 | Oct 29 2009 |
KILLER KLOWN KAR Can't recommend high enough. Very good app, lets you try out different things without worry about what is being installed and delete. Which sometimes is quite amazing. This along with Little Snitch are must haves!
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 | Oct 22 2009 |
R33C3 Incredible piece of software! Can't believe how well it works. It does exactly what its suppose to, and more! Definitely worth the priceee. I trialed it, and then decided to buy and support the developer, totally worth it. Look forward to the new releases man! | |
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| Oct 18 2009 |
VERT I've tried AppZapper and AppCleaner, they are booth nice, but noone find really all the files like CleanApp does... For a example the folders in Application Support are often missed by AppZapper or AppCleaner. Currently using the demo, but its really amazing how this background logging process works, hardly uses any ressources. I'll write a review in a few days with more testing but so far its the best deinstaller i found.
(Version 3.2b6) | |
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| Oct 15 2009 |
WERTY I like this app a lot, but anyway you must always check what is making you delete because one time i didn't and i lost my keychain :S
(Version 3.2.0b6) | |
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| Oct 1 2009 |
GBBOB This is a great app but, it needs one thing when you initially trash an application. It should present a dialog box asking if you are trashing just the app or the entire pkg. Sometimes when I download a new version of an application, it may be corrupted bad or I just do not like the update and decide to stick with the last version. As soon as you trash the app, CA kicks in and begins to scan for the tie-in files. Again, that is great if you are deleting the whole pkg and not just the app. That is where a simple dialog box could come up first asking your intentions whether you are deleting the app or everything. This way if it is just the app. trashed CA does not have to load and you do not have to wait to tell it to quit. This then saves us time and makes CA more proficient. End of Line...
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 | Oct 2 2009 |
SYNIUM SOFTWARE GMBH This can be configured in CleanApp's Preferences --> Logging --> If Logging detects a trashed application... "ask me what to do." instead of "open CleanApp and start searching."
(Version 3.2b4) | |
| Oct 1 2009 |
STEVEN GOODHEART I've tried just about every de-install app, and this is hands down the best I've ever used. It finds and removes obscure files and caches and the like that you'd never think of looking for or even know about. One of my best 2009 purchases, and it keeps getting smarter and better. Highly recommended.
(Version 3.2.0b4) | |
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| Oct 10 2009 |
COLETTE Use >Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner
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| Oct 16 2009 |
SHAUN I did not realise that Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner uninstalled apps.
(Version 3.2b6) | |
| Sep 28 2009 |
YOSHINATSU Best uninstallation app ever. Especially now with the latest beta.
(Version 3.2.0b3) | |
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| Aug 25 2009 |
L-I-N-K Any other uninstaller app without the logging deamon does a pretty basic job. Usually many files will stay on your disc. CleanApp does a real complete job - you can even see which general files (e.g. apple plist file) have been modified by your app. I really agreee to the others: since the last updates all major bugs or feature requests have been corrected.
(Version 3.1.6) | |
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| Jul 11 2009 |
BRUSETH Any problems Ive had with CleanApp in the past (such as with the CleanApp daemon) have been completely fixed. Im happy that the developer has fixed everything, and I appreciate all the hard work he/she puts into this app. Thanks for the so-very-useful program. Keep up the great work!
(Version 3.1.4) | |
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| Jul 24 2009 |
ORYTEK Agreed. For awhile I was doubting the cpu hungry daemon would be fixed but everything is good now.
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 | Jul 10 2009 |
MR. SPOCK 3.1.4 still exits on db cleanup (OS X 10.4.11 on G5 iMac)
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| Jul 11 2009 |
UNQ1 Same thing happens to me. So I quit the "logging service" and THEN started the DB cleaning. It WORKED w/o crashing, BUT it had not finished cleaning going on 2+ hrs... why is it taking soooo long to clean/compact a 10MB file? This part of the program really has to be refined.
(Version 3.1.4) | |
| Jul 10 2009 |
DOOBIEXX BEST UNINSTALLER HANDS DOWN!! SYNIUM, THE LATEST UPDATES ARE AMAZING, NO MORE PROBLEMS WITH SYSTEM FILES BEING LINKED, THE OPTION TO SEE WHAT OTHER APPS ACCESS A FILE IS PERFECT!! CLEANAPP REIGNS AS KING OF UNINSTALLERS.
(Version 3.1.4) | |
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| May 9 2009 |
JOLLY_JOKER I tried all the Apps of this kind (AppCleaner, AppDelete, AppTrap, Amnesia, the "old" AppZapper, ecc) and I think CleanApp is "the best app of his genre"! but there are 2 things to improve: 1) when cleanapp scans an application, it reveals all the files that the app used, but, often, some of these files are preferences that Mac Os needs (like "addressbook.plist", ecc); so I always have to deselect some files. I think that in future the developer could improve the "protected system files" that should not appear when you scan to delete an app. 2)I think the developer should separate the "Preference Panes" menù in different submenù like "screensaver", "widget", "plug-in" and "preferences panes (only the .prefpane files)", so it will be more orderly. 5 stars (with the hope of these improvements...)
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| Jun 4 2009 |
GRYPHONENT Agree, those shared (?) preferences like AddressBook are annoying. I was expecting a fix to this problem long ago.
