Thanks Nic TC
James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny On 16 Mar 2010, at 13:03, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > You can actually get access to /usr/bin if you use COmmand-Shift-G to go to > the folder. Of course, Terminal is the preferred way to fiddle with this, but > it works fine otherwise. > > Regards, > Nic > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > My Twitter > > On Mar 14, 2010, at 8:05 PM, 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. > 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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