Removing software

formelyknow as cybruinformelyknow as cybruin
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Is there anyway of removing some of the software that comes preinstalled on OSX? for example i want to get rid of IE and ichat.

I take it you just drag and drop the folder into the bin but will that harm any system prefs?

cheers for any feedback.

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    chychchych Posts: 860member
    Move to trash, delete, no other problems.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    See this recent thread in the Software forum:



    <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=001976"; target="_blank">De-installing software</a>



    Just remember that once you've deleted the apps that come preinstalled, you may have trouble reinstalling them later if you change your mind.
  • Reply 3 of 6
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    [quote]Originally posted by Brad:

    <strong>Just remember that once you've deleted the apps that come preinstalled, you may have trouble reinstalling them later if you change your mind.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    how so?
  • Reply 4 of 6
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    To get back apps the Apple apps like iChat, Terminal, and DVD Player, you will have to either boot from the Install CD and reinstall everything or you'll have to use a tool like Pacifist to manually extract and install the various components you want. Neither of these are things most novice users (like switchers, perhaps) would want to mess with.
  • Reply 5 of 6
    torifiletorifile Posts: 4,024member
    [quote]Originally posted by Brad:

    <strong>To get back apps the Apple apps like iChat, Terminal, and DVD Player, you will have to either boot from the Install CD and reinstall everything or you'll have to use a tool like Pacifist to manually extract and install the various components you want. Neither of these are things most novice users (like switchers, perhaps) would want to mess with.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    That depends on the type of restore cd's he's got. See <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42929&amp;SaveKCWindowURL=http:% 2F%2Fkbase.info.apple.com%2Fcgi-bin%2FWebObjects%2Fkbase.woa%2Fwa%2FSaveKCToHomePa ge&searchMode=Assisted&kbhost=kbase.info.apple.com &showButton=false&randomValue=100&showSurvey=false &sessionID=anonymous|160030022" target="_blank">this kbase article</a>. It looks like apple finally got smart about this.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    serranoserrano Posts: 1,806member
    If you have trouble reinstalling apps delete its .pkg receipt in /Library/Receipts
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