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    Any program to delte bits of programs.

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by SuperDayv, Feb 20, 2009.

  1. SuperDayv

    SuperDayv Notebook Consultant

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    Call me paranoid, but after years of PCs clunking out on me I'm so worried about my Mac slowing down. Are there any programs I can get for free that will look through my hard drive and delete bits of programs that aren't deleted when I drag the program into the trash?

    Are there any program that will in general look through my computer for things that I should get rid of, besides Onyx?
     
    SuperDayv, Feb 20, 2009
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    blazezaku Notebook Guru

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    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    Appcleaner is a good freeware alternative
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    Underpantman, Feb 20, 2009
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    sulkorp Notebook Deity

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    just a note, these programs get rid of the bits when you uninstall programs, i dont think they can go back once theyre already uninstalled and clean up stuff
     
    sulkorp, Feb 20, 2009
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    hmm are there any that can?
     
    SuperDayv, Feb 20, 2009
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    I like Appcleaner, because it's a great free alternative. ;) I don't know of any that clean up bits of programs after they are already deleted. Mabye try Onyx, and that might help your situation with some cleaning up. :)
     
    Colton, Feb 20, 2009
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