[X4U] Uinstalling apps

[Stroller]

On Oct 4, 2004, at 4:40 pm, Axxll wrote:

> I consider myself a newbie , a switcher from windows, happy with my 
> PB4.  I have one silly question. I noticed that my MSN is not acting 
> normal such as the colorful disk keeps rolling and i have to 
> Force-Quit it...
> Now, How do i un install it and  re install a fresh copy ??
> thanks for the help.

Assuming you have a shortcut to the application in your dock, 
right-click it (or ctrl-click it, if you have a sub-optimal mouse) and 
choose "Show In Finder". In the Finder window that opens the 
application itself is selected - if it's still running, quit it or 
force-quit it - then just drag & drop the app to the trash. That's it 
uninstalled.

Weird innit..? This works because on Mac OS X all the libraries & 
resources & stuff that an application needs are stored within its own 
.app bundle - the icon you dragged to the trash is in fact a folder 
hierarchy, and if you right click it you can see the "Contents" - so it 
doesn't install conflicting .dlls all over the place the way Windows 
applications do.

Uninstalling an application in this way does leave behind all users' 
preferences, so you might want to delete those, too. They're in 
~/Library/Preferences - in this case prolly 
com.microsoft.Messenger.plist

HTH,

Stroller.