Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.hacker,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2015 19:42:32 -0700 Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <86549329f10d815d2e5922dee68cf94a@anemone.mooo.com> <210920151816339085%nospam@nospam.invalid> <210920151849448520%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020151828504734%nospam@nospam.invalid> <5tmdnY_rbLLTfY7LnZ2dnUU7-U-dnZ2d@supernews.com> <4OidndaWf9wpmYnLnZ2dnUU7-V-dnZ2d@supernews.com> <061020151355559863%nospam@nospam.invalid> <061020151541491091%nospam@nospam.invalid> <061020152226469906%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net SCyIZw0gUtOFUYZtxIkjHQSJ1FUl17G3DqmdjjY8ozYCfdzxwy Cancel-Lock: sha1:k+6IaBOggk8C0waC3yHi4oS9ZgU= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Thread-Index: AdEAqdCeQdDihE8wukOioScTTIgl3A== Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.freeware:245313 comp.sys.mac.system:82178 alt.hacker:8944 alt.privacy.anon-server:46107 comp.os.linux.advocacy:325238 On 10/6/15, 7:26 PM, in article 061020152226469906%nospam@nospam.invalid, "nospam" wrote: > In article , Snit > wrote: > >>>>>> Ok I am sitting in front of a Mac right now. Firefox is on my >>>>>> Applications folder in the file browser. I don't see an 'app delete' >>>>>> option when I right-mouse click it. >>>>> >>>>> drag to trash. done. much easier than futzing with right-clicking. >>>> >>>> And again, how do I know the names and locations of the prefs and config >>>> files? >>> >>> they're in the preferences folder and/or app support folder, but who >>> cares. they take up very little space and are completely inert. >> >> There are some rare exceptions... Adobe stores over 1GB in Application >> Support for example. > > i mentioned the app support folder, but adobe is an exception because > it's a suite of apps with shared components. > > it also comes with an uninstaller which removes everything and it's > also trivial to reset prefs of one of the apps with modifier keys on > launch. All true. No argument here. -- * OS X / Linux: What is a file? * Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu: * Mint KDE working with folders: * Mint KDE creating files: * Mint KDE help: * Mint KDE general navigation: * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs? * Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux: * OS / Word Processor Comparison: