{"id":1656,"date":"2010-02-23T17:13:11","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T17:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2010-02-23T17:13:11","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T17:13:11","slug":"removing-crapware-from-my-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/02\/removing-crapware-from-my-mac.htm","title":{"rendered":"Removing crapware from my Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last couple of days, I&#8217;ve been rebuilding my MacBook after an increasing number of &#8220;spinning beachballs of death&#8221; (the Mac equivalent of a Windows hourglass\/doughnut\/halo&#8230;).\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, its not just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/12\/tracking-down-and-removing-unwanted-software-bundled-with-a-new-pc.htm\">PCs that come supplied with &#8220;crapware&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; it may only be a couple of items but my OS X 10.5 installation also includes the Office for Mac 2004 Test Drive and iWork &#8217;08 Trial.\u00c2\u00a0 As it happens, I do have a copy of Office for Mac 2008 but I don&#8217;t need it on this PC &#8211; indeed the whole reason for wiping clean and starting again was to have a lean, clean system for my photography, with the minimum of unnecessary clutter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s the problem?&#8221;, I hear you say, &#8220;isn&#8217;t uninstalling an application on a Mac as simple as dragging it to the trash?&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 Well, in a word: no. Some apps for OS X are that simple to remove but many leave behind application support and preference files.\u00c2\u00a0 Some OS X apps have installers, just as on Windows PCs.<\/p>\n<p>I ran the Remove Office application to remove the Office for Mac Test Drive and, after searching for installed copies of Office, it decided there were none, leaving Remove Office log.txt file on the desktop with the details of its search:<\/p>\n<p><em>***************************<br \/>\nFound these items:<br \/>\nOFC2004_TD_FOLDERS: \/Applications\/Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It seems that, if you&#8217;ve not attempted to run any of the Test Drive apps (e.g. by opening an Office document), they are not actually installed.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entourage.mvps.org\/install\/demo.html\">Diane Ross has more details on her blog post on the subject<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0but, basically, it&#8217;s safe to drag the Test Drive files and folders to the trash.<\/p>\n<p>With Office for Mac out of the way, I turned my attention to the iWork &#8217;08 Trial.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/discussions.apple.com\/thread.jspa?threadID=1859837\">This does not have an uninstaller<\/a> &#8211; 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