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No reason to fear "trying out" apps, right?
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<blockquote data-quote="CaptSaltyJack" data-source="post: 378166" data-attributes="member: 29975"><p>On Windows, I hate just "trying out" software, because I know when I uninstall it, it's almost always leaving crap behind in the registry. I know OS X has no registry, so is there any reason to worry about trying out trial software like iBank, MoneyDance, Checkbook? Once I remove them from my system, they don't leave any traces behind, right?</p><p></p><p>On a related note, I know that some apps might leave preferences files behind. Any way to locate those and remove them? One thing I like about Ubuntu Linux is if you do "apt-get remove neatosoftware" it will uninstall it, but if you do "apt-get --purge remove neatosoftware," it removes all related config/prefs files as well, very cool. I'm tellin' ya, if OS X adopted Ubuntu's package management system, it would be the greatest OS ever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CaptSaltyJack, post: 378166, member: 29975"] On Windows, I hate just "trying out" software, because I know when I uninstall it, it's almost always leaving crap behind in the registry. I know OS X has no registry, so is there any reason to worry about trying out trial software like iBank, MoneyDance, Checkbook? Once I remove them from my system, they don't leave any traces behind, right? On a related note, I know that some apps might leave preferences files behind. Any way to locate those and remove them? One thing I like about Ubuntu Linux is if you do "apt-get remove neatosoftware" it will uninstall it, but if you do "apt-get --purge remove neatosoftware," it removes all related config/prefs files as well, very cool. I'm tellin' ya, if OS X adopted Ubuntu's package management system, it would be the greatest OS ever. [/QUOTE]
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