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> It always felt incredibly good how applications were always just this one “file” While I agree with that in principle, in practice that's not true for a lot
by MenhirMike 3y ago
> It always felt incredibly good how applications were always just this one “file”
While I agree with that in principle, in practice that's not true for a lot of applications that put a lot of stuff into ~/Library and /Library, and it's not unusual to see multi-step manual instructions on how to uninstall some apps on macOS. (Especially important if those apps add Login items) Windows' Add/Remove Programs at least gives a central space to trigger an uninstall, and most apps stick to it properly.
- card_zero 3y agoClassic Mac OS, then. I assume /Library is something that appeared around the year 2000 after they threw in the towel and turned into Unix.
- xcrunner529 3y agoYes they write config and user data there (like /etc in Linux) that is separate and custom from the program itself. Makes sense to me.