Uninstalling programs on mac?

If a program came with an installer, then it might have come with an uninstaller, too. If so use that. In most cases it just a matter of dragging the application to Trash, though. Easy. If preference files bugs you, just use spotlight to find them and trash them, too...

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Perfect, couldn't have put it better myself...

 

Common misconception...

Welcome to the easy side of computing. Most will be the same, but something might seem a bit strange at first. Only advice: Don't fight it, i.e. don't try to do things the Windows way, just learn to use your Mac the way it's intended, even if you find a couple of things frustrating at first. It gets better.

 

Question about uninstalling a program

Hi,

I registered as a user for this forum 10 minutes ago so I am not sure where I should post this question. Like Peter, I am having trouble uninstalling a program. Last night, in a panic after I received a message that there was malware on my computer (I was running parallel desktop on my Mac but have since deleted it with no problem), I downloaded a program called Avast Anti-virus Mac Edition. In my estimation, this program is not as good as I had hoped so I have been trying to uninstall it. However, every time I try to drag it to the garbage, I get a message that says the program is running. I have tried everything (with my limited skills) but I can't figure out how to close the program (ordinarily I would just click the red X but there isn't one) so that it can be uninstalled. Can anyone offer this college professor some advice? I would greatly appreciate it.

Signed,

Confused and Frustrated

 

Try Finder>applications>utilities>activity monitor. Find the program your looking for, click on it, and press force quit.

 

I use AppCleaner to uninstall programs. http://www.freemacsoft.net/AppCleaner/ MC

 

1. There is NO virus in OSX.

2. Use the uninstaller that comes with the app or use AppCleaner:
http://www.macupdate.com/search.php?keywords=appcleaner&starget=google

 

Here is what I do.

1. Small, self contained Applications (programs).

This is simple and has been described above. Just drag the application from the applications folder into the dock. If you like you can delete any other information that might be stored in your home folder.

2. Large Applications

For things like Photoshop I use an application like AppZapper or AppCleaner. These delete pretty much everything that was installed by the original application installer.