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<blockquote data-quote="Carioy" data-source="post: 1169341" data-attributes="member: 186774"><p>Like the OP, I'm also curious.</p><p></p><p>Back in the Windows world I used ZSoft Uninstaller, which would do a complete system scan before installation and then another scan afterwards.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone know of something similar? I know of AppZapper, AppCleaner, and the like, but those are more after the fact so it doesn't seem to be as complete as a pre-install scanner.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Heehee, yeah I'm definitely one of those OCD types. Even if the file will have no effect, it still bothers me. And as a new Mac user, I'll be testing a lot of apps so knowing that a possibly hundreds of loose files might exist would really drive me crazy <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>One question though, would using Time Machine work?</p><p></p><p>Can I make a backup, install a bunch of software and try them out and if I don't want them restore my Mac to its clean state? Or does Time Machine not work like that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carioy, post: 1169341, member: 186774"] Like the OP, I'm also curious. Back in the Windows world I used ZSoft Uninstaller, which would do a complete system scan before installation and then another scan afterwards. Does anyone know of something similar? I know of AppZapper, AppCleaner, and the like, but those are more after the fact so it doesn't seem to be as complete as a pre-install scanner. Heehee, yeah I'm definitely one of those OCD types. Even if the file will have no effect, it still bothers me. And as a new Mac user, I'll be testing a lot of apps so knowing that a possibly hundreds of loose files might exist would really drive me crazy :) One question though, would using Time Machine work? Can I make a backup, install a bunch of software and try them out and if I don't want them restore my Mac to its clean state? Or does Time Machine not work like that? [/QUOTE]
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