Removing the programs I never use
I'm new to Mac, and I am trying to remove all the programs that I will never use and the trial versions that came with my MacBook. Is there a Apple version of "Add and Remove Programs" like the Windows does, and sort it by 'Last Used'. Also, in your history with Apple, is there any programs that you would recommend myself removing because you've never used them. I don' t know 100% what exactly everything is on my MacBook. Basically what I'm trying to do, is maximize all the 'Used' disk space to be true space, and not wasted Hard Drive on something I would never use. Thank you.
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2) MacOS X has the Library, which allows each user to have their own copy of things such as preferences for apps. Your apparent suggestion, that such things be stored within the app itself, would lead to problems. What about apps stored on shared networked drives? What about using load-balancing servers in an office environment? What about upgrading applications, and losing your prefs? Bah.
3) Apps on MacOS X *are* self-contained (usually) in that they can be upgraded, deleted, installed, etc, with a drag and drop. Ancillary files that end up in your Library are those that are unique to *you*. You're responsible for them. There's no way for the system to know, when you delete an app, if it should grab those files because you're eliminating the app completely, or deleting an old version during an upgrade, and it should leave them be.
4) The size of the files in your Library, with a few exceptions, are miniscule and irrelevant to all but the most anal-retentive users.
5) There's no reason to complain.
For the most part, the decisions in MacOS X make sense from multiple viewpoints - the biggest barriers I see to people grokking what's going on are: a) not being able to ditch 'but that's how Windows does it', and/or b) expecting it to be 100% perfect and telepathically anticipate your needs.
While the latter isn't too far off sometimes, it seems, it's still not perfect.
Printer drivers can take up a lot of space. The can be found at /library/printers/.
You may also be interested in delocalizer, which can delete foreign-language resources from the OS. I used this and saved around 2 GB IIRC.
Finally, you may also be interested in Disk Inventory X, which gives a graphical representation of the data on your HDD (to help identify any data taking up a lot of space).
Another suggestion, though it is a bit radical, is to do a clean install of the OS and do not include the printer drivers. If I remember correctly there was between 1.1 and 1.6 GB of drivers that did not get installed onto my system. I had no problem doing this because I know what printers I will be using so I was able to just install those drivers, but you will need to think about what peripherals you will be using before going this route.
Pacifist is a shareware app ($20.00) that is well worth the money. From the CharlesSoft web site:
Pacifist 2.0.1 is a shareware application that opens Mac OS X .pkg package files, .dmg disk images, and .tar, .tgz, and .tar.gz file archives and allows you to extract individual files and folders out of them. This is useful, for instance, if an application which is installed by the operating system becomes damaged and needs to be reinstalled without the hassle of reinstalling all of Mac OS X. Pacifist is also able to verify existing installations and find missing or altered files*, and Pacifist can also examine the kernel extensions installed in your system to let you see what installer installed them, and whether the installer was made by Apple or a third-party.
I have an iBook so I was able to use DeLocalizer, but you have a MacBook so you will have to look for one that works on your Mac.
Delocalizer works fine on Intel Macs (it did for me, anyway).
Delocalizer works fine on Intel Macs (it did for me, anyway).
I guess it should work since Rosetta runs PPC apps. What version are you using? The one I am using is 1.1f and on VersionTracker's web site it was put out in 2002.
I guess it should work since Rosetta runs PPC apps. What version are you using? The one I am using is 1.1f and on VersionTracker's web site it was put out in 2002.
Yup, version 1.1. Runs under Rosetta.