![]() Nothing Apple couldn’t do with a policy change (e.g. Maybe it’s a mandatory part of using Microsoft’s installer system. The big thing that Microsoft did is that they seem to have some ability to convince most apps to provide uninstallers. Some vendors have well-written uninstallers. Yes, there is a centralized uninstaller control panel, but when you click “uninstall” it simply runs an uninstaller app provided by the app vendor. You can use one of the many app cleaners, but there’s nothing official. However, programs track all the folders and files placed on your system in Windows and thoroughly clean it out. In Windows, removing an app has to be done in the Control Panel or System Settings. One of the issues with MacOS is that removing an app doesn’t necessarily clean things up. It turns out that there’s a Data folder inside $HOME/Library that had some information in it that prevented me from logging in only on this machine. I tried deleting and redownloading 1Password, I tried various things in, but nothing worked. My However, MBA insisted my password was wrong. I could log into, my iPad, my iPhone, and my old MBP. It kept telling me I was using the wrong password. My desktop folder ended up with two copies of everything. Unfortunately, it overrode setting I had. I got home, and used my TimeMachine backup to restore my settings. ![]() My email accounts (even though they’re all in my iPhone and iPad), my messages (you have to go into the iPhone and select to share messages on your new system, and 1Paaword. Which meant the last 10% will take up the other 90% of the time. Restoring from iCloud got my Mac about 90% of the way there. All my documents are backed up in iCloud and so is my Desktop. I left my old MBP behind and stopped by the Apple Store to pickup my new MBA.Īs soon as I got to the hotel, I setup my MBA via my iCloud account. I had bought a new MacBook Air to replace my ancient MacBook Pro, and it arrived as I was heading out of town.
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