Uninstalling Apps and junk from Mavericks

Question

Hi
Okay after a big problem which I got fixed, many here told me not to use stuff like AppZapper and Onyx and of course any kind of "Mac-clean-up.  All that junk is gone.  hopefully;-)
But now on my MBP with Mavericks I have the entire Adobe CS3 what I want to uninstall (safely), along with some other stuff I never use.  The only app that had an uninstaller was Acrobat and that didn't remove the app itself.
Am I wrong in understanding that I just move the app to the trash then immediately empty the trash, it will remove all parts of the program?  Or is there another, (better) way to get it all out.
Thanks
Allen

Answer 1

Onyx and AppZapper are fairly reputable apps. They both have discrete, reasonable functions that are well described.  I've used both of them for years and never had problems with either one.
(I don't use Onyx for much. It's maintenance and cache cleaning functions are almost never necessary to use.)
Perhaps you (or others) are confusing them with dreck like CleanMyMac or MacKeeper, which shoud never be installed on a Mac.
Dragging an app from the Applications folder to the trash will remove most of the app but will tend to leave behind things like preference files. The files that are left behind are relatively small, usually, and can probably be safely left in place, but I prefer to get rid of those bits too.
CS3 definitely comes with an uninstaller. See Remove Creative Suite 3 and CS3 products
I'd take a look at that and use the uninstaller.
If not, try AppZapper. Works very well and safely for uninstalling apps and their associated files. It shows you exactly what it is planning on uninstalling.
If you are concerned about doing it safely, do a full backup first.
Message was edited by: arthur
Message was edited by: arthur