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| Jun 15 2009 |
EGN The problem with what you report is that if you don't realize CleanApp screwed up "selecting" what it should it will delete tons of files necessary for the OS to work properly! These apps should be drag-and-drop-zap safe. Not everyone is going to use a magnifying glass to check on what it is about to delete. Others like Amnesia don't do this. In short, this app can really be dangerous to your systems health.
(Version 3.1.2) | |
| Jul 5 2009 |
JOLLY_JOKER EGN your're right, but CleanApp find about ALL files related to an App (also the temporary files); this is the why I think it's better than the other Apps of this genre that are just a "finder that search also system files". We could say that till that "protected files" problem will not be fixed, you must pay attention and deselect files that haven't the same name of the App you're going to delete..
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| Jul 5 2009 |
EGN Well, I just did not trust this anymore, deleted it and requested a refund. Will not use it. I have found that a combination of Amnesia + Hazel will do much better with much less danger of deleting what should not be deleted. CleanApp requires too much overhead because you have to start really looking into what it "thinks" it should delete. Sometimes this is dozens of files. I don't have the time to be checking one by one and a lot of times one does not really know if a particular file or files should be removed or not. If this app does what the developers say it does. that it monitors from the moment you start installing an app, all the files that it installs it should be very easy to remove only what it installed. This does not seem to be the case. So, this app will not make it back into my group of utilities for a very long time, if it ever does.
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| Apr 7 2009 |
ROBOTANK For whatever reason, CleanApp tries to delete a bunch of Apple preference files every time I delete an app. I've tried clearing its database, but it still does this every time. Currently unusable.
(Version 3.0.6) | |
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| Jan 22 2009 |
And thanks for the french localization.
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| Dec 27 2008 |
UNQ1 Wonderful App..does what it says..BUT! does NOT allow my computer to go into sleep mode. This is due to the "logging mechanism"(narrowed it down to this). So for those of us who are energy conscious and preventing un-necessary wear and tear on un-attended computers, this is un-acceptable! Once fixed...this deserves the FULL 5 stars.
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| Dec 26 2008 |
THEBRIX2008 I take back - in part - two previous comments on beta versions; the CPU problems have been solved, and I have been running version 3 final for three weeks with no problems. There have also been some welcome improvements in the user interface; for example, the (useless) Old Files option - and any other option - may be switched off, and a couple of user interface features that slowed down operation (animations, and calculating package sizes) may also be switched off. However, I have come across two bugs and one issue. The bugs are that empty entries for application logs cannot be deleted, and that Growl tickets are not found. The issue, which has always been there and which, I suspect, is an artefact of the CleanApp design, is that in general too many files are marked for delete. Two Address Book lock files are almost always marked but, more seriously, all downloaded files from a Web browser are marked, with an obvious risk. There is a workaround - exclude ~/Downloads from the discovery and deletion - but the workaround is not obvious. Perhaps the Preferences option should be auto-populated with ~/Downloads and ~/Desktop? Overall, the author appears to have cracked the problems which led me to stop using CleanApp for some time, and has made it much more pleasant to use as well.
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| Dec 6 2008 |
ANTHONY123 This release is really great! Although it is sort of heavy on the processor side, it is a very good app, and it's logging service is fantastic!
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| Nov 26 2008 |
JEEPEE Great release, it now even doesn't need to be installed before you install another app. It looks which files are being changed/created by what app in the background, that's quite different from other AppZapper-like-uninstallers, which most of the time are Spotlight with another UI. Ofcourse it needs more CPU than In my case the CPU-problems are completely solved.
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| Nov 26 2008 |
DIVEMATERZA I have a feeling the developer is taking the end users for imbeciles. Since β1 there was a problem with excessive disk activity and CPU hogging. This is not fixed! this is a major bug!
(Version 3.0.1) | |
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| Nov 25 2008 |
FALKNERX clunky UI, bad cpu/memory usage, overpriced check out AppCleaner (free) or even AppZapper, both way better than this mess
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| Nov 26 2008 |
JEEPEE AppCleaner and AppZapper work completely different. They look more like Spotlight and will not find hidden files and files with different names. When using CleanApp a little longer, and using apps, while the CleanApp Daemon works in the background, you will see that CleanApp will find more files. AppCleaner is nice and works easier than Spotlight, but cannot be compared with CleanApp when it comes to files with names other than the apps name. AppZapper is a shame. It should have been updated for years now, but it looks like the developer went on a long long vacation, with quite some money, because it looks very nice. It's easy to garantee upgrades for life, if you never update/upgrade the program anyway. So please don't say anything about AppZapper anymore.
(Version 3.0.1) | |
| Nov 25 2008 |
MACCLAUS One of the worst apps I've ever seen...
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| Nov 8 2008 |
BRUSETH Time after time, version after version I had hoped that they would fix the problems with the CleanApp Daemon - but it hasnt happened. Thats whats finally prompted me to write this somewhat negative review. Sorry. If you hear a lot of disk activity, your machine slows down, it takes longer for programs to launch, just go to Activity Monitor and you will see that the CleanApp Daemon is way up there, taxing the heck out of your machine. It (the CleanApp Daemon) either finally needs to be fixed, or taken out of the program If it cant be fixed. If it is taken out of the program, then this program will really be just the same as the rest of the similar programs out there, including the free ones. I waited and waited to write this review. I didnt want to write a bad review, and really hoped they would fix the problem. But seeing that its still not fixed, I figured that it is only fair to alert other, potential users of the problem with this app.
