Hi Eric, Thanks for the explanation. Ah, so that's waht /jusr/bin is. I'm getting to grips with Terminal slowly, so it's nice to learn new things.
Thanks again TC James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny On 14 Mar 2010, at 19:05, erik burggraaf wrote: > 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. > 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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