I need to uninstall Apple's backup.app 3.1.2, but I can't find a uninstall app. Can anyone help me?
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How to uninstall backup.app
- Thread starter Patrick J
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backup is part of mobile me:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/backup312.html
Why not just drag it to the trash?
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/backup312.html
Why not just drag it to the trash?
Because it is not bundled inside the app package, it had an installer, and I don't want random files staying in my system.
It has an installer because it's installed in the privileged /Applications folder.
Trash the app itself, then trash this folder:
/Library/Application Support/Backup/QuickPicks
That should pretty much take care of it.
If you're obsessive, delete every file listed in the file created by this command:
You can delete its prefs file in ~/Library/Preferences, or you can leave it. I don't think it's going to matter that much.
Also file a bug-report with Apple that Backup.app doesn't have an uninstaller.
http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter
Trash the app itself, then trash this folder:
/Library/Application Support/Backup/QuickPicks
That should pretty much take care of it.
If you're obsessive, delete every file listed in the file created by this command:
Code:
lsbom /Library/Receipts/Backup.pkg/Contents/Archive.bom >backup-bom.txtYou can delete its prefs file in ~/Library/Preferences, or you can leave it. I don't think it's going to matter that much.
Also file a bug-report with Apple that Backup.app doesn't have an uninstaller.
http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter
Thanks, I couldn't run the command because that file didn't exist, but I deleted the Backup folder in both Application Support folder, as well as the Application.