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| Oct 22 2008 |
DOOBIEXX All I can do is hope, it's going to take a while for me to go back to cleanapp, which was an excellent program when I bought it, but the CPU hogging has been ridiculous. the daemon has to be ran with less memory being used especially virtual ,,,, this is running on a notebook with 2.6ghz core2 duo and 4 gb of ram. Also, it has been throwing in unattached essential preference file to most if not all the applications for uninstalling. This is a bit quicker but still not as fast as it used too/needs to be.
(Version 3.0b12) | |
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| Oct 14 2008 |
DIVEMATERZA Getting worse and worse for me. Daemon getting out of control - might need a total rework instead of patching. All effort seems to be directed at GUI instead of improving the engine, and yet the GUI is not that exciting. Any of the β is far from RC quality Maybe reaching β99 ......
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| Oct 1 2008 |
MACCERS All the V3 betas are crashing and dont work. I am really kicking myself for deleting V2 before testing. and it also creates problems when it uses the cataloging feature. 3...b11 solved nothing for me | |
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| Sep 25 2008 |
EAGLELOUK I'm sorry but ... CleanApp is very ugly.. The old version was better. There's some lag.. but I know that it's a beta version. I just think that the UI should be changed.
(Version 3.0b11) | |
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| Sep 18 2008 |
SHINYUREI The new Cleanapp has logging service problems. I have uninstalled and installed the application many times and no matter how many times I click the "start logging" button, the application will still state that I have not installed logging service. At first when you click the "start logging" button, it hangs my computer for awhile and then it still states that I haven't installed the logging service. I still think the old clean application is still a better version compared to the new one.
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| Sep 14 2008 |
DTRUETT1 See this thread on the Synium site: CleanApp -> CleanApp 3.0B10 does not work http://synium.de/support/thread.html?id=2188 Its not working at all for at least some of us.
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| Sep 10 2008 |
MR.ASH Will CleanApp 3 ever leave the beta state? Also the logging deamon often still uses 90% CPU for hours. Despite of these annoying facts CleanApp is the only Mac uninstaller witch can delet 100% of all files witch are written by a program/installer (thanks to the logging service). All other uninstallers just search for similar file names of the application. So there's a great risk that not all files will be deleted or a importend system file could be deleted. But to be honest, even so the other uninstallers work very well.
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| Sep 10 2008 |
IERIKA This is still a beta, don't expect it to be perfect. I'm happy I have CleanApp. Now I'm confident to try any software I want cuz I have this.
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| Sep 10 2008 |
ZX81 Slow, buggy ; I deleted it today using AppCleaner, which is fast, elegant, efficient dand free. The worst is that I paid for CleanApp !
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 | Sep 12 2008 |
if you don't need certain features, you can selectively deactivate those 'Functions' using CleanApp's preferences. This can significantly speed up certain tasks. Also, I'd be very happy if you told me in more detail, what you regard as buggy about the software. We still state it as 'Beta' for exactly the reasons that certain parts of CleanApp are currently still being optimized and enhanced. Obviously this includes eliminating errors and bugs which surface during the development of such a complex application. I am sorry that you feel like this about CleanApp. Even more so as during recent updates it has improved a lot. I look forward to your feedback. Thanks in advance!
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| Aug 28 2008 |
DIVEMATERZA I will wait for the next β. I did uninstall today, Although the high CPU usage of the daemon was resolved it was still generating a continuous disk activity bringing the system to crawl. all back to normal now without the daemon.
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| Aug 21 2008 |
IERIKA It works so much for me, not slow, seems to be normal. Improved.
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| Aug 20 2008 |
ELEGRAPHY Yes, this update gets even worse. Now I can't even use "drag and drop" function to open it's window by drop unwanted apps to its dock icon!
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| Aug 9 2008 |
IGOROT Gets worse with every 'update'. Now it won't even start ....
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| Aug 11 2008 |
SYNIUM SOFTWARE GMBH Please send the file /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/CleanApp.(date & time).crash to cleanapp@synium.de. | |
| Aug 8 2008 |
ELEGRAPHY It works here, but compare to Version 2, Version 3 still buggy, and slowwwwwwwwww!
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| Aug 8 2008 |
M-RICK the drack and drop over the icon doesn't work anymore, the service menu bug is still not corrected and always displaying "_ServiceMenuName"
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| Aug 8 2008 |
ALBFAN This version has many problems. (Nothing happens when I hit the buttons "Applications" or "Old files" in CleanApp's main window.) (CleanApp 300b8, Imac 2.8 Ghz, OSX 10.5.4.)
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| Aug 11 2008 |
SYNIUM SOFTWARE GMBH Please open the "Preferences..." of CleanApp. Than go to "Paths" to configure the search paths for the "Applications" and "Old Files" lists.
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| Aug 11 2008 |
ALBFAN Yes, the search path are correct. The main pane shows the numbers 416 applications and 344 old files. But I can't click the buttons "Applications" or "Old files" to show the items on the right side. The other buttons work normally, and the previous version (30b7) seemed to work fine. | |
| Aug 8 2008 |
MAC-DEVIL This version does not work for me (MBP 2,16 Ghz)! Error messeage: Application must be shut down!
