Dec 21, '07 07:30:09AM • Contributed by: casanabria
- Double-click the installer file to begin a new installation.
- Pick File » Show Files from the menu.
- Check out the list of files it will install, and then delete them in the Finder.
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Uninstall programs installed with the Apple Installer
Dec 21, '07 07:30:09AM • Contributed by: casanabria
If you are trying to uninstall an application that cannot be uninstalled by dropping it to the trash, and it was installed using Apple's Installer, you might try the following:
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Uninstall programs installed with the Apple Installer
It should probably be noted that you should NEVER use this tip for system updates unless you want to render your OS useless.
Uninstall programs installed with the Apple Installer
Also you can use 'lsbom' in the terminal.
Uninstall programs installed with the Apple Installer
I often save this bill of materials to a text file (copy-and-paste) to assist in future removal.
Uninstall programs installed with the Apple Installer
I don't remember, but doesn't Pacifist do uninstalls? I know it at least will show installed files in a clean interface.
Uninstall programs installed with the Apple Installer
The BOM won't indicate what files or folders were added, created, moved, or deleted by scripts. It also won't show what else has been done through scripts in the package — for example, I've seen installers which create users and groups.
Uninstall programs installed with the Apple Installer
This is my biggest complaint about the OS X installer.app. The NeXT version had an uninstall function, but the OS X version does not.
FTFU
The Installer technology in Mac OS X is outdated and unacceptable in 2007. Not having an Uninstall feature is but one of its faults.
FTFU
IMHO the whole idea of having to "install" a program before I can use it feels impossibly quaint, after so many well-behaved apps that just let me drag a single app icon, or maybe a directory, out of the .dmg!
Uninstall programs installed with the Apple Installer
This shows you what file are "installed". It doesn't show you what files are created. By the application that is. And bets are even further off if there's any malfeasance involved. And don't forget it doesn't have to be malice - it can just be stupidity. This is an incomplete band-aid remedy for a complex issue.
Desinstaller3 does this
Desinstaller3 is what you want to do this task.
Uninstall programs installed with the Apple Installer
Apples new guidelines for Leopard is to deploy all applications via a Apple Installer, which has upset many devs just as much as users.
Uninstall programs installed with the Apple Installer
this leaves the empty recipe, thus every time you see a console that is running some variant of pkg-util, it will nag you (like uninstalling xcode). |
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