De-installing software

drazztikka

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

rhoq

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...

ghost_user_name

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.

belle

And though they aren't exactly multi-gigabyte monsters, you'll probably also find a preference file for the app in /Library/Preferences/

drazztikka

Fantastic!!!



thanks to y'all.