On Jan 23, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Kim wrote: > Gotta love bureaucrats with nothing to offer!
Dan just gave you a very concise explanation as to why this software a) doesn't work well and b) isn't likely to. There are, as a rule, only five places to look for program remnants on a Mac: (Adobe and Microsoft apps routinely violate these rules, but both offer dedicated updaters and uninstall programs) 1) /Applications for the application itself 2) /Library/Application Support -- where system wide application things go 3) /Library/Preferences -- system wide pref files for stuff 4) /Users/<your user name>/Application Support 5) /Users/<your user name>/Preferences The vast majority of applications will only have files in 1 and 5. MOST applications these days offer either automated support checks (off the top of my head among programs I use:BBEdit, VirtualBox, Firefox, Thunderbird, Graphic Converter, Adobe Design Suite and Acrobat and Microsoft Office, DBVisualizer..and those are just the ones in the dock.) No third party program can possibly keep track, and a program that attaches itself to your trash is well able to bork your system good. > Keep up the good work! By the way is there no rule on supercilious > signatures? Not even when they are very pale grey? > Kim Dan's signature is only pale gray because your email client renders it as such. His emails are always sent in plain text.... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
