![]() The apps removed by App Cleaner for Mac were cleanly handled, while the standard Mac had two that would not uninstall cleanly and left a number of files hanging around. On one machine we ran the normal deletion processes and on the other we used App Cleaner for Mac. We tested App Cleaner for Mac on a couple of Macs that had bloated software loads. App Cleaner for Mac can also clean up plug-ins, widgets, and anything else that has been installed. For example, if you've already tagged an app for deletion and then run App Cleaner for Mac, it will notice the app in the Trash and offer to help remove leftover files for you. While it sounds simple, there are a couple of really nice capabilities built into App Cleaner for Mac. To use App Cleaner for Mac, you simply drag an app icon over the App Cleaner for Mac icon, and it will then search the filesystem for files created by the app and remove them. App Cleaner for Mac is a simple way to get rid of these applications and files. While most apps will uninstall from a Mac without a problem, there are a few apps that will not, and that leave orphan files or folders hanging around chewing up disk space. It is available from many download sites, although not from the App Store, and it installs easily. Tembo is as close to fun as I’ve had using Spotlight.App Cleaner for Mac is a simple application that uninstalls applications and all associated files. Although it’s possible to do most of this in Spotlight without Tembo, it’s neither easy nor fun. For example, you can filter messages by subject, sender, and recipient documents by file type (Alias, Word, Pages, Rich Text, Zip, and so on) images by type and resolution PDFs by author Safari bookmarks by type (bookmark or history item) and domain music by file type and artist video by file type and codec-you get the picture. But the most useful feature for me is that, in either view, you can use new filtering options to further whittle down your search results to find exactly what you’re looking foor. For starters, you can view results in icon view or list view, with list view adding the capability to sort by name, date modified, or size. If this is all Tembo did, it would essentially be “Tiger’s Spotlight in Snow Leopard.” But click the arrow icon next to a group, and you discover the program’s hidden power: many more options for sorting and filtering just that group of search results. And, of course, double-click an item to open it. ![]() Select an item and press Spacebar and you get a standard Quick Look preview of the item. ![]() Right-click (Control-click) on a result and you get options to open the item in its default program, open it in another program, reveal it in the Finder, or get information (using the Finder’s Get Info feature) on it. Select a result and you can see, at the bottom of the window, the full path to that item. Tembo displays the top ten results for each type, and you can choose, in Tembo’s preferences, the order in which these groups appear you can also disable particular types from appearing in search results. As in Tiger, results are grouped by type: Applications, Documents, Folders (yes, Tembo displays matching folders), messages (e-mail and iChat logs), images, PDFs, Safari bookmarks, movies, music, and so on. But unlike Spotlight in Snow Leopard, which gives you a single-and often overwhelming-list of files with only a couple filtering options, Tembo’s results are both more flexible and easier to use. ![]() Launch Tembo and enter your search term(s), and in a few seconds, the window fills with the results of your search. (You can download the latest pre-release version from Brewery.) The developer says Tembo is designed to make finding your data as easy as possible, and in my early testing, it certainly offers improvements over Snow Leopard’s built-in search interface. Houdah Software recently announced a public beta of a new utility, Tembo, which in many ways mimics the Spotlight-search-results window you’d find in Tiger. An appealing alternative-especially for those who cut their teeth on Spotlight way back in Tiger (OS X 10.4)-comes from the developer of HoudahSpot.
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