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DESCRIPTION
AppZapper allows you to confidently uninstall virtually any application as easily as it was installed -- just drag and drop. Drag one or more unwanted apps onto AppZapper and watch as it finds all the extra files and lets you delete them with a single click. A slick safety system remembers which apps you want to keep safe, and the log tracks all the files you've zapped. Put simply, AppZapper is the uninstaller Apple forgot.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.8:
- You can now UnZap apps in case you accidentally remove something
- AppZapper now prompts for authentication when not using an admin Account
- AppZapper now handles localized app names much better
- Minor tweaks and improvements
- Minor cosmetic tweak
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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| Developer: | AppZapper |
| Downloads: | 217,451 |
| - Version d/l: | 77,055 |
| Utilities: | Desktop |
| License: | Shareware |
| Date: | 11 Dec 2006 |
| Platform: | PPC/Intel |
| Price: | $12.95 |
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| AppZapper User Reviews (92 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Aug 6 2009 |
FORMICA I have tried AppZapper, and it's OK. However, when compared with AppCleaner 1.2.2, the difference is STRIKING. AppCleaner does most of the things that all of the reviewers below ask for, it finds ALL of the files associated with the main app you are deleting EVEN FILES THAT ALL OTHER SUCH APPS OFTEN MISS it is totally unobtrusive and doesn't impact your CPU or memory AT ALL as far as I can tell, IT WORKS AUTOMATICALLY when you maybe forget to startup AppCleaner and just toss an app into the trash ITS SmartDelete CATCHES IT AND ALSO AUTOMATICALLY CATCHES ALL ITS ASSOCIATED FILES AND OFFERS TO TRASH THEM FOR YOU! And perhaps most amazing is that it is so superior to all other such apps but is FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE! If you don't believe me, just check out the comments and reviews on AppCleaner's MacUpdate.com (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/25276) and VersionTracker.com pages (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32740&mode=feedback). That level of user satisfaction is far, far higher than all other such apps, illustrating that people love it for all its capabilities and performance not just its price (which, again, is FREE!). When you try AppCleaner, set the preferences to "Protect launched apps," "Protect default apps," and "Enable 3D transitions," don't forget to turn on SmartDelete, then one-by-one select the "Applications," "Widgets" and "Others" icons at the top of AppCleaner's main window, and with each one select the "Options" menu (in the Menubar) then "Select All" to instruct AppCleaner to protect all those apps, widgets and other resources from being accidentally deleted, then you can uncheck one-by-one all the ones that you don't want AppCleaner to protect. Trust me, you'll love this app with it set this way! Enjoy! (Oh, and BTW, I am in no way affiliated with the makers of AppCleaner I don't even know them. I just LOVE IT when truly great software is made available for FREE, and I feel such magnanimous developers should be promoted whenever possible, even when it's a bit annoying (as this comment is because it's in another app's MacUpdate space).
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 | Aug 4 2009 |
ICONZ113 time to move on ppl, appzapper is finished, no update in over 3 years lol. a shame too, i liked it
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 | Apr 25 2009 |
SITTING IN THE SUN No longer working. you get spinning ball saying processing but that is, will now do this for hours. was a very good program till now.
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| May 8 2009 |
SPRINGHEELMAC Works great for me. I'm using 10.5.6 on a PowerPC 1.42 GHz eMac. Using it in conjunction with AppTrap (found here for free) is awesome. Finds EVERYTHING. I always do a Spotlight check after, but more often then naught, I'm good to go.
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| May 9 2009 |
SITTING IN THE SUN Had email back from developer, working on a fix, seems this effects some machines and not others. No timescale for fix given.
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| Apr 9 2009 |
PENJOE Will this app ever be updated? I crashes occasionally for me.
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 | Aug 22 2008 |
JEEPEE Before you buy this, be aware that this program has not been updated for 2 years! It's easy to say: "Upgrades for life" then... Don't buy this, there are other programs that are free or more worth buying!
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| Apr 17 2008 |
RALPHMWHITE3 Does anyone know what to do when AppZapper (1.8) sticks in "Processing" when you press the Genie button?
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| Apr 10 2008 |
COOPFLY why hasn't this app been updated for 2 years. They can add a lot of features that the other deleting applications have.
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| Nov 19 2008 |
GRYPHONENT The answer is that they gave away so many copies for free and participated in so many promotiones that it became a joke. People, including myself, had 5+ licenses (though only one serial was actually sent per email). With updates "free for life," the developer has razed the market and moved on. Why update an app if there's no money in it anymore? I've moved on to CleanApp, which is much more advanced than AppZapper.
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| Mar 14 2008 |
EASER I tried this program as well as AppCleaner, AppDelete, and Forklift. I tried all on a program called DiskOrder. Not one of them found the folder in Library/Application support called "LikeMac" which clearly has a folder in it titled "Disk Order." I'll stick to deleting these things manually.
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| Jan 25 2008 |
EVOLVE75 I have the same experience as PumpkinWhite below. I tried uninstalling a program with both AppZapper (got as part of the MH bundle) and Forklift. Forklift consistently finds more application files than AZ. Ended up uninstalling AppZapper (by using Forklift of course).
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| Jan 9 2008 |
PUMPKINWHITE I just received appzapper as part of a bundle. The first thing i did is compare it with the 'Delete App' functionality of forklift. In each and every application i tried, forklift caught more files on my system than appzapper. Sometimes appzapper would miss out a file in 'receipts' folder or sometimes in 'caches' folder and sometimes in both. Considering appzapper is a program dedicated to this functionality, I am pretty surprised by this. If all application deleters out there were missing the same files then I wouldn't have been so harsh on appzapper. But the fact that another application catches extra files every time is inexcusable.
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