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| Aug 11 2008 |
SYNIUM SOFTWARE GMBH Please send the file /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/CleanApp.(date & time).crash to cleanapp@synium.de. | |
| Aug 6 2008 |
STROB Latest version has become almost useless to me. Logging takes 75-100% cpu and usually shows as not responding, slowing my Mac down to a crawl. CleanApp itself will sometimes not launch if the logging is running. More things than ever are now showing up as related items which have nothing to do with the application being deleted. This is disappointing. I notified the developer but this time my email has gone unanswered. Their support site forum said that they will fix the daemon but that was back on 7/12.
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| Aug 9 2008 |
STROB 3.0b8 seem MUCH better that 7. No more problems with daemon. So far everything seems to work as it should.
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| Jul 25 2008 |
IERIKA they have fixed the crashing the errors. And cleanapp logging is running smoothly unnoticeable in the background. One thing I don't like is, not all files shown when you prepare to delete is associated with the application. This is one example. I will uninstall bannerzest and the files shown are of course all bannerzest produced files but there are some extras like com.techspansion.plist, bootcache.playlist, com.apple.preferencesync.plist, browserkit.framework folder and many more. But all in all it's great. No files can escape from the logging feature, even a file that is not associated with it can't escape, lol. That's why I immediately purchased a license will it's $10. Well, currently it in beta. As long as you know what you're deleting, youll be fine. Be sure to scan the files and be careful to put checks on it, read it first.
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| Aug 4 2008 |
THEBRIX Agreed - I notice the problem with files not associated with the application being flagged for deletion. Here, after a lot of use of CleanApp, the same files - and lots of them - were being listed with _every_ deletion. These were not trivial files ... some of them were .plists which would, at the very least, have lost core settings of OS X if they were deleted ... ! Also, the "100% CPU" issue re-asserted itself. A pity, as I have to take back my previous review, but it is worrying that such issues only appeared after a couple of months of solid use.
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| Jul 25 2008 |
IGOROT Me too, I am becoming increasingly frustrated with this application. Version 2 was running ok despite a few glitches. Version 3 is crashing most of the time. What is frustrating is that the developer doesn't seem to do anything about it...
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| Jul 25 2008 |
IERIKA they have fixed it, and the logging is only running in kb the process is name "launchd" take a look at the activity monitor. btw, where u in phils?
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| Jul 17 2008 |
EVOLEAK i've been a (registered) user of cleanapp for about 2 years. version 2 was a pro/cons-app: pro: did find many files. cons: installations protocolling deamon used cpu heavyly, sometimes crashed, very annoying minor updates every 2 weeks. today i was very pleased to read about the free upgrade to version 3 and comments of users that the deamon would function. i tried... ... what a TERRIBLE experience: system hang up because the deamon sucked every physical and virtual memory he could get and increased his cpu-usage to 100%. ... HORRIBLE: i couldn't simply quit the deamon (activity monitor) nor did the suggestion from syniums homepage work: once quitted the deamon woke up again to eat my system! i'm very sorry to write negative comments but the problem seems not to be solved in the next time (take a look to the support-site of synium where over 1000 people were looking for help with this problem). HANDS OFF!
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| May 18 2008 |
M-RICK AppCleaner is becoming a great competitor and it has to advantage comapred with CleanApp : it is free and has no deamon running in background. With several tries ti found exactly the same file as CleanApp did, even more sometimes.
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| May 31 2008 |
JEEPEE CleanApp finds (when it's installed and the daemon is running before an app is installed for the very first time) hidden files and files that have complete different names than the app has. Appcleaner looks great, but can be compared to AppZapper, etc., they all work like Spotlight does, only a little bit easier.
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| May 18 2008 |
THEBRIX I can now recommend this application - the 100% CPU issue was fixed in beta 6 (and continues to be fixed in beta 7). CleanApp works superbly, (almost) fully removing even applications which spread files and folders all over the place - Opera 9.5 beta and Firefox 3 are good examples. The (almost) is because redundant Growl tickets are not removed; that is the only minor omission I have found. My other caveat is that you have to be careful when removing browsers - for some reason files downloaded by the browser (not part of it) are marked for removal. This nearly led to a couple of PDF files being lost when I uninstalled Opera ...
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| May 17 2008 |
MARKOH AppDelete is the only "Application Remover" which finds all files connected to a Program: http://osx.iusethis.com/app/appdelete
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| May 18 2008 |
ROY VAN DER WONING Can you give an example of a file caught by AppDelete and missed by CleanApp?
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| May 16 2008 |
SYNIUM SOFTWARE GMBH This version should now solve the long-standing issue where under certain circumstances excessive CPU load could be temporarily observed. We and a number of users have extensively tested this release under real-life conditions. Even with those very complex installation which had been affected by the issue, logging now runs practically unnoticed.
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| May 4 2008 |
BOSIE It's a beautiful design with excellent GUI. The logging feature doesn't run nicely though and can interfere with normal operation of my computer. Strange thing is, even with logging disabled, whenever CleanApp has been opened, All Messages in Console becomes blank - i have to restart to get it running again.
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| Apr 29 2008 |
DOUGSTER Application will not allow me to install Logging (when I click on 'Start Logging' a 'Starting Up' message appears, yet Logging will not activate). Also....application has quit many times on start-up ( I did Log Out of my Mac, and even did a restart, to no avail). Both the above problems were not evident in previous version of CleanApp.
