[Tamia]

I'm tearing out my hair on this because no search string on Google or PF gives me the answer. I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard -- no, I'm not going to upgrade) and tried RawTherapee but didn't like it. While I might give it a try again in future, now I want to manually uninstall/deinstall/get rid of RT and can find no help to be sure what files/docs to look for. I've ditched the application itself but can't find any preferences, caches, or other files. Any ideas from Mac folks?

[boriscleto]

Drag the app from the Applications folder to the trash. Click on the Finder menu, click Empty Trash. That's it. No need to trash anything else.

If you really want to get rid of the cache

Open Terminal. Type cd .cache

ls

rm -r RawTherapee4.2

The config files live in .config





You can do it in the Finder by using Go To Folder in the Go menu. Just type ~/.cache etc.

[Tamia]

Ahhh, so there is a hidden file. Thanks so much, Boriscleto.

[Tamia]

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You can do it in the Finder by using Go To Folder in the Go menu. Just type ~/.cache etc.

Worked a charm. Thanks again!

[RollsUp]

I use Finder to remove applications and their additional files.

[Undot]

There's no uninstall routine like in Windows. Just putting the application into the trash works well enough.

But I use AppCleaner to find all these little configuration, library files and whatnot. They're usually rather small and shouldn't get in the way, but I like it tidy.
Just drop the application you want to remove into it and you can delete it, and everything associated with it, in one go. Has served me well for years.


/edit: oh, since you deleted the application already the cleaner won't be of much use. But next time, maybe.

[percy]

There is an app called AppDelete which has worked pretty well for me. http://www.reggieashworth.com/appdelete

Moving an unwanted app into trash works well enough most of the time, but AppDelete will also find associated files that just moving an app into trash leaves behind.

It also has an option to search for bits left behind from previous uninstalls and lets you decide which you want to delete.

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[boriscleto]

AppCleaner was able to find 2 extra files, but it did not find the .cache and .config folders.



The problem with apps like this is that they don't know to look for files in the places that a ported app like RawTherapee stores their files.

[Tamia]

I use Finder to remove applications and their additional files.

Thanks for this Rodney. I didn't think to look for package contents - duh. I saved this doc for future reference, much appreciated.

There's no uninstall routine like in Windows. Just putting the application into the trash works well enough.

But I use AppCleaner to find all these little configuration, library files and whatnot. They're usually rather small and shouldn't get in the way, but I like it tidy.
Just drop the application you want to remove into it and you can delete it, and everything associated with it, in one go. Has served me well for years.


/edit: oh, since you deleted the application already the cleaner won't be of much use. But next time, maybe.

Thanks for the pointer to AppCleaner, which I'd not heard of, and which might be very useful to me in future. I also like it tidy!

There is an app called AppDelete which has worked pretty well for me. AppDelete by Reggie Ashworth

Moving an unwanted app into trash works well enough most of the time, but AppDelete will also find associated files that just moving an app into trash leaves behind.

It also has an option to search for bits left behind from previous uninstalls and lets you decide which you want to delete.

Much appreciated, Percy. I'll check into AppDelete, too.

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...The problem with apps like this is that they don't know to look for files in the places that a ported app like RawTherapee stores their files.

That's why I like to uninstall manually if possible.

[Oakland Rob]

The problem with manual uninstalls is that you have to know what to look for, and it can be less than obvious. Maybe there's a BOM, maybe not. Appcleaner is a neat little utility, basically a search tool. I use it to find stuff even though I don't really see much need to delete caches and a few k's in a config file. More useful for troubleshooting IMHO.

And be careful: sometimes an application will use frameworks, libraries, or other items that are shared with other applications. Don't go deleting those.

Other handy tools for this are Find Any File and EasyFind; both search completely (i.e. they don't use Spotlight indexed searching). Yeah, Terminal will do this too, but these have handy GUI's.

[Tamia]

The problem with manual uninstalls is that you have to know what to look for, and it can be less than obvious. Maybe there's a BOM, maybe not. Appcleaner is a neat little utility, basically a search tool. I use it to find stuff even though I don't really see much need to delete caches and a few k's in a config file. More useful for troubleshooting IMHO.

And be careful: sometimes an application will use frameworks, libraries, or other items that are shared with other applications. Don't go deleting those.

Other handy tools for this are Find Any File and EasyFind; both search completely (i.e. they don't use Spotlight indexed searching). Yeah, Terminal will do this too, but these have handy GUI's.

Thanks for this, Rob, especially the bit about frameworks, libraries, etc. Easily could end up with a problem deleting something used by other applications. Thanks also for the tip on FAF and EF.