.

Also i have to scan, save state twice each time i exclude something which is a bit to overkill.

There is some room for improvments still but overall a great software.
[Version 1.10.5]


burypromote
+1

-10
xenos commented on 29 Oct 2007
it's a real pain with people like THECAUSE, comparing apples with pears.
when reviewing a software, one would be supposed to knowing what they are talking about.
if it comes to seriously tracking down all new, deleted and changed files implied by an installation, you quietly can forget the whole palette of all other applications like CleanApp, Appzapper etc...
Uninstaller is the only working means of being notified about any installation process - provided you know to apply it correctly, i.e. doing an analysis and saving it before the installation begins.
[Version 1.10.5]


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Vksvicky rated on 23 Mar 2011

[Version 1.14]


Downloads:48,686
Version Downloads:1,230
Type:Utilities : System
License:Shareware
Date:16 Nov 2011
Platform:Intel
Price: $29.00
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