How to uninstalling iWorks

I just downloaded the trial of iWork 09 and gave Pages a go on some key Word documents, however it lacks compatibility with features I need, such as "paragraph boarders". Oh well - I'll just keep using NeoOffice.

Apple's try before you buy is a big winner with me!

My only question is, how should I Uninstall iWorks?

Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Jun 11, 2010 6:16 PM

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Posted on Jun 11, 2010 6:54 PM

Drag the +iWork '09+ folder (in the Applications folder) to the trash.

Also:

+~/Library/ Application Support/iWork '09+

+~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork09.Installer.plist & com.apple.iWork09.plist+

where ~ is your user name or the System root, depending on whether you installed iWork for just you or for All Users.

Peter
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Jun 11, 2010 6:54 PM in response to iPotential

Drag the +iWork '09+ folder (in the Applications folder) to the trash.

Also:

+~/Library/ Application Support/iWork '09+

+~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork09.Installer.plist & com.apple.iWork09.plist+

where ~ is your user name or the System root, depending on whether you installed iWork for just you or for All Users.

Peter
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Jun 11, 2010 9:19 PM in response to iPotential

There are more to delete
Macintosh HD > Library > Application Support > iWork '09
Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences > com.apple.iWork09.plist
Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences > com.apple.iWork09.Installer.plist
~>Library > Preferences > com.apple.iWork.Keynote.LSSharedFileList.plist and also the following plists
com.apple.iWork.Keynote.plist
com.apple.iWork.Numbers.LSSharedFileList.plist
com.apple.iWork.Numbers.plist
com.apple.iWork.Pages.LSSharedFileList.plist
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Jun 12, 2010 3:10 AM in response to iPotential

Here is a script which does the complete task in a single call.

--

set p2f to path to preferences folder from local domain as Unicode text
set liste to {"com.apple.iWork09.Installer.plist", "com.apple.iWork09.plist"}
tell application "System Events"
 repeat with itm in liste
 try
 delete disk item (p2f & itm)
 end try
 end repeat
end tell
set p2f to path to library folder from local domain as Unicode text
set liste to {"Application Support:iWork '09", "Receipts:iWork09Trial.pkg"}
tell application "System Events"
 repeat with itm in liste
 try
 delete disk item (p2f & itm)
 end try
 end repeat
end tell
set p2f to path to applications folder from local domain as Unicode text
tell application "System Events"
 try
 delete disk item (p2f & "iWork '09")
 end try
end tell
set p2f to path to preferences folder from user domain as Unicode text
set liste to {"com.apple.iWork.Keynote.plist", "com.apple.iWork.Numbers.plist", "com.apple.iWork.Keynote.plist"}
tell application "System Events"
 repeat with itm in liste
 try
 delete disk item (p2f & itm)
 end try
 end repeat
end tell
--


Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) samedi 12 juin 2010 12:10:12
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Jun 13, 2010 5:45 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

itm is a name of variable.
liste is a name of variable too.
I can't use item or list which are AppleScript's reserved word.

Here is a slightly edited version 😉

--

set the_congress to path to preferences folder from local domain as Unicode text
set some_senators to {"com.apple.iWork09.Installer.plist", "com.apple.iWork09.plist"}
tell application "System Events"
 repeat with a_senator in some_senators
 try
 delete disk item (the_congress & a_senator)
 end try
 end repeat
end tell
set the_congress to path to library folder from local domain as Unicode text
set some_senators to {"Application Support:iWork '09", "Receipts:iWork09Trial.pkg"}
tell application "System Events"
 repeat with a_senator in some_senators
 try
 delete disk item (the_congress & a_senator)
 end try
 end repeat
end tell
set the_congress to path to applications folder from local domain as Unicode text
tell application "System Events"
 try
 delete disk item (the_congress & "iWork '09")
 end try
end tell
set the_congress to path to preferences folder from user domain as Unicode text
set some_senators to {"com.apple.iWork.Keynote.plist", "com.apple.iWork.Numbers.plist", "com.apple.iWork.Keynote.plist"}
tell application "System Events"
 repeat with a_senator in some_senators
 try
 delete disk item (the_congress & a_senator)
 end try
 end repeat
end tell
--


Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 13 juin 2010 14:45:31
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Jun 13, 2010 5:56 AM in response to KOENIG Yvan

After the fun, back to a serious version.

This time I used French_like names of variables.
It's my preferred choice because they will never conflict with reserved words.

--

set dossierdesfichiers to path to preferences folder from local domain as Unicode text
set listedefichiers to {"com.apple.iWork09.Installer.plist", "com.apple.iWork09.plist"}
tell application "System Events"
 repeat with un_fichier in listedefichiers
 try
 delete disk item (dossierdesfichiers & un_fichier)
 end try
 end repeat
end tell
set dossierdesfichiers to path to library folder from local domain as Unicode text
set listedefichiers to {"Application Support:iWork '09", "Receipts:iWork09Trial.pkg"}
tell application "System Events"
 repeat with un_fichier in listedefichiers
 try
 delete disk item (dossierdesfichiers & un_fichier)
 end try
 end repeat
end tell
set dossierdesfichiers to path to applications folder from local domain as Unicode text
tell application "System Events"
 try
 delete disk item (dossierdesfichiers & "iWork '09")
 end try
end tell
set dossierdesfichiers to path to preferences folder from user domain as Unicode text
set listedefichiers to {"com.apple.iWork.Keynote.plist", "com.apple.iWork.Numbers.plist", "com.apple.iWork.Keynote.plist"}
tell application "System Events"
 repeat with un_fichier in listedefichiers
 try
 delete disk item (dossierdesfichiers & un_fichier)
 end try
 end repeat
end tell
--


During numerous centuries they where conflicts between French and English.
In AppleScript, it's *_Entente cordiale_* 😉

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 13 juin 2010 14:56:09
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