refers to removing software or parts of software from a computer
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How do I uninstall a program completely on a Mac?
I come from a PC background... every time I want to uninstall an application, I must use add/remove programs. On the mac, you can simply run a .app file from wherever you want, and many say that the ...
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Can I uninstall stock Apple applications (e.g. Stickies)
Is it safe to uninstall stock OS X applications that I do not use? They're really just taking up space on my Applications list (and my SSD). The applications I'm eyeing for deletion are:
Front Row
...
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4answers
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How do I remove GarageBand?
I'm nearly out of space and ~/Library/Application Support/GarageBand is taking up 1.5 GB and GarageBand.app is taking up 381 MB of my hard disk space.
Can I simply remove the app itself and this ...
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2answers
467 views
How to uninstall a program through the App Store?
I want to uninstall some recently installed software which I installed using the Mac App Store. Is is possible to uninstall those programs from inside the App Store?
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Can I safely uninstall iTunes from my Mac?
The only use I ever had for iTunes was updating and syncing my iDevices, but since the introduction of over-the-air updates and iCloud, I no longer have that need.
My question therefore is if I can ...
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How to cleanly remove MacPorts
I'd like to cleanly remove all changes made by MacPorts as well as MacPorts itself, to try my luck with homebrew. How can I do that?
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How can I remove this half-downloaded app from my iPhone?
On my iPhone homescreen there's an app which in an half-downloaded(actually, more like barely downloaded) state -
(In case you're curious, I was trying to download Rage during it's ...
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How to can I upgrade Xcode 4.1 to 4.5.2 properly?
I'm trying to get Xcode up to date... but i think i have a little problem.
I go in the Mac App Store. I find Xcode. I click on free button, it asks me to connect with my Apple-ID. Done.
I get the ...
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Is there a standard uninstall procedure on Mac OS X?
I've seen advice on an per-application basis, but is there a standard approach like Add/Remove Programs in Windows?
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2answers
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Can I uninstall the Messages Beta?
I'm thinking about trying the Messages Beta on OS X Lion. I'm wondering if I will be able to uninstall it if I don't want to use it anymore. If so, will I be able to use iChat again?
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4answers
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How do I uninstall or downgrade from OS X Lion Server?
I've upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion, then I purchased and installed the Server from App Store.
Now I'd like to remove the Server features, and revert to standard Lion. I don't mind reinstalling, ...
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3answers
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How do I manually uninstall the Developer Tools?
I installed the Developer Tools way back in Tiger or Leopard and I'd like to uninstall them now. I have Xcode 4.0.2. How do I uninstall them manually?
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How can I force an app to uninstall?
I just installed an app that was a waste of my time. The problem is, when I long-pressed the app to delete it, it didn't show an (x). How can I delete it? I've looked through the settings. I'm kind ...
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2answers
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How do I uninstall Java?
I have several Java installations on my machine:
$ /usr/libexec/java_home -V
Matching Java Virtual Machines (6):
1.6.0_24-b07-334, x86_64: "Java SE 6" ...
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3answers
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Can I delete any of the default apps the come with OS X?
Is it possible to delete any of the default apps in OS X? I suppose it is possible, but will anything break if I do?
There's some, such as Stickies, iChat, Dictionary, etc. that I either have no use ...
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3answers
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Removing software that came from a pkg file?
I can't find the uninstaller. I installed some service using a pkg file and now I want to get rid of it. How do I do that? I would prefer not to use lsbom and rm and stuff. It looks scary.
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2answers
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How can I delete VMWare from my MacBook Air?
I installed VMware on my MacBook Air (running OS X Lion) and now want to delete it. I dragged VMware into the trash and tried emptying it, but a popup notes that The operation can’t be completed ...
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How can I remove Firefox using terminal?
I'm a beginner with Mac OS X. Would somebody please tell me how to fully uninstall Firefox using Terminal on Mac OS X Lion?
I'm experiencing hangs and crashes with Firefox 5.0.1, so I want to remove ...
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1answer
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Mac App Store: Don't show updates for an uninstalled app
I downloaded the free trial ('lite') version of an app on the Mac App Store. I didn't like the app, so I uninstalled it from my computer.
However, the App Store wants me to install updates for this ...
3
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1answer
548 views
How to cleanly remove Homebrew
How can I cleanly remove Homebrew. I might have a faulty older installation, and I'd like to have a fresh start.
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2answers
2k views
Completely removing old version of MS Office
I have been migrating my account from Mac to Mac for years now. Every time a new Office version is out, I'd install it (X, 2004, 2008, and now 2011) and remove the old one after some time.
Every ...
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1answer
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Uninstalling an incompatible color theme
Today I did a mistake I normally never do - I blindly installed a software on my mac without knowing what I was doing.
I was looking for a dark color scheme and ran into this video ...
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Fixing “a sealed resource is missing or invalid” warning
I've changed the application icon of my Eclipse editor, and this causes a confirm dialog to pop up asking me if I allow the program to accept incoming network connections. I faced this before, but ...
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Why there is no standard way to uninstall programs in MacOS? [closed]
Is not it ridiculous that every time you want to uninstall a program you have to google for some magical tricks "Delete files A,B,C in you /Library, run a .sh script from console, etc". Why Microsoft ...
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1answer
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Update application install by another appleID
I use a mac install before by another user. This user install some application like Xcode with this appleID.
Now this user not use this computer and I want update application he install before. I ...
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1answer
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Uninstall Lua from OS X 10.6.8
I was browsing the Lua source code and I did "make install". It worked perfectly but I could not uninstall it! How can I install Lua 5.0?
