anyone knows how to uninstall fan control?

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anyone knows how to uninstall fan control?

i have accidently installed a program named "fan control", because one of my friends recommended it, but now it makes my Macbook slower and it slides in my dashboard. my question is: do anyone knows how to uninstall "fan control ?

MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on May 13, 2013 12:16 PM

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JoeyR

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May 14, 2013 7:28 AM in response to westermann

Provided you are referring to "Fan Control" from Lobotomo, they provide removal instructions:

Uninstall Instructions

Please follow these instructions to uninstall FanControl permanently:

Remove the following files and folders (both on your start disk):
/Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon /Library/PreferencePanes/Fan Control.prefPane
(You will be prompted for the Administrator's password when deleting these items.)
Reboot
Reset the System Management Controller (SMC). Please follow these links for instructions: Portables, Mac Mini, Mac Pro

The above is provided on their site here:

http://www.lobotomo.com/products/FanControl/

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