Hi, You could try logging in as root which may give you more results in the searches although I'm not certain that it actually does. It does, though, give you easier access to normally hidden or inaccessible files.
One thing I forgot in my list of files to delete was to go into /Library/Preference Panes and remove any Sophos files from there as well. Later... . Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-04-26, at 12:26 AM, Nicholas Parsons <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote: > HI Tim, > > Thanks for this. > > I used the approach you outlined recently. However, it can be a little time > consuming as some of the folders – Application Support in particular, if I > remember correctly – have a lot of items. And the names are often a little > bit funny and it's hard, without being careful, to locate all the files > related to a particular app name. Then add in the fact one may have to check > both user specific as well as system wide files. > > Do you know of a way to conduct a search in Finder which will bring up a list > of all those kinds of files? > > Thanks again for your input. > > Nic > > > On 26/04/2013, at 3:28 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm not familiar with the apps you're speaking of but, for the most part, I > remove things directly through the Finder fairly often. For example, if you > wish to remove Sophos, do the following: > > • From /Library/Startup Items, remove all Sophos files. > • From /Library/Application Support, remove all Sophos files. > • From /Library/Receipts, remove all Sophos files. > • From /Library/Preferences, remove all Sophos files. > • From /Applications, remove Sophos. > > You will need to enter the Name and Password of an Administrator in most of > these cases. Also, you will need to Restart your computer before you can > Empty the Trash. Once this is done, Sophos will not be active anymore. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-04-25, at 8:43 PM, Nicholas Parsons <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi listers, >> >> I recently tried installing and using CleanApp, which is an app which is >> meant to help remove related files when you trash an application. However, >> it seemed a complete mess to me, at least from a VoiceOver perspective, and >> so I deleted it. >> >> Are there any good and accessible apps similar to this? >> >> Alternatively, I noticed there is a simple way in the Finder to search for >> related system files. I watched a youtube video about it. However, I >> couldn't seem to do with VoiceOver the things the video tutorial were saying >> to do. Does anyone know how to do this in the Finder? >> >> Cheers, >> Nic >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
