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[BUG] Not able to identify app installed via homebrew if delete manually #269

@ngshijun

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@ngshijun

Describe the bug:

Pearcleaner is unable to detect that an app is installed via homebrew and activate the homebrew cleanup if the deleting action is through manually dragging the app into bin/ right click and delete it in the application folder.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Go to application folder
  2. Right click on the app that you want to delete
  3. Delete the app
  4. Sentinel monitor triggered
  5. Click on delete
  6. See that the homebrew cleanup is not activated

Expected behavior:

Activate homebrew cleanup after deleting the app

Info:

  • OS: MacOS 26
  • Pearcleaner Version: 4.4.5

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Debug Console

  1. While Pearcleaner is running, push CMD+D to open the debug console and show captured logs
  2. If issue is happening while starting/launching Pearcleaner, pull logs via steps below

Console Logs (For app startup issues):

  1. Open the Terminal app and run the following command
log stream --level debug --style compact --predicate 'subsystem == "com.alienator88.Pearcleaner"'
  1. Launch Pearcleaner to reproduce the issue and capture logs
  2. Copy the logs here

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