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Re: Cleaning out old unused programs

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Cleaning out old unused programs
Date 2014-04-27 10:04 +1200
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Message-ID <270420141004244803%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink)
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In article <535ba713$0$61246$c3e8da3$5e5e430d@news.astraweb.com>, Gary
<gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a bad habit of finding too many programs (usually free) and 
> installing them on my Mac Pro.  Now, after about 5 years of this 
> addiction, my computer is rebelling with degraded performance.  I would 
> like to identify programs that were installed a long time ago and have 
> not been used for a long time, so that I might uninstall them.
> 
> Does anyone know of a utility that will help identify such programs 
> (old install date, not been opened in a long time)?  Thanks in advance 
> for any help you might offer.

Simply having applications on the computer is not going to degrade
performance, except those that are system extensions or perhaps if
you're severly running out of disk space.

For performance loss it's best to start with the regular maintenance,
etc. routines to clear out things like old caches.

Some applications have an uninstall option on the original install disk
/ disk image or in the Zip / Stuffit archive. The easiest way to get
rid of most normal applications (i.e. not system extensions) is to
simply drag them to the Trash. Some system extensions you can also just
drag out of the System Prefences window. They may leave behind extra
files, but usually they're small and not worth worrying about.

There are quite a few "cleaner" applications that claim to remove an
application and all the associated files, but in reality you still need
to know what you're doing since they do come up with false positives
and still can't find everything.

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Cleaning out old unused programs Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-26 08:31 -0400
  Re: Cleaning out old unused programs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-26 10:58 -0400
    Re: Cleaning out old unused programs dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-04-27 07:30 +1000
    Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2014-04-28 18:32 -0400
      Re: Cleaning out old unused programs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-28 20:02 -0400
      Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-29 13:49 +1200
        Re: Cleaning out old unused programs JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-28 21:52 -0400
  Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-26 11:20 -0400
  Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-04-26 13:28 -0700
  Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-27 10:04 +1200
  Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-08 09:09 -0400
    Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-08 08:51 -0700
      Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-05-08 13:15 -0400
        Re: Cleaning out old unused programs David Fritzinger <dfritzin@nospam.mac.com> - 2014-05-09 09:28 -0400
          Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-09 12:02 -0400
    Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-08 17:37 +0000
      Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-08 12:51 -0500
        Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-08 17:34 -0400
        Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-09 15:42 -0400
          Re: Cleaning out old unused programs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-09 17:24 -0400
          Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-10 08:40 -0500
            Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-10 15:21 +0000
              Re: Cleaning out old unused programs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-10 11:33 -0400
              Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-10 12:07 -0500
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-10 13:27 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-10 14:17 -0500
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 12:45 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 17:43 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 14:48 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 19:16 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 16:26 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 22:21 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 23:33 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-11 08:30 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-11 09:39 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-11 09:36 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Happynet Steering Society <bo@ChOMp.ru.ca.us.fr> - 2014-05-11 08:11 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-11 08:32 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-11 09:35 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-10 15:49 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-11 10:18 +1200
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-10 22:10 -0500
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-11 15:29 +0000
            Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-10 11:32 -0400
      Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-08 10:55 -0700
        Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-05-08 13:04 -0500
          Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-08 18:19 +0000
        Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-08 18:08 +0000
          Re: Cleaning out old unused programs David Fritzinger <dfritzin@nospam.mac.com> - 2014-05-09 09:26 -0400
            Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-09 12:04 -0400
            Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-09 16:55 +0000
            Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-09 15:46 -0400
              Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-09 16:11 -0700
            Re: Cleaning out old unused programs George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-09 16:45 -0500
              Re: Cleaning out old unused programs David Fritzinger <dfritzin@nospam.mac.com> - 2014-05-10 14:43 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 11:46 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 17:45 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-10 14:48 -0700
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-11 09:36 -0400
                Re: Cleaning out old unused programs "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-11 12:16 -0400
    Re: Cleaning out old unused programs Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-05-09 22:14 +0100

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