App Cleaner works fine in OS 10.7.1 and it's free. I bought App Delete in the Apple App Store and it never worked for me although it had all sorts of search features and touted its Lion readiness. I recommend choosing AppCleaner. It's very similar to AppZapper I used in OS 10.4.11 on my old PPC.
@xXAkumuXx - In the app window with all related files checked for the item I wished to delete I clicked delete and nothing happened; I tried again sevral times and no action; the log for each action was in the Log section but the item (OmniWeb)remained until I downloaded AppCleaner and instantly solved the problem.
I did try AppCleaner and AppZapper side by side on an App and have to say that AppZapper did pull up a couple of extra related-to-the-App files - just an observational test that showed me AppZapper appeared to be more thorough, however in all fairness I didn't test them both for uninstalling a number of other different Apps as I continued to use AppZapper. If I can remember which App it was, then I'll post back here (was several weeks ago that I noticed the results).
Now I'm using the good and fast "AppCleaner", but, like all the other apps of this kind, It misses an important feature:
to include system files with the same name of the app in the results of the scan for related files!
If the developer will include that feature, it will be really the best app to uninstall apps!
For the moment you can do this thing manually, and it will shows often folders and files related:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4355?viewlocale=en_US
Can't compare to CleanApps additional features for ripping out other stuff or having a live community worldwide contributing finding bits and pieces left behind that are automatically then updated to the app. That said... AppCleaner does a good job for the basic needs of the user, and being free makes it very appealing.
how am i supposed to use this app, if both the download link, and link to the developer's site both yield a server that safari, and firefox can't find? I reported this problem once, and it's not resolved. Please look into this and let me know what's going on.
This application can only search for related items in the user's library Application Support and Preferences. It cannot find items in the main HD library, invisible items and even items elsewhere in the user's library. Therefore, it is only useful for trashing simple small applications. AppCleaner would have been perfect if it could have searching abilities like the application Find Any File i.e if it could find items related to an application anywhere on the machine and whether visible or not.
Google SketchUp, GraphicConverter, Hugin, iStatPro and Switch - all have items in HD>Library>Application Support. Cenon has items in HD>Library. AppCleaner cannot find these items. It doesn't take Find Any File too long to search all the HD. I use it regularly for trashing applications as it finds all the items, including invisible ones, and then you can drag the items to the trash directly from it's search results window.
I had AppCleaner installed on my MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, but have since uninstalled the application on both computers; now neither computer will sleep automatically (with EnergySaver set to sleep after a certain period of inactivity). I am receiving this message in Console:
06/12/08 2:48:25 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.freemacsoft.appcleanerdaemon[1730]) Exited with exit code: 1
06/12/08 2:48:25 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.freemacsoft.appcleanerdaemon[1730]) posix_spawnp("/Library/Application Support/AppCleaner/AppCleaner Daemon", ...): No such file or directory
This message recurs to the order of 5000 times per day, and I feel quite certain that this is causing my computers to stay awake.
Hopefully there is some resolution available for this problem.
I've been looking at AppCleaner to replace AppZapper and while I respect your comments here, I can't find another other instance of it occurring on the internet...only yours.
You can easily test to see if AppCleaner is the culprit...simply reinstall it and see if you stop getting the error messages. If that's the case, I'd just leave it installed and turned off until the next time you rebuild your machine...or not. It won't hurt anything.
I've been looking at AppCleaner to replace AppZapper and while I respect your comments here, I can't find another other instance of it occurring on the internet...only yours.
You can easily test to see if AppCleaner is the culprit...simply reinstall it and see if you stop getting the error messages. If that's the case, I'd just leave it installed and turned off until the next time you rebuild your machine...or not. It won't hurt anything.
Thanks for posting your comment (twice). Well, I suppose the presence of the messages I was displaying in Console - which I posted on Dec 6 2008, which clearly indicate "AppCleaner", and this after I had uninstalled AppCleaner - would kind of suggest that yes, AppCleaner had something to do with my machines not sleeping. Or how about this: after I deleted the AppCleaner Daemon, both my computers are now sleeping without provocation. Alas, 1+1 does seem to equal 2
I noticed the double comment, but the culprit is MacUpdate...I posted the comment and immediately saw both posts and no way to delete one. I have since spoken with the developer, who says that he has never seen or heard of this problems. Not sure what to think...but it's working fine here.
Reinstall AppCleaner and turn off ALL of the checkboxes in Preferences General tab. Go to SmartDelete tab and turn it ON. Check console and it will give you this message:
I hope the author of AppCleaner keeps up with this page, because it has been quite difficult to get a response from him through e-mail, but i have a bug report which is as follows:
Under OS X 10.4.11, AppCleaner Version 1.2 does not detect or display
any Widgets under its Widgets section. Furthermore, AppCleaner's
History function does not seem to work at all either, when you click
"Show History..." from the "Window" menu or use the keyboard shortcut
(Apple-L), nothing is displayed. This occurs on an Intel Core Duo
MacBook Pro.