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| Apr 29 2008 |
INSOMNIS Had the same issue being unable to start the daemon. Deleting the files listed in this forum topic did the trick: http://synium.de/support/thread.html?id=1639
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| Apr 29 2008 |
Thanks very much for your reply to my query. Your tip did the trick! Thanks again. | |
| Apr 30 2008 |
M-RICK it doesn't work at all for me, also the deamon is stalling ...
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| Apr 25 2008 |
THEBRIX The 100% CPU issue is confirmed here as not fixed - it happens several times a day, often when nothing particular is happening with respect to installing or uninstalling. It would be great if it could be fixed, as uninstallation is very effective if a bit overenthusiastic on occasion - if you uninstall a browser, say, everything that was downloaded by the browser is marked for deletion, although you can manually remove the marks before the deletion physically takes place.
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| Apr 7 2008 |
DANWAY CleanApp 3.0.0b5 still munches away at 100% cpu use during idle on one of my cores. I will uninstall this version too!
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| Mar 29 2008 |
KZX72 Anyone know of a way to permanently get rid of the "Cleanapp Archive" folder that appears under Documents every time the program starts? The folder is ALWAYS empty and completely useless (to me) however, every time I delete the thing it reappears whenever Cleanapp starts up again.
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| Mar 25 2008 |
M-RICK Problem with high CPU usage of the CleanApp Daemon is unsolved contrary of what is said !
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| Mar 19 2008 |
TED L. NANCY I have been unable to download the link (or browse to the developer's site) for the past five days.
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| Mar 19 2008 |
MACUPDATE ADMIN Just checked the download and the developer's site, accessed both instantly here, in Mexico.
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| Mar 19 2008 |
MACUPDATE ADMIN Try this... Open Terminal and type (at the prompt): then try to access download/dev site
(Version 3.0b3) | |
| Mar 19 2008 |
TED L. NANCY Obviously it's a problem on my end (here in Birmingham, AL). I opening up Terminal and typed: lookupd -flushcache Returned the following: -bash: lookupd: command not found Still can't access...
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| Mar 19 2008 |
MACUPDATE ADMIN I'd call up my internet service provider and complain to them, might be they need to update their DNS server(s). And, don't know why the lookupd command did not work for you, works here (I use it often) on an MBP C2D running 10.4.11
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| Mar 19 2008 |
TED L. NANCY Appreciate the help. kproxy.com proved that the site is there... but kproxy won't let me download the file (because its too large). It might be my modem/router setup. Been having some headaches lately. Thanks again.
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| Mar 14 2008 |
LARSEN2K4 The deamon still uses the full CPU, after using iDefrag or reparing the file permissions.
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| Mar 14 2008 |
PATOCHE Yes, high CPU usage is story of the past...I just reinstalled this new CleanApp 3. Thanks for the very good job. This soft is the best at finding ALL the files, without needing a scan, before and after installation and use... | |
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| Feb 4 2008 |
GEORGE26 I tried this new version and it exhibits the same traits of the old ones in terms of memory and CPU time. The worst part is the daemon that consistently takes up 100% of one of my four cores of processors and sometimes much of the others on a MacPro, even when my computer is not in use. Until this is fixed I cannot afford to devote that much CPU time to something that is supposed to be just tracking software installs.
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| Feb 5 2008 |
ANDREW SCOTT I've been finding exactly the same problem with the current beta version. It's very annoying to hear the fans of my MacBook Pro go into overdrive and find out the CleanApp daemon is grabbing 98% of the CPU for no good reason.
(Version 3.0b1) | |
| Feb 6 2008 |
JEEPEE If you open CleanApp, you will see what's being logged at that moment. The developer told me that the CleanApp Daemon waits until there's enough CPU left for it to write things on disk. It also waits until an application or installer is ready with writing things to disk and when it's ready, the Daemon starts writing its log. It seems that CleanApp will have to ignore some processes in the future, just to be sure it doesn't log unnecessary things. If you have suggestions or questions, do write to the developer, so he can make CleanApp better.
(Version 3.0b1) | |
| Feb 13 2008 |
GEORGE26 I went further with the CPU hog issue by monitoring CleanApp in the Apple Activity Monitor deeper to see its behavior over time. When I first noticed it hogging the CPU (at the time was 100% of one core) it remained at that level for more than 30 minutes when I finally just quit the daemon. While the explanation that it is waiting for idle time to do its work may be a noble thought, taking this much time to simply log events is far, far too consuming of CPU time is out of proportion with the task, unless is it writing a novel. Something is still wrong and the developer needs to fix/improve that aspect of the program.
(Version 3.0b2) | |
| Dec 5 2007 |
MOK I really like the concept of this app and even thought about buying it, but I can't understand why the daemon is routinely taking 2GBs of space (2GBs!!! whaaaa!?) and CleanApp itself uses 10% of a Core 2 Duo processor even at rest! This aspect definitely needs improvement.
(Version 2.4.2) | |
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| Sep 11 2007 |
MUDFLAPPER I really like this app. The UI is attractive. The search field is handy. The daemon does use too much memory, but you're not required to run it. In fact, I hardly ever use it. CleanApp works well without it.
