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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1477167"><p>Broadly speaking, MOST third-party apps can just be dragged to the trash. It's the pro-level apps and any apps that muck about with the system files (like some utilities, and programs that install their own fonts like MS Office) that have to be uninstalled using an uninstaller.</p><p></p><p>Basically, the rule of thumb is that if a program CAME with an uninstaller (again for example MS Office, which does), you should use that first. Programs like AppTrap and App Zapper (et al) are mainly for people who just like to remove the pref files, caches and application support files some apps leave behind (but really they're tiny and of no consequence 99 percent of the time).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1477167"] Broadly speaking, MOST third-party apps can just be dragged to the trash. It's the pro-level apps and any apps that muck about with the system files (like some utilities, and programs that install their own fonts like MS Office) that have to be uninstalled using an uninstaller. Basically, the rule of thumb is that if a program CAME with an uninstaller (again for example MS Office, which does), you should use that first. Programs like AppTrap and App Zapper (et al) are mainly for people who just like to remove the pref files, caches and application support files some apps leave behind (but really they're tiny and of no consequence 99 percent of the time). [/QUOTE]
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