How do you remove a program on Mac

how do you remove a program on a Mac

michaelsip4 wrote:
Depending on the version of osx you are using - you can drag it to the trash, you can go to launch pad and delete. There is also appcleaner as stated above which works well
I am a week old newbie to ML. Haven't fully explored Launch Pad yet. Thanks for the heads up!
One thing about Hazel that I love is that it runs in the background. Any file that I trash a window pops up showing all the straggler files w/select options for each straggler file to keep or trash.
Before I got Hazel, I noticed when I deleted an app after using it, the preference (plist) files have not been deleted when I manually checked. This also includes the apps that install through "packages."

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Most OS X applications are completely self-contained "packages" that can be uninstalled by simply dragging the application to the Trash. Most applications create preference files which are stored in the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder. Although they do nothing once you delete the associated application, they do take up some disk space. If you want you can located them in the above location and delete them, too.
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Look for them at www.versiontracker.com or www.mackupdate.com.
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