How to uninstall a Mac app without the CD?
September 6, 2007 11:25 AM Subscribe
On Mac OS 10.4, how do I completely uninstall FileMaker Pro 8.5 Advanced without access to the physical CD? Then how do I test that it's entirely gone?
You could try DesInstaller and if that doesn't work, AppZapper or AppDelete.
posted by AaRdVarK at 11:53 AM on September 6, 2007
posted by AaRdVarK at 11:53 AM on September 6, 2007
Best answer: From the Filemaker website:
posted by Thorzdad at 12:47 PM on September 6, 2007
- •Drag the FileMaker Pro 9 or FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced folder and all of its contents to the trash (located in the Applications folder).
•Drag the FileMaker Pro preferences files to the trash. The preferences file can be found at the following location:
posted by Thorzdad at 12:47 PM on September 6, 2007
Response by poster: Thorzdad, you're right that the usual deletions were all it needed! I was assuming it would be much more complicated, since the Installer file listed about a billion things it did. But maybe that just illustrates that the Installer file is talking about really low level stuff.
posted by lorimer at 1:34 PM on September 6, 2007
posted by lorimer at 1:34 PM on September 6, 2007
Response by poster: Aardvark, thank you also for the uninstall utilities recommendations. I will remember for future ref.
posted by lorimer at 1:36 PM on September 6, 2007
posted by lorimer at 1:36 PM on September 6, 2007
lorimer...you're welcome!
The installer logs can definitely look intimidating. Remember, though...applications are packages.
Just for kicks, control-click on your favorite humungous application (Photoshop, for instance) and select "Show package contents". Dig around and you'll find every tiny file the logs show were installed.
posted by Thorzdad at 2:11 PM on September 6, 2007
The installer logs can definitely look intimidating. Remember, though...applications are packages.
Just for kicks, control-click on your favorite humungous application (Photoshop, for instance) and select "Show package contents". Dig around and you'll find every tiny file the logs show were installed.
posted by Thorzdad at 2:11 PM on September 6, 2007
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the Installer Log File is gigantic (740K) so I can't just try to reverse the steps it reports doing.
Maybe there is a (free?) Mac utility you can recommend, that can fully uninstall large complex apps?
posted by lorimer at 11:36 AM on September 6, 2007