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-- Posted by blacknwhite at 9:09 am on Jan. 7, 2007
Hey
how can i delete/uninstall programs from a mac?
-- Posted by bilzey1992 at 9:11 am on Jan. 7, 2007
aint it the same as windows ? a control panel and add/remove programs ?
-- Posted by Bob the builder at 9:11 am on Jan. 7, 2007
check for the uninstall program in the finder i think :S
-- Posted by uwastedmyheart at 9:13 am on Jan. 7, 2007
go in the finder and delete.
-- Posted by throwthisaway at 9:13 am on Jan. 7, 2007
Quote: from bilzey1992 at 12:11 pm on Jan. 7, 2007
 aint it the same as windows ? a control panel and add/remove programs ?
..you make me laugh really, really hard.
In nearly every case, you only have to do one thing when you no longer want to run a program on your Mac OS X computer: You drag it to the trash.
Notice the simplicity? When you've decided you no longer want to keep a program, you locate it and drag it to the trash can. There's nothing to uninstall. You simply get rid of it.
Did I hear you say you're not sure where any of your programs are? Apple took pity on those of us who are too busy to locate anything in all the hiding places on our hard drives, so it added a feature that makes removing programs absurdly easy. You simply Ctrl-Click (or right click) on the alias for an application -- on the icon in the dock, for example -- and click "Show Original." A window will open showing the original application.
Should you drag that to the trash now? Maybe. And then again maybe not. Stick with me for a while. I need to explain a dichotomy in Mac OS X.
There are two basic kinds of programs for OS X.
One kind is old-fashioned, consisting of a program file (or "application," as Apple calls it) and possibly a few other files. When you want to get rid of a program of this kind, you should get rid of all its files.
Source: http://aroundcny.com/technofile/texts/mac031004.html
-- Posted by blacknwhite at 9:13 am on Jan. 7, 2007
Quote: from uwastedmyheart at 9:13 pm on Jan. 7, 2007
go in the finder and delete.
thats all you need to do?
-- Posted by blacknwhite at 9:15 am on Jan. 7, 2007
Quote: from throwthisaway at 9:13 pm on Jan. 7, 2007
Quote: from bilzey1992 at 12:11 pm on Jan. 7, 2007
aint it the same as windows ? a control panel and add/remove programs ?
..you make me laugh really, really hard.
In nearly every case, you only have to do one thing when you no longer want to run a program on your Mac OS X computer: You drag it to the trash.
Notice the simplicity? When you've decided you no longer want to keep a program, you locate it and drag it to the trash can. There's nothing to uninstall. You simply get rid of it.
Did I hear you say you're not sure where any of your programs are? Apple took pity on those of us who are too busy to locate anything in all the hiding places on our hard drives, so it added a feature that makes removing programs absurdly easy. You simply Ctrl-Click (or right click) on the alias for an application -- on the icon in the dock, for example -- and click "Show Original." A window will open showing the original application.
Should you drag that to the trash now? Maybe. And then again maybe not. Stick with me for a while. I need to explain a dichotomy in Mac OS X.
There are two basic kinds of programs for OS X.
One kind is old-fashioned, consisting of a program file (or "application," as Apple calls it) and possibly a few other files. When you want to get rid of a program of this kind, you should get rid of all its files.
Source: http://aroundcny.com/technofile/texts/mac031004.html
wow! thanks!
-- Posted by uwastedmyheart at 9:16 am on Jan. 7, 2007
pretty much. never used a mac?
-- Posted by blacknwhite at 9:18 am on Jan. 7, 2007
nope.. just got it :D
-- Posted by uwastedmyheart at 9:21 am on Jan. 7, 2007
oic. well good luck. i love mine. i 4get sometimes how to use pc's. i like mac's they have nice keyboard codes and are great at making videos. yep. thats right. i've made one. haha. macs rule.
-- Posted by blacknwhite at 9:23 am on Jan. 7, 2007
hehe.. thanks!
and good luck to you to!
enjoy the wonders of a mac :P
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