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OS X apps installed via Homebrew Cask can have a "zap" command defined that will automate a deep uninstall: `brew cask zap <app_name>` It isn't an acceptable
by angeloashmore 10y ago
OS X apps installed via Homebrew Cask can have a "zap" command defined that will automate a deep uninstall:
`brew cask zap <app_name>`
It isn't an acceptable answer for the average Mac user, but it at least solves the issue for a subset of users.
- brightball 10y agoProbably inspired by AppZapper which does a great job of addressing the problem
- techdragon 10y agoThe majority of MacPorts programs I installed over the years uninstalled cleanly. Also I could be wrong but isn't/wasn't the whole "fat binaries + static binaries + app binary and its associated assets live in a magic folder that the OS-X GUI displays as 'the app' + other past Mac app trickery such as resource forks etc" all meant to make both app install and UN-install painless and easy ? I know and used a few commercial apps that were a damn pain to scrub completely off the Macs I owned but that was expensive proprietary commercial software that felt the need to take my money and also saddle me with DRM to enforce their licensing.
- pyre 10y agoNot all Mac apps are of the "drag to your /Applications folder" variety. Some still come with an installer they expect you to run, and prompt you for admin rights.