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| Aug 27 2007 |
JRWHO Great app, but it uses way too much CPU. The UI could be a bit better too. If the developer can optimize it, it will be perfect.
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| Aug 16 2007 |
MACU Alright! Today was the day. I UN-installed CleanApp from my system. Lucky me. No more beachballs because of the hanging CleanApp daemon. Doh... Generelly speaking i think the idea of this app is good. But it definetely lacks a bit more of the daemon development. This buddy slowed my system speed out from time to time (every 2 days or so), but on a regularly basis.
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| Aug 26 2007 |
C.HILDING I've never had any beachballs, sorry to hear that you had trouble but for me it's been an incredible software from day 1 with zero glitches.
(Version 2.4) | |
| Sep 11 2007 |
MUDFLAPPER You know you can just turn off the daemon. I have the daemon installed but keep it turned off until I'm installing some messy app.
(Version 2.4) | |
| Nov 5 2007 |
HENRIKTEKNIK Mudflapper: But if you turn off the daemon, will it then effectively register all kinds of changes to the filesystem that an app makes, so that it can uninstall all those files? I thought that was the whole point of having a daemon. I may be wrong though.
(Version 2.4.2) | |
| Nov 6 2007 |
MUDFLAPPER No, you're right. But it doesn't bother me too much. It gets the same amount of files as AppZapper when the daemon is off, and that's good enough for me.
(Version 2.4.2) | |
| Aug 3 2007 |
OPETER I also brought this little application and for me it works perfectly, without any glittches. Maybe this is because i have 4 GB of RAM, but the CleanApp Daemon doesnt do anything, that would slow down my computer. It is a great application for uninstalling any other application, especially these, that doesnt have any uninstallers. Also you can clean up in the UB apps the Intel or PPC code.
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| Apr 22 2007 |
MEMPHISGEEK Overall, a great program. This program would get an easy 4 stars if not 5 if it were not for the serious memory leak in the CleanApp Daemon.
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| Mar 10 2007 |
LLSCOTTS In response to the earlier writer who claimed CleanApp crashes a lot... CleanApp has never crashed on me... it's a great application. Not perfect, but well worth the money and more useful than any other app in its class. That reviewer probably had something wrong with his system, or perhaps he didn't notice that CleanApp requires Mac OS X 10.4 ("Tiger") or newer. Honestly... this is the kind of comment that makes me question the value of ratings developed by anyone who raises their hand. If the pool is large enough, the silly votes get weeded out. But when an app is rated by only 5 people and one of them doesn't know what they're doing, it's a problem. For a full review of CleanApp supporting my rating, and points out its strengths as well as shortcomings, see http://www.musingsfrommars.org/index.php?p=784&postcat=25 (3/10/2007, Version: 2.2.3)
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| Feb 26 2007 |
ANDREW SCOTT I recently registered my copy and I'm very happy with it. I like the journalling featureit certainly seems to get all the pieces. However there are a few rough edges here and there that need work: - it's very easy to accidentally delete your main Keychain if an application has a Keychain entry. I did this the first time I used CleanApp, thinking I was deleting the Keychain password entry just for that application. Luckily didn't empty the Trash before I discovered the consequences. I think Keychains should be protected from this somehow, or at least the user should be warned of the consequences. I realise I don't know much about Keychains and that CleanApp is very powerful
so I need protecting from myself! (The log window provides a way of restoring deleted files but that is really a last ditch response.) - It's not very easy to find the developer's email address. I found it in the ReadMe/Help file and in the About CleanApp window but neither of these addresses are hot-linked for ease of use. Many shareware applications place a "contact the developer" link under the Help menu. Perhaps this is worth considering. Also the CleanApp web page lacks any contact information at all. Not good practice. - The Applications window, which can produce a very long list of applications, doesn't respond to the keyboard letters. In the Finder typing some keys will jump to the first file starting with those letters. This seems like an obvious feature to replicate in most CleanApp list views. - The CleanApp Log window, which is useful, doesn't allow the date field to be resized even though the date and time information doesn't fit in the column. - The Cache Files window: the Mac icon at the bottom left, which "reveals in Finder", shows the tooltip "Unmark" just like the Unmark icon next to it. - The "Unmark" button should be labelled "Unmark all" - On a cosmetic note I think using a square root symbol ? for the "Select All" icon instead of a proper tick mark ? is somewhat sloppy and not up to Mac application standards. The same might be said of the "X" when a proper symbol ? is available. I know these are small, finicky details but I think addressing them would improve the polish of the application. Other than that, well done. It's great software.
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| Feb 19 2007 |
CAPTVIJAY very Good App. But it needs to populate application list faster or in batches. When I launch program I am interested in unistalling specifc product; I should be able to directly type in in the search field and let it search only that app instead of populating whole app list and then letting me type search which unnecessarily consumes my time.
(Version 2.2.2) | |
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| Feb 12 2007 |
UNQ1 SERIOUS! "memory leak" noticed by the cleanapp daemon in the Activity Monitor app. Don't know if this is due to unusually slowwww journaling of recently installed apps. Nevertheless have to discontinue trying this out until this fixed.
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| Feb 9 2007 |
FYNN SCHNITZER A very bad piece of software. Crashing like windows software and I'm getting no help by the developers. Don't buy it!
