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"Cleaning" a Mac?

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aznfury684

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I just got a powerbook...soo nice. Anyways, after installing some stuff, I was curious as to how to uninstall them. My friend says its a simple click and drag to the trash...but after being a Windows user for so long I have this unsettling feeling as to whether or not that does the full trick. So if I want to uninstall something do I have to worry about there being more "residue" in the registry or in the system folder? Or is it really as easy as my friend says it is.
 
If I remove a program I usually do a search on the hard drive for the program name and then the company that makes it. Usually turns up a few files in prefrences or app support.
 
The thing is, though, that the files in ~/Library/App Support or Preferences do not matter. Unless the application is running, the files won't do anything at all. Only real reason to remove them is to either a) save a few kilobytes of hard drive space and some directory clutter (not a big deal) or b) to have all prefs reset should you ever decide to reinstall it.
 
Black Morty Rackham said:
The thing is, though, that the files in ~/Library/App Support or Preferences do not matter. Unless the application is running, the files won't do anything at all. Only real reason to remove them is to either a) save a few kilobytes of hard drive space and some directory clutter (not a big deal) or b) to have all prefs reset should you ever decide to reinstall it.
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I'm just obsessive lol :eek:
 
sgi02 said:
I'm just obsessive lol :eek:
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haha ditto, i still have trouble not trying to maintain my mac. Its really weird not having to go and clean up the registry and defrag every few weeks :eek:
 
Just imagine how much in shock you're gonna be after you install Office for the first time. (if you're an ms user). That still trips me out to this day. "Just drag it to the Applications folder and you're done" just creepy man.
 
ShimmyT said:
Just imagine how much in shock you're gonna be after you install Office for the first time. (if you're an ms user). That still trips me out to this day. "Just drag it to the Applications folder and you're done" just creepy man.
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I keep telling people, if everyone used a mac, i'd be out of a damn job. There'd be nothing for IT guys to do. :confused:
 
I for one have been a PC guy for along time. I love building my pc's and I love windows... I too got a iBook not too long ago. And I hate that installing is simple as a click and drag. And Uninstalling is jus dragging the 1 icon to the trash. I do not like it, and prefer the windows way. When I see the progress bar in windows and the list of all the files and stuff that it installed I feel like I know what just happend. When I install on a mac... it just does it all in the background, I HATE it... cuz I dont know whats really going on.
 
DiscoStu said:
I keep telling people, if everyone used a mac, i'd be out of a damn job. There'd be nothing for IT guys to do. :confused:
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That's not completely true, I work for my school, and theres quite a bit to do with a mac lab, there isn't as much, but still things to do. :p
 
rsilvernail said:
That's not completely true, I work for my school, and theres quite a bit to do with a mac lab, there isn't as much, but still things to do. :p
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Indeed. It's amazing how people still manage to screw up their user accounts.
 
I work for a school district that has about 200 macs and 1600 pcs ... in the 4 years ive been working here I think ive replaced 1 or 2 monitors for the macs. Granted there are very few macs in comparison to pcs, i still find that rather impressive. The oldest macs are going on 6 yrs old this year.
 
USMC2Hard4U said:
When I install on a mac... it just does it all in the background, I HATE it... cuz I dont know whats really going on.
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That's incorrect. When you install an application on a Mac via drag-and-drop, the only thing you install is the actual application bundle. NOTHING is put into /Library or ~/Library until you actually run it. It's not an installation processes occuring in the background, you just move the file. You can install it with ditto or cp or whatever in the terminal, too, or just run it from the disk image.

Nothing occurs in the background, because it doesn't need to. All the stuff in your Prefs and App Support folders are generated as the application runs, just like in every other OS.
 
www.macsweeper.com

not really what you are looking for, per se. It will clean up Cache and Log files, optimize some scripts and even let you backup system files (just in case). Plus it's free!
 
DiscoStu said:
I work for a school district that has about 200 macs and 1600 pcs ... in the 4 years ive been working here I think ive replaced 1 or 2 monitors for the macs. Granted there are very few macs in comparison to pcs, i still find that rather impressive. The oldest macs are going on 6 yrs old this year.
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Ahhh you're lucky you didn't get any of the Power Mac G4's from a while back, before the quicksilver the ones with the quantum hd's in them. We ordered about 50 of those a while back when they first came out, and every single one of those hd's has gone bad.

Also there is plenty to do techsupport wise for macs. Just imagine if you had to upgrade all of your users from OS 9 to Panther, and didn't have a solution for their main 2 applications (Outlook 2001 and Pagemaker) :eek: So luckily this summer we will be putting in an exchange 2003 server that will get rid of the Outlook 2001 problem, and then we just have to find someone to train everyone on a replacement for Pagemaker.
 
ShimmyT said:
Ahhh you're lucky you didn't get any of the Power Mac G4's from a while back, before the quicksilver the ones with the quantum hd's in them. We ordered about 50 of those a while back when they first came out, and every single one of those hd's has gone bad.
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no argument there, they're still running their orginal OS. The mac labs in our school district are like the red headed step child. They dont get the love they deserve :( . No upgrades for them.
 
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