What's new in UninstallPKG 1.2.1
Aug 17, 2023
- Removed delay-at-launch by scanning in the background
- Resolved possible security issue reported by Erhad Husovic
- Fixed regression regarding icon column
- Minor miscellaneous fixes
New in UninstallPKG 1.2.0 (Aug 17, 2023)
- UninstallPKG is now free and supported by showing our other apps
- UninstallPKG now has full native support for Apple's new M1 (ARM) Macs
- UninstallPKG will now remember the window and column sizes and positions
New in UninstallPKG 1.1.9 (Nov 4, 2020)
- Improved compatibility with macOS 11 'Big Sur'
- Fixed very rare crashes and problems
New in UninstallPKG 1.1.8 (Sep 11, 2020)
- IMPORTANT: The minimum system requirements have been raised to macOS 10.14
- Fixed problems with purchasing or activating UninstallPKG on 'Big Sur'
- Improved compatibility with 'Catalina'
- Added full support for the 'Dark Mode'
- Properly update package count and size after removing packages
New in UninstallPKG 1.1.7 (Oct 23, 2019)
- Provide initial compatibility with 'Catalina'
- Improved security through notarization, hardened runtime and helper-tool authentication
- Fixed erroneous reporting about deleted generated files
- Context-menu to reveal in Finder also works in Uninstall view now
- Fixed display issues related to package size and preferences
New in UninstallPKG 1.1.6 (May 20, 2019)
- You can now right click on files to reveal then in the Finder when viewing a package
- Fixed problem where packages could fail to be removed with permission problems
- Fixed problem where files/folders to remove could show up multiple times
New in UninstallPKG 1.1.5 (Jan 22, 2018)
New in UninstallPKG 1.1.2 (Nov 28, 2017)
- Completed translation into Simplified Chinese (thanks to Xiong Wei)
- Fixed possible crash when malformed packages are installed
New in UninstallPKG 1.1.1 (Nov 26, 2017)
- Fixed possible crash-on-launch.
New in UninstallPKG 1.1.0 (Nov 24, 2017)
- Added ability to uninstall 'System Packages' without disabling 'System Integrity Protection'
- Re-designed preferences window
- Automatically reload package list when changing ignored installers in the preferences
- Added partial translation to 35 languages
- Fixed possible crash on uninstallation
- Fixed problems with the auto-update mechanism
- Fixed display of license code details in documentaton window
- Fixed too-small icon display in main window on non-10.13 systems
- Protect against moving UninstallPKG while it is running
- Added workarounds for inability to launch when the 'helper tool' has been 'disabled'
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.29 (Oct 24, 2017)
- IMPORTANT: The minimum system requirements have been raised to macOS 10.10
- Improved compatibility with macOS 'High Sierra' 10.13
- Improved checkout process
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.28 (Oct 24, 2017)
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.27 (Mar 16, 2017)
- Fixed detection of a disabled 'System Integrity Protection'.
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.26 (Mar 7, 2017)
- Disable removal of system packages in rootless mode which would fail anyway
- Protect more essential system packages from accidental removal
- Refer to native uninstaller when trying to uninstall 'LittleFlocker'
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.25 (Mar 1, 2017)
- Improved compatibility for 10.11+.
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.24 (Feb 21, 2017)
- Fixed crash when no single package is installed
- Refer to native uninstaller when trying to uninstall McAfee products
- Expanded documentation / FAQ
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.23 (Nov 24, 2016)
- Updated Documentation links and expanded FAQ
- Improved logging to diagnose XPC errors
- Offer to launch 'BitDefender AntiVirus' Uninstaller
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.22 (Aug 4, 2016)
- Ensure file lists are sorted again for readability
- Better handling when user manually removes files
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.21 (Aug 4, 2016)
- Improved logging to diagnose XPC errors
- Improvements regarding failures to (re)install the helper tool
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.20 (Feb 29, 2016)
- Fixed rare crash during uninstallation
- Update included frameworks for purchase and updating
- Prevent sending superfluous crash reports
- Added information about companion product 'VersionsManager'
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.19 (Nov 6, 2015)
- Dramatically improved performance of uninstallation
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.18 (Oct 18, 2015)
- Further fixes for the 'System Integrity Protection' in El Capitan
- Fixed problem where ignored installers could not be reset to defaults
- Fixed problem where essential packages could be listed as defunct
- Report possible crashes of helper tool and better diagnosis reports
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.17 (Sep 23, 2015)
- Ensure compatibility with 'System Integrity Protection' (El Capitan)
- Fix problem where files shared with other PKGs would be removed
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.16 (Sep 7, 2015)
- Fix sorting order to be case insensitive
- Fix update check not to appear during PKG scan
- Silence some harmless warning reports
