Uninstalling software

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  1. Odisey, Mar 28, 2008

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    Me again,
    The simplest stuff - I am lost. I DLed a few FTP programs to try. I have no idea how to uninstall and delete them. ....

    Odisey
     
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  2. psychofreak, Mar 28, 2008

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    Drag them to the trash from the Applications folder :)

    For some big apps, there is an uninstaller, and for the stuff with hundreds of little files everywhere taking up space (namely GarageBand) try CleanApp.
     
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  3. EB66, Mar 28, 2008

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    i use a program called appdelete, u just drag the app into appdelete and it delets it and all the associated preferences and files with it
     
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  4. srl7741, Mar 28, 2008

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    +1 for appdelete, seems to work great and best of all it's free.
     
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  5. Makosuke, Mar 28, 2008

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    Things like appdelete may have a use for applications with an installer (ie Adobe apps), but as psychofreak said, if the apps you downloaded to try had "drag and drop" installs (that is, dragging the application from the install disk image to the Applications folder), then just dragging from the Applications folder to the trash is sufficient to completely remove them--nothing more necessary.

    Technically, they have probably left a pref file or two in your Preferences folder, but that's maybe a few K max, so can safely be ignored.

    And actually, if you're testing and you just open the program directly off of its install disk image, you don't need to do ANYTHING--toss the DMG and it's gone. Try before you install, so to speak.
     
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  6. Odisey, Mar 28, 2008

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    I am learning here.

    I DLed three programs. I installed 2. One I dragged from the DL folder to the trash. It seems to be gone. One I installed is in the Apps folder. It is one package I can drag it to the trash. The other asked if I wanted to install a widget for the Dash board. I got this extra widget on the DB and cannot find it in the Apps folder. How to get rid of it...?


    Found it!

    I will get it....

    The Mac is looking way cooler than the PC ever did. Stuff fits together much nicer. I like it.
     
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  7. mackindergarten, Mar 29, 2008

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    AppDelete does also delete Widgets and System Preferences panes in the same way it deletes apps (search for all associated files).

    /Rupert
     
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