Uninstalling GarageBand

[bingefeller]

I was using App Delete to remove GarageBand and when I dragged the GarageBand icon onto App Delete and hit the delete button, I was prompted for my password by OS X. Is it safe to continue, I don't understand why it's asking for my password and i'm worried that it's perhaps trying to delete some important files or something.

Please help and advise me.

Thank you 🙂

 

[Mechcozmo]

Is it safe to continue, I don't understand why it's asking for my password and i'm worried that it's perhaps trying to delete some important files or something.

I don't know of any application called App Delete, but I do know of one called App Zapper.
Are you an Administrator? If you are not, OS X would require admin privileges to modify the Applications folder. Also, depending on how thorough the app-erasing application you are using is, it might be hunting around in the Library to rid your computer of the various loops that Garageband accesses. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think that's the cause: Garageband comes with a few gigabytes of pre-recorded sound loops. To avoid multiple space-wasting copies, these loops are stored in the main Library folder (/Library) so everybody can access them. Deleting/modifying anything in the main Library folder requires admin powers.

 

[bingefeller]

I don't know of any application called App Delete, but I do know of one called App Zapper.
Are you an Administrator? If you are not, OS X would require admin privileges to modify the Applications folder. Also, depending on how thorough the app-erasing application you are using is, it might be hunting around in the Library to rid your computer of the various loops that Garageband accesses. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think that's the cause: Garageband comes with a few gigabytes of pre-recorded sound loops. To avoid multiple space-wasting copies, these loops are stored in the main Library folder (/Library) so everybody can access them. Deleting/modifying anything in the main Library folder requires admin powers.

Yeah, I am the Administrator.

App Delete can be found here.

So it should be OK to enter in my password?

 

[Mechcozmo]

So it should be OK to enter in my password?

Should be. I've never used App Delete, but it ought to be just fine. 🙂

(And if not, this advice comes with a money-back guarantee 😛)

 

[bingefeller]

Should be. I've never used App Delete, but it ought to be just fine. 🙂

(And if not, this advice comes with a money-back guarantee 😛)

haha, thanks. I deleted it and restarted, just to be sure. I'm always terrified about messing up my computer so that's why I ask these stupid questions 😛 Also, when anything asks for the admin password, it concerns me a little.