Opera installed on my Mac?

[swwack91]

For some reason, my mac thinks that the Opera web browser is installed. However, upon manually looking for it and searching for it in Spotlight, I find that it isn't.

Why, then, does it come up on the "Open With..." contextual menu and is an option to set as my default web browser?

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Have you got Dreamweaver and/or Contribute installed?

 

[messedkid]

a lot of applications leave behind files that do not get deleted when you delete said application.

Head to user/library/application support and delete the Opera folder (if its there)


Other than that...I would not be sure whats up.

I suggest getting an application like AppZapper. It will delete all files associated with the app. Appzapper is shareware, but there are also free applications out there that do the same thing.


PS. I love appzapper because of the "PEWPEW!" effect.

 

[swwack91]

nope

 

[redwarrior]

AppDelete works well for me, and it's free.

 

[kastorff]

A lot of Adobe apps use an embedded version of Opera for their Help engine. If you look inside the bundle for Photoshop Elements 4, for example, you'll find an older version of Opera.

 

[redwarrior]

A lot of Adobe apps use an embedded version of Opera for their Help engine. If you look inside the bundle for Photoshop Elements 4, for example, you'll find an older version of Opera.

That wouldn't make it come up as the default web browser though?

 

[kastorff]

That wouldn't make it come up as the default web browser though?

Yep, it did.

 

[swwack91]

well i have Photoshop CS3 and Illustrator CS3 both installed on my Mac... so I guess that accounts for it.

that's annoying.

either way, thanks!

 

[kastorff]

Try rebuilding the launch services database. That should fix it.