De-installing software

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in Mac Software edited January 2014
So how can i properly uninstall software in osx jag?

Registry,installation files,...?

I can't seem to find a page in osx to do this.

Do i have to do this manually?

How?



Thanks

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    rhoqrhoq Posts: 190member
    It seems to me that with most OS-X apps - all you have to do to un-install is simply delete the application and it's folder...
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  • Reply 2 of 4
    Registry is a beast on Windows only. There is no such thing on the Mac that needs hacking/tweaking to properly remove apps. Simply drop the app and any of its support files into the trash and you are finished!



    Here's a demonstration movie for you:

    <a href="http://brad.project-think.com/movies/uninstalling-1.mov"; target="_blank">http://brad.project-think.com/movies/uninstalling-1.mov</a>;



    Most apps are really that easy to remove!



    Here's a second demonstration movie:

    <a href="http://brad.project-think.com/movies/uninstalling-2.mov"; target="_blank">http://brad.project-think.com/movies/uninstalling-2.mov</a>;



    In this movie, I am removing Adobe Photoshop. You'll note that I also navigate to the "/Library/Application Support" folder because Adobe stores some support files there. That is the standard location for apps to put any additional files.
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  • Reply 3 of 4
    bellebelle Posts: 1,574member
    And though they aren't exactly multi-gigabyte monsters, you'll probably also find a preference file for the app in /Library/Preferences/
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  • Reply 4 of 4
    Fantastic!!!



    thanks to y'all.
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