You May Be Uninstalling Mac Apps WRONG
And wasting tons of space in the process.
As much as I love macOS, it shares a weakness with Windows: When you uninstall an app the “official” way, it typically leaves unwanted junk on the system.
That junk can be leftover files, folders and even settings that the “official” uninstallation method doesn’t touch.
Apple shouldn’t feel too bad here, of course. This has been a constant struggle for Windows users for a long long time.
The things we leave behind
Uninstalling a Mac app by dragging it to the trash does get rid of the main .app, of course. That’s where the bulk of most apps’ data lives. But there’s often more than that behind the scenes.
On your Mac — similar to how Windows works — there are system folders where applications can store important data, outside of their normal app directories.
This data — which can include things like settings, cached files, plugins, and the like — is stored in a location that is out…
