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Removing extraneous "junk" files

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GanChan

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I would like to remove all the flashy animated demos, etc, that came pre-installed on my iBook, in the hopes of reclaiming some HD real estate. I know I could do a custom reinstall of the OS, but if I just could find those files and zap them, that would be more convenient for me.

So, what am I looking for in my search and destroy mission? :D
 
What demos?

I know Apps you can just trash them - you can remove the language files to free up a coupe of gigs.
 
7on said:
What demos?

I know Apps you can just trash them - you can remove the language files to free up a coupe of gigs.
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I guess what i really need is to track down all the little extra bits of junk that land on my hard drive in addition to the apps themselves -- you know, the "invisible" files like prefs tutorials, etc.

Anyone tried AppZapper? It looks promising.
 
GanChan said:
I guess what i really need is to track down all the little extra bits of junk that land on my hard drive in addition to the apps themselves -- you know, the "invisible" files like prefs tutorials, etc.

Anyone tried AppZapper? It looks promising.
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I think you're wasting your time if you're worried about a 4KB preference file. Just imagine how many you'd have to have to get 1MB.

Seriously, just use Monolingual to trash the language localizations that you don't need, that will save you a gig or 2. If you're never going to use iMovie, iDVD, or GarageBand, then you can save yourself a lot of disk space by trashing the tutorials and sample stuff in (the appropriate spot in) /Library/Application Support/. Otherwise, there's not too many apps that leap to mind that have tutorials and oversized extraneous junk.

I would just enjoy and worry about disk space when you've filled 80% of it. Then you should start worrying.

And of course, always back up.
 
GanChan said:
I would like to remove all the flashy animated demos, etc, that came pre-installed on my iBook, in the hopes of reclaiming some HD real estate. I know I could do a custom reinstall of the OS, but if I just could find those files and zap them, that would be more convenient for me.

So, what am I looking for in my search and destroy mission? :D
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You know that there are no demos on Mac OS right? Those are all fully functioning applications.
Not to mention I'm pretty sure this will end badly...
 
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