Hi James, There's a whole other world of mac OS that you don't see. All the drivers for your hardware for example aren't stored in your aplications folder. They are probably located in something like /usr/bin, which you don't have access to using the GUI.
So suppose you need to install something like acapella voices. You can't just throw one file into your applications folder. If you did that, how would programs that use speech on your mac know that you had new acapella voices? so you have to install the infovox application in your applications file. Then you need the voice files to go into /usr/bin or whereever voice files reside on your mac, then you need an acapella driver to go into your driver cache. Because of the complexity of that particular program it needs to get into parts of the OS that normal users don't have access to. Most mac programs don't need that level of access, so we can thump them in and out and around without harming the OS. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-03-14, at 2:32 PM, James & Nash wrote: > Hi William, > > 99% of the time, sending applications to the Trash is exactly the right way > to go about removing them. There are sometimes support files and application > preferences floating around, and if you know where to look to get rid of > them then feel free. But leaving them on the system isn't going to do any > harm. The other 1% of the time, you may need to run an uninstaller. But the > vast majority of applications do not use one. In fact, I'm not sure why > certain apps do. Perhaps they are just too big to be contained in a disk > image. > > You should also remember , that because Mac OS X is based upon UNIX, there is > no Registry to worry about. You won't find pesky bits of redundant > application related stuff all over your system. > > TC > James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny > On 14 Mar 2010, at 17:43, William Windels wrote: > >> Hello Jes, >> I have successfully removed the shortcuts/icons from the doc, so far so good. >> I have not really a problem with this icons on the doc but, I only want to >> take care about my actual install of mac osx and for that , I want to be >> shore that: >> removing programs by moving them to the trash , is a good , save and >> efficient way of removing programs. >> Also, I want to know if apple trap is sufficient and enough to keep my >> computer clean without parts of programs on my system after removing them. >> On windows, after installing and uninstalling alot of programs , the system >> becomes slow and inefficiënt because of some parts of the programs in shared >> components, rules in the registry , inactive shortcuts... >> Because of this , you need sometimes to re-install your windows to delete >> all that rubish. >> >> So, I want to know if mac is doing better and if apple trap is enough to do >> this task. >> >> best regards, >> William >> Op 14-mrt-2010, om 18:22 heeft Jess het volgende geschreven: >> >>> I have now removed all the items in the trash and the elements of microsoft >>> office (for the mac), are still on the dock. Is this normal? >>> Yep, gotta love Microsoft. Even though you removed some big bloated >>> program, they leave little traces of it around, even on your Mac. Try going >>> to the dock and removing the appropriate items. Let us know if that fixes >>> your problem. >>> Jes >>> >>> On Mar 14, 2010, at 1:11 PM, William Windels wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> I have a question about removing programs: >>>> I have deleted programs with the program apple trap. >>>> The program, this is a plugin for the system prefferences, was active and >>>> I simply putted the programs in the trash. >>>> >>>> Perhaps I have done something wrong while removing microsoft office with >>>> apptrap? >>>> I think, all files are selected by default to remove? >>>> >>>> I have now removed all the items in the trash and the elements of >>>> microsoft office (for the mac), are still on the dock. >>>> >>>> >>>> Is this normal? >>>> >>>> best regards, >>>> William >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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