Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app?
Date	2015-10-08 17:26 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-10-08, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> On 2015-10-07, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> On 2015-10-06 21:01, Alan Browne wrote:
>>
>>> I meant that it should not be so designed.  There is nothing about apps 
>>> (for fricking photos!) that should be deeply hooked to the OS that they 
>>> can't be removed.
>>
>> Apple makes sure one can't hack/patch one of its applications.
>> Unfortunatly, preventing any modifications to the App also prevents its
>> deletion.
>>
>> Out of curiosity: if sudo and/or root no longer have access to the full
>> system, is OS-X still "Unix certified" ?
>
> OS-X never was 100% Unix compatible - HFS+ is very broken.

False on both counts.

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Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-10-07 12:07 +1300
  Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-10-07 00:30 +0000
    Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-06 20:38 -0400
      Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-07 00:37 -0400
        Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-07 06:39 -0400
          Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-07 12:31 -0400
        Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-10-07 23:40 +1300
  Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-06 21:01 -0400
    Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 01:03 +0000
      Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-06 21:05 -0400
        Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 01:10 +0000
          Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-06 21:18 -0400
            Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 01:25 +0000
        Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-07 00:45 -0400
      Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> - 2015-10-06 20:28 -0600
      Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-07 08:42 -0400
        Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-10-07 06:58 -0700
          Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-07 12:59 -0400
            Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 17:10 +0000
        Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-07 12:52 -0400
          Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-07 18:49 -0400
            Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-10-08 13:14 +1300
              Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-08 08:44 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-10-08 08:08 -0700
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-08 13:42 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-08 16:25 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 15:49 +0000
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-08 16:29 -0400
    Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-06 21:05 -0400
      Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 01:12 +0000
        Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-07 00:46 -0400
    Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-07 00:41 -0400
      Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-10-08 02:15 +0000
        Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 19:41 -0700
          Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-10-08 02:58 +0000
            Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 20:44 -0700
              Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-10-09 03:57 +0000
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 21:04 -0700
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-09 01:51 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-09 06:27 +0000
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-10-09 14:31 +0000
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-09 17:38 +0000
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-09 13:49 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-09 18:06 +0000
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-09 15:15 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 15:21 -0400
          Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-07 23:00 -0400
            Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 21:01 -0700
              Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 00:13 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 08:57 -0700
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 12:19 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-08 13:44 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 13:54 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 11:05 -0700
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 14:11 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 11:23 -0700
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 20:25 +0000
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 16:41 -0700
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-08 14:28 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 14:31 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-08 16:09 -0400
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-08 22:27 +0000
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-10-09 12:09 +1300
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 17:06 -0700
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-10-09 14:31 +1300
                Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 19:06 -0700
        Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-07 23:00 -0400
        Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 17:26 +0000

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