(Version 2.2) | |
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| Feb 18 2007 |
M-RICK it doesn't carsh for me.
(Version 2.2.2) | |
| Mar 10 2007 |
LLSCOTTS In response to the earlier writer who claimed CleanApp crashes a lot... CleanApp has never crashed on me... it's a great application. Not perfect, but well worth the money and more useful than any other app in its class. That reviewer probably had something wrong with his system, or perhaps he didn't notice that CleanApp requires Mac OS X 10.4 ("Tiger") or newer. Honestly... this is the kind of comment that makes me question the value of ratings developed by anyone who raises their hand. If the pool is large enough, the silly votes get weeded out. But when an app is rated by only 5 people and one of them doesn't know what they're doing, it's a problem. For a full review of CleanApp supporting my rating, and points out its strengths as well as shortcomings, see http://www.musingsfrommars.org/index.php?p=784&postcat=25
(Version 2.2.3) | |
| Feb 9 2007 |
GALAHEAD Brilliant app!!! Compared to similar apps such as AppZapper, this also finds invisible files spread from applications. What I am missing is the abilitiy to drag and drop preference panes to the dock item... I thing regarding usabilty and effectiveness, there is no other app to compare.. | |
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| Feb 3 2007 |
JEEPEE Very responsive developer, great support! Still the best application for removing every program (and all related files) that's installed after the installation (and started registering option) of CleanApp. Only Uninstaller and Yank can say that too, but CleanApp is much easier to use and does a lot more.
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| Dec 27 2006 |
ANON BUD I just wasted ten bucks on this. Crashes more often than not when deleting files. Developer has been responsive, but I cant spend time trying to help him fix it. Im going back to AppZapper.
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| Apr 18 2008 |
JOSEPH.MCKENNA1 I paid for this and it does not work have writteen to thee developer still waiting for a reply Joe mckenna
(Version 3.0b5) | |
| Apr 18 2008 |
JOSEPH.MCKENNA1 I paid for this and it does not work have written to the developer still waiting for a reply Joe mckenna
(Version 3.0b5) | |
| Dec 22 2006 |
MARIUS_TH Now just delete unwanted languages at the same time as unwanted binary space, and a 'droplet' to do this automatically, and this app'll be superb!
(Version 2.1) | |
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| Dec 22 2006 |
JUKI Well, so far I haven't come across any apps that AppDelete hasn't completely deleted. I've used Easy Find: http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/11076 to check for files left behind by AppDelete and haven't found any, yet. What apps have you found for which AppDelete leaves files undeleted?
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| Nov 30 2006 |
SYZZYGY While CleanApp works just fine and $10 is a fair price for it, AppDelete http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23149 is free and works just as well. Try them both.
(Version 2.0.1) | |
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| Dec 6 2006 |
JEEPEE AppDelete and many other uninstallers will not find all the files belonging to a program. They seem to search by names, instead of looking for files secret or hidden files. CleanApp can find all files (only if programs are installed for the first time after CleanApp is installed and your Mac is restarted). UnInstaller and Yank also have another approach and can find more files than AppDelete, AppZapper and others. I like CleanApp, it's simpler than UnInstaller and Yank and I know everything is gone after it has finished it's job. :-)
(Version 2.0.1) | |
| Dec 22 2006 |
JUKI Well, so far I haven't come across any apps that AppDelete hasn't completely deleted. I've used Easy Find: http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/11076 to check for files left behind by AppDelete and haven't found any, yet. What apps have you found for which AppDelete leaves files undeleted?
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| Dec 23 2006 |
JEEPEE I didn't know Easy Find, but it seems that AppDelete and others can not find invisible files and/or files with completely different names. An example is the little game 'Burst'. CleanApp, Yank and Uninstaller are able to find a file that tells Burst how long the demo is used... Try it yourself.
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| Dec 26 2006 |
This is Reggie the Developer for AppDelete. I just happened to be reading this post and I'm curious would you mind sharing the name of the file you're referring to in the Burst game. I made my own trials and I see that AppDelete found the same files as CleanApp so I'm just curious what you came up with? Thanks for your input...I guess it helps all our apps to become better! :D | |
| Dec 27 2006 |
JEEPEE Well, actually I'm not sure it's legal to tell... :-(
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| Dec 27 2006 |
REGGIE ASHWORTH Hi again JeePee! :D Hey that's no problem. Thanks anyways for your input! :D | |
| Nov 18 2006 |
JEEPEE Wow, this release is great! It finds files that AppZapper misses (I hope it will be able to find them also in the future), because it doesn't include the name of the program... It was able to reset a program, as if I had not used it before and I could start the demo all over again. :-) Thanks.
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| Nov 17 2006 |
RADENASU love the new animation when the program starts and the logging features!
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| Oct 13 2006 |
HAL2007 Great new feature. But while searching for older files, the app is physically "dead" for 10 minutes or longer. There's no obvious way to cancel the process other than killing the app. This should be addressed soon.
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| Oct 13 2006 |
could you send an email to cleanapp@synium.de so we can figure this out? Thanks and sorry for the Problems!
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| Oct 14 2006 |
HAL2007 I really don't know how an email would help in this case. I guess you guys need some kind of log or crash report. I repeated the process, but surprise - it didn't happen again. CPU didn't show real peaks, so no problem at all. Another minor bug: The log window has no close button. Hitting Command-L again has no effect. All in all a great app, more functions than AppZapper. Keep up the great work!
