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OS X - Uninstall programs by Maniac on 09-11-2005 at 09:57 PM

I'm gonna start pulling my hair out over this....


Os x has the really cool feature of "packaging" programs so you can just move them to the trash to unisntall them. I just installed acrobat reader but it's not in a package, it installed normally, if i run the installer it just installs it again without asking for uninstall....


WHAT DO I DO!?


(this is so embarassing.... i can't uninstall a program :$)


RE: OS X - Uninstall programs by RaceProUK on 09-12-2005 at 07:14 PM

Instead of slamming OS X because one program doesn't install like the others do, maybe you could try and be helpful.

Maniac, when you say it doesn't install like a normal OS X package, exactly what do you mean by this? Is there no uninstaller where Acrobat Reader has been installed to? Could you also post the result of the following command line: 'whereis acroread'.


RE: OS X - Uninstall programs by saralk on 09-12-2005 at 07:44 PM

my friend says "just drag the app from the home/applications folder to the trash" and also "but run a spotlight search to clear all system files"