Little Snitch Mini Review: Three Times A Liar
Update 2: After reboot, all files are NOT cleared:
Issuing sudo kextcache --clear-staging appears to work. /Library/StagedExtensions/ is now empty.
Update: SOMETHING goes on behind the scenes, as:
systemextensionsctl list
in a terminal window gives:
Little Snitch Network Extension [terminated waiting to uninstall on reboot]
I tried it out, and then went to uninstall it.
There is NO UNINSTALLER.
Their web page lies THREE TIMES: https://help.obdev.at/littlesnitch4/ref-uninstall
1. There is no uninstaller in the 5.3.2 DMG that you can download.
2. There is no uninstaller at /Library/Little Snitch/Little Snitch Uninstaller.app
3. Dragging the app to the garbage DOES NOT start an uninstaller.
There IS a menu option in the app to uninstall. It does NOTHING but show you the app.
Further, dragging it to the garbage leaves TONS of stuff on your drive:
AppCleaner deleted a lot but EasyFind still found all these files:
You wanna buy this? I don't.
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