Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 5 Messages in 2 Topics

2012-01-23 Thread Harry A. Freeman
• MacKeeper info [4 Updates] Alex Sciortino zeosr...@gmail.com Jan 21 04:17PM -0700 Beverly Woods macli...@beverlywoods.net Jan 22 08:11PM -0500 On 1/21/12 6:07 PM, Cap'n Bob McBurney wrote: I want to buy software to use as update and one that has an unistaller included. I'm running

Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Cap'n Bob McBurney
On 1/21/12 6:07 PM, Cap'n Bob McBurney wrote: I want to buy software to use as update and one that has an unistaller included. I'm running OS X 10.6 on a Mac Mini 1.86, core 2 duo, and 2 GB Ram. Are there any suggestions to software that would be good and stable. I have thought about

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Kim
I still recommend MacKeeper until I hear what problems Beverly has encountered. It will, if you ask it to, give you a list of apps that need updating and provides and provides one click access to download the updates. It will also list applications from which you can then choose to uninstall. it

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Dan
At 12:43 PM -0500 1/23/2012, Kim wrote: Kim... 1) please keep in mind that these LEM lists *require* that you post in PLAIN text. Your use of all but unreadable HTML blue whatevertheheck font that be is unacceptable. 2) While we don't enforce bottom posting on these LEM lists, it is

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Kim
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 12:43 PM -0500 1/23/2012, Kim wrote: Kim... 1) please keep in mind that these LEM lists *require* that you post in PLAIN text. Your use of all but unreadable HTML blue whatevertheheck font that be is unacceptable. 2)

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
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

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 5 Messages in 2 Topics

2012-01-23 Thread Amato Michael J.
AppZapper's info and strong point is that it removes all material associated with an app. I too have used it for years. On Jan 23, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Harry A. Freeman wrote: However if you install MacKeeper and use AppZapper to remove MacKeeper there will be a lot of pieces of MacKeeper

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Amato Michael J.
How about using a search find and spotlight I've used both successfully. On Jan 23, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: There are, as a rule, only five places to look for program remnants on a Mac: -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Beverly Woods
As Kim requested, here are some of the problems I have with MacKeeper: Until recently, MacKeeper installed WINE. I was asked to fix a Mac that was running at a crawl, with frequent SBBOD, etc. Problem turned out to be that WINE had taken over most of the CPU. This appears to have been a

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Dan
At 5:35 PM -0500 1/23/2012, Amato Michael J. wrote (in the subject broken thread fork): AppZapper's info and strong point is that it removes all material associated with an app. Insert here all the stuff I said about MacKeeper in the other thread fork. AppZapper ONLY works on the apps it

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Joshua Juran
On Jan 23, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Dan wrote: Cap'n Bob McBurney wrote: What I want to do is have a reliable and stable updater for 3rd party software that Apple Software does not update. No such reliable beast. (see below). I want software that will fully uninstall software I no longer use.

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Clark Martin
On Jan 23, 2012, at 6:00 PM, Dan wrote: At 6:19 PM -0500 1/23/2012, Amato Michael J. wrote: How about using a search find and spotlight I've used both successfully. Just make sure you search for the app name, publisher's name (keep it simple), the company domain name (pref files (should)

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread skyvalley4jesus
As for me and my iMac... AppCleaner has been great for removing software: http://www.freemacsoft.net/ AppFresh has been great for updating software: http://metaquark.de/appfresh Best Regards, Patrick B -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Copyright 101 (was Re: Mackeeper Info Thread)

2012-01-23 Thread Dan
At 7:47 PM -0800 1/23/2012, Joshua Juran wrote: (ObQuibble: To support said uninstalls, the developer must hack into those apps to see what's what. Unless they have permission from the app's author, that's illegal!). What do you mean by hack into, and how is it illegal? Most licenses