Is there a way to deinstall Magic Prefs?

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Is there a way to deinstall Magic Prefs?

I really like my magic mouse but this new app Magic Prefs I do not quite understand and I find I alway toggle quit for it in its overhead pull down menu. It also has a noticeable lag during operation which is annoying. I am thinking I might want to deinstall but I do not know how. It is not listed in the App folder. Anybody know how to deinstall it?

27" imac quad, and macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 30" Apple Cinema, Apple TV, iPhone, and 11TB of external drives

Posted on Jan 4, 2010 6:09 PM

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captfred

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Jan 4, 2010 6:18 PM in response to robphoton2

Robphoton2, The 1st thing to do is click the mouse icon on the menu bar and select "disable autostart". Click the icon again and select "disable Magic Prefs".

Now you can find the actual program and drag it to the trash. I might be on your desktop or it could be in the downloads folder. You can hit the magnifying glass in the top right of the menu bar and search for MagicPrefs and it will tell you where it is. Just drag to trash.

Cheers

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captfred

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Jan 5, 2010 8:55 AM in response to baltwo

I think the OP wants to retain OSx support for the Magic Mouse but just wants to get rid of the free download extension program called MagicPrefs. This program adds additional functionality to the Magic Mouse.

I could be wrong.. 😉

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baltwo

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Jan 4, 2010 9:57 PM in response to robphoton2

If captfred's advice doesn't do it, see http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2287655 which might cover things.

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baltwo

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Jan 5, 2010 9:45 AM in response to captfred

Understood, that's why my comment is preceded by +If captfred's advice doesn't do it+.

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