Uninstalling third party software

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Uninstalling third party software

I am new to the Mac world. In general, how do I uninstall software on a Mac? I recently installed some software for the purpose of preparing to install an upgrade version, both of which had been on my old PC. Now I see that the upgrade works only on Windows even though the older version could be installed on a Mac. Now I want to remove the older version from my Mac, and I don't see how. Specifically, the old version is Dreamweaver MX and the new is Dreamweaver CS4.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Mar 26, 2009 2:23 PM

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Answer 1

rkaufmann87

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Mar 26, 2009 2:52 PM in response to Mike Enders

Matt's instructions are correct, however there is also another way to totally remove a program. You can download a utility that is designed to search for all the pieces of an application and remove them, it is called AppCleaner and can be found at:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/appcleaner.html

Regards,
Roger

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Mar 26, 2009 2:39 PM in response to Mike Enders

Hi Mike

It varies - sometimes you can simply drag the application out of the Applications folder and into the trash; sometimes the program comes with an uninstaller which you should use preferentially (since the app may include files spread around system folders). In the case of Dreamweaver, uninstall instructions are here (written for Studio 8 but should be the same for MX).

Matt

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Mar 26, 2009 3:06 PM in response to rkaufmann87

The problem with apps. like Appcleaner, Appdelete, and Appzapper, is that they more often than not leave some files behind. That's why I just use EasyFind to find all the remnants of a particular application.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11076/easyfind

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