Also, in AppCleaner Version 1.2, under OS X 10.5.3, although the History window is accessible, the Widgets section exhibits the same problem it does on OS X 10.4.11, as it does not seem to detect or display any Widgets. This occurs on an Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook.
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Rajesh.coder reviewed on 24 Jan 2012
This does delete all the file unlike iTrash (I had problems with that and wrote a review of it too).
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SuXu reviewed on 29 Dec 2011
now I found it!!!
thank you to made this app for free!!
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KSull72487 reviewed on 27 Nov 2011
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Stephen_Fry reviewed on 03 Nov 2011
Works as advertised and mostly capture all related files that other similar payed apps do.
Great stuff
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Hoot4wvu reviewed on 28 Sep 2011
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Jeepster reviewed on 20 Sep 2011
I did try AppCleaner and AppZapper side by side on an App and have to say that AppZapper did pull up a couple of extra related-to-the-App files - just an observational test that showed me AppZapper appeared to be more thorough, however in all fairness I didn't test them both for uninstalling a number of other different Apps as I continued to use AppZapper. If I can remember which App it was, then I'll post back here (was several weeks ago that I noticed the results).
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Brandong777 reviewed on 06 Sep 2011
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Jolly_joker reviewed on 04 Sep 2011
to include system files with the same name of the app in the results of the scan for related files!
If the developer will include that feature, it will be really the best app to uninstall apps!
For the moment you can do this thing manually, and it will shows often folders and files related:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4355?viewlocale=en_US
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JCH2 reviewed on 31 Aug 2011
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Waldo1234 reviewed on 31 Aug 2011
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please fix it
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Thanks
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Google SketchUp, GraphicConverter, Hugin, iStatPro and Switch - all have items in HD>Library>Application Support. Cenon has items in HD>Library. AppCleaner cannot find these items. It doesn't take Find Any File too long to search all the HD. I use it regularly for trashing applications as it finds all the items, including invisible ones, and then you can drag the items to the trash directly from it's search results window.
Finds associated files and folders only in the user account and not in the "Main" Library.
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06/12/08 2:48:25 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.freemacsoft.appcleanerdaemon[1730]) Exited with exit code: 1
06/12/08 2:48:25 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.freemacsoft.appcleanerdaemon[1730]) posix_spawnp("/Library/Application Support/AppCleaner/AppCleaner Daemon", ...): No such file or directory
This message recurs to the order of 5000 times per day, and I feel quite certain that this is causing my computers to stay awake.
Hopefully there is some resolution available for this problem.
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You can easily test to see if AppCleaner is the culprit...simply reinstall it and see if you stop getting the error messages. If that's the case, I'd just leave it installed and turned off until the next time you rebuild your machine...or not. It won't hurt anything.
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You can easily test to see if AppCleaner is the culprit...simply reinstall it and see if you stop getting the error messages. If that's the case, I'd just leave it installed and turned off until the next time you rebuild your machine...or not. It won't hurt anything.
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Thanks for posting your comment (twice). Well, I suppose the presence of the messages I was displaying in Console - which I posted on Dec 6 2008, which clearly indicate "AppCleaner", and this after I had uninstalled AppCleaner - would kind of suggest that yes, AppCleaner had something to do with my machines not sleeping. Or how about this: after I deleted the AppCleaner Daemon, both my computers are now sleeping without provocation. Alas, 1+1 does seem to equal 2
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Reinstall AppCleaner and turn off ALL of the checkboxes in Preferences General tab. Go to SmartDelete tab and turn it ON. Check console and it will give you this message:
"[0x0-0x102102].com.freemacsoft.AppCleaner[11455]com.freemacsoft.appcleanerdaemon: Already loaded"
Then, turn off SmartDelete, recheck the boxes and voila, you get this:
"com.apple.launchd[125] ([0x0-0x106106].com.freemacsoft.AppCleaner_Helper[11467]) Exited: Terminated"
No more 5000 launchid intrusions.
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Under OS X 10.4.11, AppCleaner Version 1.2 does not detect or display
any Widgets under its Widgets section. Furthermore, AppCleaner's
History function does not seem to work at all either, when you click
"Show History..." from the "Window" menu or use the keyboard shortcut
(Apple-L), nothing is displayed. This occurs on an Intel Core Duo
MacBook Pro.
Also, in AppCleaner Version 1.2, under OS X 10.5.3, although the History window is accessible, the Widgets section exhibits the same problem it does on OS X 10.4.11, as it does not seem to detect or display any Widgets. This occurs on an Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook.
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