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How to Uninstall Software on Mac OS X? There are many solutions for Mac users to install software on Mac. It also comes in different methods to uninstall software on Mac. Actually, it is not such a simple thing to completely remove software from Mac as well as drag the app to the recycle bin. No matter you want to manually remove the software or take using of a thirdparty program, you have to do the uninstallation case by case. How to uninstall software on Mac OS X successfully? In order to uninstall software on Mac totally, you should take consideration on the following issues: 1. The software is installed based on what form, such as dmg, pkg, software installation disc, a single application or any other forms. 2. Is there any Uninstaller in the software installation disks or system? 3. Check if the help file of the software had explained how to uninstall the program. You should also ensure that if there is a similar statement provided on the webpage of software developers. 4. Whether you've run the software or not? 5. Ensure that you have exited the software. The working software is not able to be removed. Turning off the application window does not mean you have exited the application, you should use the Apple and Q keys, or through the application menu to exit the software.
How to Uninstall Software on M ac OS X? The installation based on . pkg files will produce a copy file under the Receipts folder of your hard disk or user repository. This file contains the installation path and permissions inside. So for the uninstallation of the .pkg package installed applications, you should first check this copy file which is coming with the installation path and file permissions. The detail steps just as below:
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1. Hold down Apple, Shift, and U keys, or use the Finder to guide to the Utilities folder under Applications. And then double-click the Terminal and enter "lsbom " in the terminal window; 2. Go to the Receipts folder in your resource library of the hard drive to find the package file you want to uninstall. Then hold down the Ctrl key while clicking the file; 3. Choose "Show Package Contents" from the menu. Then the Finder will open a new window which has a Contents folder inside; 4. Open the Contents folder and find the Archive.bom file. Drag the .bom file directly to the terminal window you've opened in the first step and press Enter. 5. According to path information to remove the software. And then delete the .pkg file from the Receipts. Note: 1. There will be several .pkg files in the Receipts folder once you installed the .mpkg packaged software. So once you want to uninstall such kind of apps completely, you'd better to check the path of each .pkg file and then delete them according to the path. 2. Once you install a software and its upgrade package, you may not be able to return to the previous version of the software even you delete all the files according to the path under the latest Archive.bom in the upgrade installation package. This is because the documents of the previous version are covered by the appropriate documents of the upgrade version. So if these newly installed file is deleted, the old file will not exist.
How to Uninstall Software on M ac OS X Completely? Typically, property files, cache files (Cache) or other ancillary documents may be generated once run over the software. If you remove this software, these properties files are not removed. And once you re-install the software later, it still uses the previous settings. If you removed the software because the software is not
All rights reserved——http://www.dvd-copy-macos.com/ functioning properly for there is a problem in the properties files, this software is still not available even you re-install it. So when you remove the software, either manually removed or used the third-party applications for help, you should go to the user's Preferences folder to see if there is any related file or folder that associated with the dismantled software. In addition to the Preferences folder, you should also check the following path to see if there are any related files or folders: 1. The user's My Documents folder;
2. The Caches, Application Support, ColorSyn, Components, Contextual Menu Items, Input Manager, Internet Plug-Ins, QuickTime, Screen Savers, StartupItems, and Widget folder under the user's Library folder. In short, uninstall software from Mac is never a simple task. So I'd like to recommend you here to create a folder to store the installation log. Besides, you'd better record your demolition process into the log folder when you remove software from Mac manually. That's all about how to uninstall software on Mac OS X. By the way, if you are interested in rip or copy DVD movies on your Mac, I highly recommend you to give a try to iSkysoft DVD Ripper for Mac and Wondershare DVD Copy for Mac. They will give assistance for you to achieve your goals. You may be interested in: How to Copy DVD on Mac, Rip DVD on Mac
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