![]() ![]() Uninstalling old apps can also free up space on your Mac. It can even do the same for your external drives. DaisyDisk (S$14.98) is a beautiful app that analyzes and then visualizes the biggest files taking up space on your hard drive. Avira Free Antivirus for Mac is a free app that helps you scan your Mac and remove worms, Trojans, rootlets, spyware, and all sorts of nasty stuff.Īvira does install an annoying menu bar icon, and if you’re particular about that kind of thing, a simpler malware scanner to try is Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware.ĭelete large, old files off your Mac to free up disk space. You never know these days if your Mac caught a bug from somewhere. Here are apps, both free and paid, to help you clean up, declutter and speed up your Mac for Chinese New Year. Sure, you may be spring cleaning your home now, but how about your Mac? It deserves a little refreshing now and then too. The tips and apps are still relevant for Mac users today. Note: This article was first published in February 2016 and has been updated for relevancy. Click “Zap” and you’re done.ĭepending on your preferences, you might be prompted to enter your username and password before proceeding.How to clean up, declutter and speed up your Mac for Chinese New Year Step 3.Ī new window will pop-up that shows you the app and all associated files that AppZapper found. Step 1.ĭrag and drop the app that you wish to uninstall inside the window. It will come with 5 free “zaps”, after which users will have to pay $12.95 for it.ĭisclaimer: We’re not sponsored by AppZapper, but personal experience using the app by the author has found it to be very effective and useful. If the abovementioned ways of uninstalling Mac apps feels a bit too blunt and messy for your liking, you can turn to third-party apps like AppZapper, which not only deletes the app, but all associated files and folders with it, thus “cleaning” your system of the particular app. These apps can be reinstalled by downloading them again from the App Store. Only apps downloaded from the Mac App Store have the symbol. Note that not all apps will have the “X”.Once the icons start to jiggle, you will see “X” appear on some apps.Click and hold down on the icon of the app you want to uninstall.This method of uninstalling apps is similar to how you might delete apps on your iOS device. To get rid of the app permanently, you can empty the trash, otherwise it will remain in the trash where you can restore it anytime you want. You might be prompted to enter your username and password in order to confirm that you want the app deleted.Click the app and drag it straight into the trash.Your apps can be found via the ‘Applications’ tab on Finder, Launchpad, or directly from the Dock itself.It’s a bit blunt in its execution, but it gets the job done. This is the easier and most straightforward way of deleting an app. If not there are a variety of other methods for uninstalling an app, so read on to find out how. To find out if they have an uninstaller, launch Finder, go to ‘Applications’, and if the app is in a folder, there is a chance an uninstaller might be there too. Sometimes you get apps that come with uninstallers. ![]() ![]() Unlike Windows where there are options provided to uninstall an app, it isn’t quite the same for Apple’s Mac OS X platform, which might be a little disconcerting for novice Mac users who want to uninstall apps on their computer to free up hard disk space, or for other reasons.
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