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- tinyapps.org, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Aloha, jasqwerty! It is true that many OS X apps are installer free, and simply mounting a disk image does not launch a "hidden installer" or the like. From the mounted disk image, you generally click and drag the app to OS X's "Application" folder (though you can drag it to any directory). Up until this point, the app has not polluted the system at all. However, once it is launched for the first time, most apps put preferences and the like into directories outside their own (preferences typically go into ~/Library/Preferences). Uninstalling an app is often as easy as dragging it to the Trash, but preferences and other files may remain behind. In lieu of an app like FileMon to track what files an app creates/modifies, you could run and save the output of ls for the entire drive before and after running a new app and then cmp or diff the two files to find changes. A quick Google search just now uncovered File Buddy, which can apparently "Create snapshots to track the changes on a disk, such as files installed by an installer." If anyone knows of a better method for tracking file creation/modification under OS X, please post it here.
- tinyapps.org, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Aloha, Ithonicfury! Many thanks for your comment.
Please note that win32pad offers two downloads: a setup exe or simple zip file containing just the app with no install required. The latter version has also won the "Green Award", which means it is completely self-contained and does not pollute the registry, other directories, etc. - phaoloo, on 12/10/2008, -0/+1really helpful app.
- DriversPlaza, on 01/20/2009, -0/+1w0w that was great i had seen more of this kind here - http://www.techlookz.com/application-downloads/
- stanleyfresh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Mingw Developer Studio (with mingw compiler) is also portable. Just install it to the hdd, get rid of the uninstall file in the program directory, then copy the folder to your USB thumb drive. It's not tiny, tho (about 73 megs).
- Joe_rigby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It's down, so I'm not sure if Firebird is listed, but if you go to college and you want to run an alternative browser when you don't have admin rights, Firebird will work when you save it to your virtual drive, and it's a lot better than IE, imo.
- EnCh4nt3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The website is down :/
- sabster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0sissy install programs i hate those bitches
- k1ng, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0good for thumb drives
- bedouin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Cool, Putty was listed.
- vertigoblue, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i will write all my programs like this... it makes it soo much easier for migrating from system to system. why don't more people do this?!?
- Decimal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The Mac's package-based applications makes this a lot easier to implement than on Windows. Even MS Office (which has a massive installer on Windows) is represented on the Mac as just Word.app, Excel.app, etc. which can literally be dragged off the cd to wherever you want and then double-clicked to run. It would be great if MS adopted something like this in Vista.
- krapsystem, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I use a mac. Allmost 90% of the applications found online are "no-install" just mount the .dmg(done automatically after download) and either run the aplication(by clicking it) or drag it to your applications folder if you want to keep it.
The future is Apple move on. - Sedgehog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Think I'll clear some space on my keydrive...
- BxBoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nice.
- icheyne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I have to vouch for Tinyapps. Miles is a great guy who really cares about his site.
- AaronD12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow. Just like a Mac. Amazing.
- jasqwerty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Do OS X apps really have a no installation run, or just a hidden installation run (as someone mentioned mounting something)?
There's a big difference there, and please, no zealot fanboys, just people who can actually verify it one way or the other. - tinyapps.org, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Aloha, krapsystem! While many OS X apps do not require installation, virtually all of them leave junk (Preferences, logs, etc) behind if you simply drag the application to the Trash. "Green" apps on TinyApps.Org are not only installer-free, they do not create or modify files outside their own directory.
- 404notfound, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is a dupe. How do I know? I submitted it 15 days ago.
http://digg.com/software/TinyApps
Of course, it also seems that it showed up 132 days ago and 197 days ago.
http://digg.com/software/_TinyApps.Org_-_a_guide_to_very_small_software_for_your_PC
http://digg.com/software/Tiny_Apps
Oh well. Like I said on my submission, this is one of my favorite freeware sites, so it's good to see that it's getting on the front page. Dugg. - ithonicfury, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Bah, what a load of malarchy, first thing I downloaded (win32pad) and what did I get...a "sissy install procedure."
I want a refund. - sewerhobo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Dupe:
1. http://digg.com/software/TinyApps
2. http://digg.com/software/_TinyApps.Org_-_a_guide_to_very_small_software_for_your_PC
3. http://digg.com/software/Tiny_Apps
Two of these have over 90 diggs! Learn to search. Other than that, great site.
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