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Any recommendations for a before&after software installation scanner/uninstaller?
I'm trying to decide on an uninstaller that does before and after system scans.
So far, I've come across these three:
CleanApp (syniumsoftware.com/cleanapp/) - which I saw someone recommend in this ...
2
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1answer
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How to Properly Uninstall Brother Twain Drivers in OS X 10.6
I recently had a situation where I wanted to uninstall a Brother TWAIN driver and rollback to an earlier version on my MBP (OS X 10.6.8). I found instructions on the Brother web site and followed them ...
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1answer
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How do you clear Mac install program files?
I installed a 30-day "test drive" of QuarkXpress, but got pulled in to other projects and didn't have time to test it. I now need to test it, but the 30 days are up. So I want to install the "test ...
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2answers
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Why does an uninstalled Canon LBP 5050 printer keep reappearing?
I used to have a Canon LBP 5050. It is no longer connected to the network or the Mac. I removed the printer from: "System Preferences → Printers" and even removed the ppd from /Library/Printers, using ...
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2answers
616 views
How can I revert to Snow Leopard?
Lion is crashing on me all the time and I am sick of it. I would like to do a clean install of Snow Leopard, but when I insert the dvd and hold 'c' on boot the computer just locks up and I have to do ...
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Do I really need Bonjour on Windows?
One of my least favorite things that Apple does to every Windows computer during an installation of iTunes is that it installs Bonjour. On almost every Windows machine I've installed iTunes on, ...
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1answer
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How do I uninstall Xcode?
I now have two versions of Xcode installed:
Xcode 4 - installed in /Developer (bought from Mac App Store)
Xcode 3 - installed in /Developer-old (I believe it was installed from the second disc ...
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How can I deinstall Drive Genius?
I had installed a trial version of Drive Genius. Now I want to delete it.
I go to Applications list, it is not there. I search its name in SpotLight, it is not there either. But it keeps attaching ...
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Expunge a corrupted Excel program
All my downloaded spreadsheets are going to Excel which is totally corrupted. I want them to open in Numbers instead and ditch Excel if possible.
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1answer
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How can I get System Information's “Installations” and such to correctly reflect the software I currently have?
I installed a bunch of software.
Then I removed most of it.
I used a variety of methods. AppCleaner for some
things,
mdfind -name 'Adobe Flash' |parallel rm -rf {}
for others.
I removed app ...
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1answer
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Why do some apps require a password when I move them to the trash?
Some applications located in /Applications require a password in order to move them to the trash, others don't. Then there are also apps which cannot be deleted because they are required by OS X (a ...
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VMware fusion 4 won't launch due to out of date, running guests
When running the Upgrade Installer from VMware Fusion 3.1.3 to v4.0.1, this dialog pops up:
A virtual machine is running with an older version of VMware Fusion.
Please use the older version ...
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Reinstalling XCode
I just upgraded to Lion, and was having problems with my old XCode installation, so I just removed it completely by running
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools
sudo rm -rf /Developer
Now ...
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2answers
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Uninstall VMWare Fusion and VMWare Tools on boot camp partition
I was using VMWare Fusion on a boot camp partition and installed VMWare Tools on the Windows volume.
How can I completely uninstall everything related to VMWare Fusion?
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1answer
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How do I uninstall old SDKs?
I recently upgraded to MAC OS 10.8 but I observed the following folders in /Developer/SDKs:
MacOSX10.5.sdk
MacOSX10.6.sdk
I googled and found out that I should run sudo ...
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2answers
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iTunes do not connect to iTunes Store anymore
This started to happen some days ago, but it's pretty annoying, my podcasts aren't been updating too.
When I click in iTunes Store it just show 'accessing itunes store' (the loading bar) and just keep ...
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Any idea what happened to /Library/Receipts in Mac OS X Lion?
Does anyone know why all the .bom files in /Library/Receipts moved to /var/db/receipts?
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How to remove one old python installation from a system with multiple (non-system) installations of python
Disclaimer
First, let me get the obvious out of the way: I have not touched the system-bundled Python. I know it’s important to leave it alone. I have, in fact, done exactly that. ☺
Background
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I've installed a new version of Safari and now it refuses to open and doesn't allow me to downgrade [duplicate]
I've installed a new version of Safari and now it refuses to open and doesn't allow me to downgrade.
Someone pointed I had to reinstall the whole system. I'm reading on how to do it right ...
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How to uninstall MIcrosoft Silverlight from mountain lion?
I have googled and googled and have tried a bunch of different ways to get rid of Silverlight from my mac in order to reinstall an older version in order for Netflix to work again.
I had updated ...
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How do I properly uninstall Kensington TrackballWorks from OSX Lion? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I uninstall a program completely on a Mac?
Kensington's TrackballWorks software does not seem to come with an uninstaller component, and is not compatible with my ...
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Trouble launching Adobe AIR debugger after installing & uninstalling Port proxy
This is a rephrased post of this question. I haven't had any luck over on Stack Overflow, and I'm a relative newb to the macworld, so thinking there could be some mac guru's out there to help me.
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how do i uninstall an app in mountain lion?
I'm trying to uninstall MAMP and MAMP pro from my mountain lion macbook and don't know how i should do that. I tried dragging the icon from my launchpad to the Trash, but it doesn't work.
What should ...
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Uninstaller that tracks installed files and removes them later
On windows I've used various utilities that actively track which files are added during a software install, and I'm sure there must be a good one for os x. Itrash (http://www.osxbytes.com/) is ...