(Version 1.6) | |
| Oct 1 2006 |
DDAVIDMULLIN This app workd very good under OS 10.4, or newer ,language support is soso, At least it strips the data along with the Application,
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| Sep 30 2006 |
LOKHEED AppZapper is prettier, works better, cheaper (because of free updates for life), and doesn't lock up. Sorry, but gotta recommend it before this thing.
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| Sep 30 2006 |
ZETSURIN I don't understand the mentality of people who come into someone's MU page purely to suggest an alternative application. I think it's a retarded thing to do, and often is done by people who wouldn't have a clue how to write an application themselves and thus have no appreciation for what's involved. It's a slap in the face to the develpers who spend many hours writing software like this!
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| Oct 19 2006 |
To a point, I agree with you. It is a slap in the developers face to point potential customers in another direction, ie. to a competitors product. However, I myself often look through the reviews to see if there are any displeased users, and if, then what are they recommending instead. It's harsh, but fair. If there's a fire in a free market - the users will alert others of the smoke. This app has less of a following than AppZapper, and so could/should aptly be priced around 6-7 $ in order to entice a purchase and compete with AppZapper.
(Version 1.6.1) | |
| Jul 10 2006 |
ALUAKZ I like this app much more than AppZapper. However, one problem with this new version. It stops responding when I try to select Languages.
(Version 1.3.2) | |
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| Jul 12 2006 |
SYNIUM SOFTWARE GMBH Does this happen all the time or just when selecting a specific application?
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| Jul 12 2006 |
ALUAKZ It happens when I click "Language-Packs" and select the whole Applications folder (108 apps). When I did the same thing about 3 months ago it did not happen and everything worked fine.
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| May 26 2006 |
OSWALDO CASANOVA This Application is free... And... forgot to metion. Every time I try using it, DesInstaller stops responding. Do not recommend this app. Prefer to use CleanApp.
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| May 2 2006 |
MAC0852 desinstaller is free and has always worked well for me.
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| Dec 6 2006 |
JEEPEE DesInstaller is great, but only works with packages.
(Version 2.0.1) | |
| Apr 29 2006 |
FLYPOD The language removal option is great, saved me hundrets of MBs! Just one annoying thing: The search for applications takes very long (about 30 seconds), couldn't that be fastter?
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| Apr 30 2006 |
IANWEIR If you are only wanting the language removal options, you can also use monolingual. (free, search for it on macupdate) I run it every time I update my system, saves me loads of space.
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| Jun 20 2006 |
NICECAMAN Yes Monoligual is good, But DO NOT!!!! use it on an Intel Mac. since it crashes parts of the installation.
(Version 1.3.1) | |
| Apr 28 2006 |
ANAME I'd like to comment what GRYPHONENT said below. Competition, and therefore companies making _their_ variations on the same type of software can only be _good_. If there were only Apple, we'd never have these beatiful machines to look at. And you wouldn't have anything to compare it with. And so on. :)
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| Apr 28 2006 |
GRYPHONENT Why is it that when a developer has a great idea that therere other less innovative people who blatantly copy it and bring out their own app, which does add zilch, zero , nadda, nothing to the original software. Ive been using AppZapper since version 1 and appreciate its fast and constant development... if you want to give this one a try, do it. I stick to AppZapper until it lets me down.
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| Apr 28 2006 |
FAHLMAN AppZapper only works on 10.4.X whereas this application works on 10.3.9. I wish people would stop thinking that they were the center of the universe and that if they think something is best for them that it must be best for everyone else.
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| Apr 28 2006 |
SYNIUM SOFTWARE GMBH Our new version 1.0 ADDS several things to the original concept like the language removal option and the built-in application list!
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| May 3 2006 |
Lets have one chees brand, one car, one magazine, one coke, one opinion, one party, one ... Hello USSR, here we come. And lets have the village idiot to make the pick of the litter. Oh, by the way, need a job?
(Version 1.1.1) | |
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| Apr 28 2006 |
SYNIUM SOFTWARE GMBH I've send you a mail to investigate this further, other users don't seem to have a problem with Version 1.1.
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| May 1 2006 |
JIMBO4U Also have CleanApp 1.1 crash immediately at opening.
(Version 1.1) | |
| Apr 26 2006 |
KAJTUS Well, apparetnly AppZapper are reeady for this competition. They've registered the address cleanapp.com
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| Apr 28 2006 |
Expires on: 26-Apr-07
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| Apr 25 2006 |
MAC1952 Works well, but please change the button types!
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| Apr 25 2006 |
JETSGO This is a blatant copy of AppZapper. This program also lacks the interface of AppZapper. 0 points for creativity. Please, developers, stop trying to compete with programs that have the market covered... and if you try to compete, at least make your program have better features, or SOMETHING. This program has nothing on AppZapper, and I just used AppZapper to zap this poor excuse for an Xcode creation.
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| Mar 10 2007 |
LLSCOTTS This guy must be related to the developer. What a stupid remark! Does he think every software category should be limited to a single application? Wow! Imagine how bad that would be... kind of like AppZapper, which started out strong and then hasn't had a major update in at least 6 months. Meanwhile, CleanApp has far surpassed what AppZapper can do.
(Version 2.2.3) | |
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