Assuming you are the administrator, 1. Highlight the unwanted iM3 app with a single click. 2. Command + i to get info. 3. Click on triangle next to the words "Ownership & Permissions" to reveal a list of Owner, access, group, access and Others. 4. Click on the lock. 5. Enter your password. 6. Claim ownership and make them all read & write with the pop up menus. 7. Close get info box. 8. Command + delete to move unwanted app to the trash. 9. Command + shift + delete to empty the unwanted app from the trash. k On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 12:58 PM, Ian Tucker wrote: > The aftermath of many attempts to install the iMovie upgrade finds me > with a copy of the iMovie 3.0.1 Application in amongst the features > that appear in the first window that appears after you first click > onto your HD. When I attempt to trash it, it tells me I can't as it > belongs to "root". Someone has currently borrowed my "Little Mac OS > X " book and I wonder if a List member could provide me with short > details of the path I need to go down to fix up this bit of > housekeeping?