- More informational error diagnosis reports
- Updated Paddle framework to fix rare crash on deactivation
- Updated Sparkle framework
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.15 (Jul 17, 2015)
- Made sure you can't uninstall 'nothing'
- Fix termination of wrong processes which could result in a crash
- More informational error diagnosis reports
- Never attempt to remove essential system folders
- Allow continuing after non-fatal errors
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.14 (Jul 17, 2015)
- Add ability to uninstall folders with icons (e.g. Office 2011)
- Don't remove packages that disappeared since the scan
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.13 (Jun 18, 2015)
- IMPORTANT: this release overwrites local changes to 'ignored system folders'
- Fix un-installation of Microsoft Office not working
- Fix problem with too many log-files being generated
- Reduced startup-time by 30%
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.12 (Jun 17, 2015)
- Offer to clear logfile-folder if it grows too much
- Do not terminate UninstallPKG when non-fatal errors occur
- Fixed rare crash
- More informational error diagnosis reports
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.11 (May 20, 2015)
- Improved reliability by terminating all processes inside PKGs
- Improved reliability by unloading LaunchDaemon/Agents inside PKGs
- More useful error reports
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.10 (Apr 28, 2015)
- Fixed crash with rare malformed packages
- Made removal of generated files more complete
- Warn if UninstallPKG has been damaged by a faulty unzip app
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.9 (Mar 21, 2015)
- Fixed crash introduced in 1.0.8 when scanning damaged receipts
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.8 (Mar 20, 2015)
- Added fixes for uninstalling 'CrashPlan'
- Added option to send crash logs back to us
- Improvements to the purchase process
- Include our 'privacy policy' and product promotions
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.7 (Oct 29, 2014)
- Made many more un-installable packages show up
- Fixed problem with editing ignored system locations
- Add warning when changing setting in an unsafe way
- Show install-process for the packages when holding alt/option
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.6 (Oct 16, 2014)
- Added compatibility with Mac OS X "Yosemite" 10.10
- Added some explanations in the user interface
- Fixed problem where system packages would show up by default
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.5 (Apr 7, 2014)
- Allow uninstallation of old packages from pre-10.6 (/Library/Receipts)
- Allow uninstallation of local user packages (~/Library/Receipts)
- Fixed uninstallation of packages containing locked files (e.g. CrashPlan)
- Fixed problem where settings for removal of additional files would be ignored
- Added more details to the log-files about additional removed files
- Added package BOM size to package 'Content Size'
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.3 (Feb 18, 2014)
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.2 (Feb 17, 2014)
- Increased un-installation safety
- More thorough un-installation of generated files
- Make sure all components of an app are terminated during un-installation
New in UninstallPKG 1.0.1 (Feb 15, 2014)
- Increased safety by refusing to uninstall essential system packages
- Show progress dialogue for viewing package contents instead of "freezing"
- Added a log-file (help menu) that stores date & name of each package removal
- Create a log-file (help menu) with details of removed files for package removals
- Added ability to 'de-activate' the license for migration to another Mac
New in UninstallPKG 1.0 (Dec 4, 2013)
- UninstallPKG can now be bought for 9.99$ to perform more than 3 un-installations
- Improved documentation and in-app help
New in UninstallPKG 1.0 Beta 6 (Nov 26, 2013)
- Added automatic update mechanism
- Added option to remove uninstalled applications from Dock
- Added option to remove uninstalled applications from LoginItems
- Added option to remove generated files like preferences
- Added option to make sure uninstalled apps are removed completely
- Quit uninstalled applications
- Improved support for uninstalling applications like TeamViewer
New in UninstallPKG 1.0 Beta 5 (Oct 16, 2013)
- Display size of all packages in megabytes
- Fixed uninstallation of packages with special characters in their name
- Remove uninstalled applications from Dock
- Add ability to show either all packages, packages of apps or just defunct packages
- Show name of affected application before removing a package
- Increase width of the main window
- Fixed problem with the "remove" buttons in the preferences
- Fixed problems where some files/folders would not be removed
New in UninstallPKG 1.0 Beta 4 (Sep 3, 2013)
- Fixed problem where some packages could not be uninstalled
- Added ability to uninstall multiple packages at once
- Increased package scanning speed
New in UninstallPKG 1.0 Beta 3 (Jul 22, 2013)
- Added ability to search/filter the package list
- Improved uninstall dialogue
- Improved reliability for problematic packages
New in UninstallPKG 1.0 Beta 2 (Jun 21, 2013)
- Improved progress dialogue
- Improved success dialogue