Path: ...!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr1.eu1.usenetexpress.com!feeder1.feed.usenet.farm!feed.usenet.farm!aioe.org!peer02.ams4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!fx44.ams1.POSTED!not-for-mail Subject: Re: AppCleaner uninstall Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac References: <4rS_G.274016$dTb.129533@fx41.ams1> From: David_B User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 66 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@blocknews.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 22:00:15 UTC Organization: blocknews - www.blocknews.net Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 23:00:14 +0100 X-Received-Bytes: 3086 X-Received-Body-CRC: 131825801 Bytes: 3306 On 18/08/2020 19:16, Snit wrote: > On Aug 18, 2020 at 8:26:55 AM MST, "David_B" > wrote: > >> On 18/08/2020 14:56, David_B wrote: >>> On 18/08/2020 12:07, Calum wrote: >>>> On 16/08/2020 16:18, David_B wrote: >>>> >>>>> You will note that unless I 'tick extra boxes' some folders will >>>>> remain installed on my computer when I click the 'Remove' button. >>>>> >>>>> Might they be being left as 'spies within'? >>>> >>>> I don't know why that particular app has created those particular >>>> folders, but I do know that AppCleaner always leaves files in >>>> /var/folders unchecked by default, as they are per-user temporary >>>> files that will be cleaned up by the Mac's periodic maintenance >>>> scripts anyway. >>>> >>>> So if you're concerned about them, delete them now (or reboot, which I >>>> think will also trigger their deletion). Otherwise, it should be >>>> perfectly safe to leave them. >>> >>> Many thanks for your thoughts on this, Calum. >>> >>> I've now emailed the Support Desk of AppCleaner to ask for a view from >>> the horse's mouth. I will report back in due course. >>> >>> For your interest, I did select and delete EVERY item detected by >>> AppCleaner and then reinstalled a fresh copy of Keep Solid VPN from the >>> Apple App Store. Everything appears to be working properly again. >> >> ==================================================================== >> >> >> Hello again, Calum >> >> I've received a very prompt reply! :-D >> >> = >> >> On 18 Aug 2020, at 15:59, FreeMacSoft Support >> wrote: >> >> Hi David, >> >> This is explained when clicking the "?" button, >> but basically they are files that are automatically cleaned by the system. >> >> However I now think it's just confusing and they will be also checked on >> by default in the next update. >> >> Regards, >> Julien >> >> = >> >> I am satisfied with that reply. >> >> Thank YOU for helping too, Calum! :-) > > Good to know -- thanks. YW :-)