On 17/11/04 22:42, "Yersinia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Fales writes,
>
> <on the mac how do you uninstall programs this once belonged to a school
> it
> looks like becuse there are a lot of teeacher and school type programs
> can i
> just drag them from the hard drive folder to the trash or do i need tro
> uninstall like windows>
>
> I don't speak Windoze, but any file you don't want in your Mac, yes, drag
> it to the Trash, and Empty the Trash to get rid of it.
>
> ~Yersinia.
Hey, Wavy Davey:
First, be sure you really want to get rid of the application(s), and if
you're in a hectic environment, I'd just back up the installer(s) of the
applications _you want_ first, in case of trouble, so that you can reinstall
them if you make a mistake (I never do lol) or if things get interrupted. I
don't know if the original owner kept the installer(s) on the hard drive. If
you already have CDs of the installer applications, you don't have to worry
about it, but back up the primary data you have that run under those
applications, and make sure you can reinstall the application and the data
from _external media_.
I run PowerBooks only, just so you know.
See, once you have all your applications good to go _on external media_ (I
can't overemphasize the importance of RELIABLE BACKUPS OF FILES THAT CAN RUN
ON APPLICATIONS THAT CAN RUN FROM EXTERNAL MEDIA AND BACKUPS OF APPLICATIONS
THAT CAN RUN ON YOUR MACHINE), and once you've saved all your critical data
that run under each version of the application _on external media_ (I can't
state that point strongly enough), and you're convinced all of this stuff is
saved on... DUM, DAH, DUM: _external media_ (I use CDs, never Zip disks for
serious stuff -- and I'd try to run all my critical files from CD on another
Mac just to be sure), by golly, then you've made backups of all the stuff
you should have been saving all along, Be sure to check that the CDs are
readable by your Mac and any Mac and PC, and double-check, and if you're
satisfied, you're good to go and may whomever bless. You've got a back-up.
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Now you have other decisions to make.
If you're on a pre-OS X Mac (and it sounds likely you are), drag the
application and/or its Folder to the Trash, and poke around a bit. You'll
find that each application, once run, will initiate a file in the
Preferences Folder within your System Folder. You'll want to delete the
Preferences that are specific to the application you're trying to delete by
dragging those Preferences to the Trash, as well.
Once you've dragged these things to the Trash, it would obviously behoove
you to review the whole mess in the Trash before choosing to empty it. Then
choose "Empty Trash" if you're confident; download and install PGP
Encryption if you're not.
Once you've emptied the Trash, if you made a mistake you may be saved or you
may be fucked without a third-party utility (I'm thinking that machine of
yours might be running 9.2.2. or 8.6 or even 8.1). DiskWarrior and
TechToolPro 3 are great if you're running the crusty versions of the old Mac
OS.
Or you could just reinitialize the hard drive and start the machine from
tabula rasa (almost-ha!). Just wipe out (well...) the original hard drive by
booting from a disk the Mac can read while restarting and holding down that
"C" key on restart from the boot disk and poke around a bit for the
installer programs for installing the OS. The software will automatically
install the OS to your specifications.
Rotsa ruck.
See what happens. I have no idea what might happen on that, or any machine,
but I'm running a Lombard PowerBook with very good luck.
--
Peace,
Burkman
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