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> Why isn't it expected of Mac software to keep an installation manifest and provide a way for removing the software? It is dead simple to remove a .app from t
by zymhan 7y ago
> Why isn't it expected of Mac software to keep an installation manifest and provide a way for removing the software?
It is dead simple to remove a .app from the Applications folder. Sadly the pkg installers also throw files everywhere. Some software does include an uninstaller pkg, like Windows apps will include an uninstall.exe. But like windows, not everyone is meticulous about making sure you can uninstall cleanly.
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agomacOS not having a standardised uninstaller format nor an equivalent to the Windows Add/Remove Programs is a strange deficiency. You are lucky if a pkg-installed program comes with an uninstaller, alas.