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Re: Cleaning out old unused programs

From Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Cleaning out old unused programs
Date 2014-05-10 15:21 +0000
Organization Miskatonic U
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  Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> wrote:
> On 2014-05-09 19:42:32 +0000, Alan Browne said:

>> On 2014.05.08, 13:51 , Lloyd E Parsons wrote:
>>> On 2014-05-08 17:37:41 +0000, Jolly Roger said:
>>> 
>>>> On 2014-05-08, Puffin Killer <puffythekiller@telus.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Wrong group.  I'll repost for you
>>>> 
>>>> No, this is a suitable group for this question.
>>> 
>>> Absolutely.  PuffinKiller is one of the advocacy trolls.
>>> 
>>> For the OP, I use Clean My Mac to get rid of old programs and files and
>>> it seems to do a good job of it.  Of course someone will come along and
>>> now tell me how terrible it is.  :)
>> 
>> Don't know - at least you didn't use
>> the most vile words in Macdom: MacKeeper.
>> 
>> 
>> -- "Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
>>   but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
>>       -Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07

> I only got CleanMyMac as part of some bundle a few years back that had 
> a great deal on Parallels as part of the deal, otherwise never would 
> have got it.

That's how I got it as well.

> It seems to do a very good job of cleaning up the ancillary files for
> apps when  you remove them with it, but I don't go digging around
> looking for tidbits after either.

I don't use it myself, I found it's background process intrusive and was
not impressed with the quality of the work it did do. It looks nice, but
other than that it wasn't useful to me.

If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't really care
if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, leaving
them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall the app.


-- 
Rule 1: To every rule there is an exception.

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Cleaning out old unused programs Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-26 08:31 -0400
  Re: Cleaning out old unused programs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-26 10:58 -0400
    Re: Cleaning out old unused programs dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-04-27 07:30 +1000
    Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2014-04-28 18:32 -0400
      Re: Cleaning out old unused programs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-28 20:02 -0400
      Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-29 13:49 +1200
        Re: Cleaning out old unused programs JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-28 21:52 -0400
  Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-26 11:20 -0400
  Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-04-26 13:28 -0700
  Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-27 10:04 +1200
  Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-08 09:09 -0400
    Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-08 08:51 -0700
      Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-05-08 13:15 -0400
        Re: Cleaning out old unused programs David Fritzinger <dfritzin@nospam.mac.com> - 2014-05-09 09:28 -0400
          Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-09 12:02 -0400
    Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-08 17:37 +0000
      Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-08 12:51 -0500
        Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-08 17:34 -0400
        Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-09 15:42 -0400
          Re: Cleaning out old unused programs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-09 17:24 -0400
          Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-10 08:40 -0500
            Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-10 15:21 +0000
              Re: Cleaning out old unused programs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-10 11:33 -0400
              Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-10 12:07 -0500
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-10 13:27 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-10 14:17 -0500
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 12:45 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 17:43 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 14:48 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 19:16 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 16:26 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 22:21 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 23:33 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-11 08:30 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-11 09:39 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-11 09:36 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Happynet Steering Society <bo@ChOMp.ru.ca.us.fr> - 2014-05-11 08:11 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-11 08:32 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-11 09:35 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-10 15:49 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-11 10:18 +1200
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-10 22:10 -0500
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-11 15:29 +0000
            Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-10 11:32 -0400
      Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-08 10:55 -0700
        Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-08 13:04 -0500
          Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-08 18:19 +0000
        Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-08 18:08 +0000
          Re: Cleaning out old unused programs David Fritzinger <dfritzin@nospam.mac.com> - 2014-05-09 09:26 -0400
            Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-09 12:04 -0400
            Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-09 16:55 +0000
            Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-09 15:46 -0400
              Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-09 16:11 -0700
            Re: Cleaning out old unused programs George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-09 16:45 -0500
              Re: Cleaning out old unused programs David Fritzinger <dfritzin@nospam.mac.com> - 2014-05-10 14:43 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 11:46 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 17:45 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 14:48 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-11 09:36 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-11 12:16 -0400
    Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-05-09 22:14 +0100

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