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| Started by | Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> |
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| First post | 2014-04-26 08:31 -0400 |
| Last post | 2014-05-09 22:14 +0100 |
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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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| From | Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 08:40 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <lkla8m$nl$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #59226 |
On 2014-05-09 19:42:32 +0000, Alan Browne said: > On 2014.05.08, 13:51 , Lloyd E Parsons wrote: >> On 2014-05-08 17:37:41 +0000, Jolly Roger said: >> >>> On 2014-05-08, Puffin Killer <puffythekiller@telus.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Wrong group. I'll repost for you >>> >>> No, this is a suitable group for this question. >> >> Absolutely. PuffinKiller is one of the advocacy trolls. >> >> For the OP, I use Clean My Mac to get rid of old programs and files and >> it seems to do a good job of it. Of course someone will come along and >> now tell me how terrible it is. :) > > Don't know - at least you didn't use > the most vile words in Macdom: MacKeeper. > > > -- "Big data can reduce anything to a single number, > but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude." > -Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07 I only got CleanMyMac as part of some bundle a few years back that had a great deal on Parallels as part of the deal, otherwise never would have got it. It seems to do a very good job of cleaning up the ancillary files for apps when you remove them with it, but I don't go digging around looking for tidbits after either. -- Lloyd
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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 15:21 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnlmsgvp.1ln3.g.kreme@amelia.local> |
| In reply to | #59237 |
In message <lkla8m$nl$1@dont-email.me> Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: > On 2014-05-09 19:42:32 +0000, Alan Browne said: >> On 2014.05.08, 13:51 , Lloyd E Parsons wrote: >>> On 2014-05-08 17:37:41 +0000, Jolly Roger said: >>> >>>> On 2014-05-08, Puffin Killer <puffythekiller@telus.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Wrong group. I'll repost for you >>>> >>>> No, this is a suitable group for this question. >>> >>> Absolutely. PuffinKiller is one of the advocacy trolls. >>> >>> For the OP, I use Clean My Mac to get rid of old programs and files and >>> it seems to do a good job of it. Of course someone will come along and >>> now tell me how terrible it is. :) >> >> Don't know - at least you didn't use >> the most vile words in Macdom: MacKeeper. >> >> >> -- "Big data can reduce anything to a single number, >> but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude." >> -Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07 > I only got CleanMyMac as part of some bundle a few years back that had > a great deal on Parallels as part of the deal, otherwise never would > have got it. That's how I got it as well. > It seems to do a very good job of cleaning up the ancillary files for > apps when you remove them with it, but I don't go digging around > looking for tidbits after either. I don't use it myself, I found it's background process intrusive and was not impressed with the quality of the work it did do. It looks nice, but other than that it wasn't useful to me. If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't really care if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, leaving them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall the app. -- Rule 1: To every rule there is an exception.
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| From | nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 11:33 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <100520141133560680%nospam@nospam.invalid> |
| In reply to | #59240 |
In article <slrnlmsgvp.1ln3.g.kreme@amelia.local>, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't really care > if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, leaving > them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall the app. exactly.
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| From | Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 12:07 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <lklmc1$oeq$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #59240 |
On 2014-05-10 15:21:29 +0000, Lewis said: > In message <lkla8m$nl$1@dont-email.me> > Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: >> On 2014-05-09 19:42:32 +0000, Alan Browne said: > >>> On 2014.05.08, 13:51 , Lloyd E Parsons wrote: >>>> On 2014-05-08 17:37:41 +0000, Jolly Roger said: >>>> >>>>> On 2014-05-08, Puffin Killer <puffythekiller@telus.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Wrong group. I'll repost for you >>>>> >>>>> No, this is a suitable group for this question. >>>> >>>> Absolutely. PuffinKiller is one of the advocacy trolls. >>>> >>>> For the OP, I use Clean My Mac to get rid of old programs and files and >>>> it seems to do a good job of it. Of course someone will come along and >>>> now tell me how terrible it is. :) >>> >>> Don't know - at least you didn't use >>> the most vile words in Macdom: MacKeeper. >>> >>> >>> -- "Big data can reduce anything to a single number, >>> but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude." >>> -Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07 > >> I only got CleanMyMac as part of some bundle a few years back that had >> a great deal on Parallels as part of the deal, otherwise never would >> have got it. > > That's how I got it as well. > >> It seems to do a very good job of cleaning up the ancillary files for >> apps when you remove them with it, but I don't go digging around >> looking for tidbits after either. > > I don't use it myself, I found it's background process intrusive and was > not impressed with the quality of the work it did do. It looks nice, but > other than that it wasn't useful to me. > > If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't really care > if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, leaving > them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall the app. I'm more sensitive to that these days as my MBP only has 128Gb of SSD. -- Lloyd
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| From | nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 13:27 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <100520141327198863%nospam@nospam.invalid> |
| In reply to | #59246 |
In article <lklmc1$oeq$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: > > If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't really care > > if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, leaving > > them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall the app. > > I'm more sensitive to that these days as my MBP only has 128Gb of SSD. you need a *lot* of 4k preference files to fill up 128 gigs of ssd. if you really want to save space, there's a lot of crap in the unix side of things that you almost certainly never use, like man pages.
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| From | Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 14:17 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <lklu0m$f1r$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #59247 |
On 2014-05-10 17:27:19 +0000, nospam said: > In article <lklmc1$oeq$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd E Parsons > <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: > >>> If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't really care >>> if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, leaving >>> them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall the app. >> >> I'm more sensitive to that these days as my MBP only has 128Gb of SSD. > > you need a *lot* of 4k preference files to fill up 128 gigs of ssd. > > if you really want to save space, there's a lot of crap in the unix > side of things that you almost certainly never use, like man pages. I have man pages? I did not know that, how do I get to them to delete them if you'd be so kind. -- Lloyd
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| From | Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 12:45 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <lklvkd$go3$1@news.datemas.de> |
| In reply to | #59256 |
On 2014-05-10 19:17:43 +0000, Lloyd E Parsons said: > On 2014-05-10 17:27:19 +0000, nospam said: > >> In article <lklmc1$oeq$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd E Parsons >> <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: >> >>>> If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't really care >>>> if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, leaving >>>> them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall the app. >>> >>> I'm more sensitive to that these days as my MBP only has 128Gb of SSD. >> >> you need a *lot* of 4k preference files to fill up 128 gigs of ssd. >> >> if you really want to save space, there's a lot of crap in the unix >> side of things that you almost certainly never use, like man pages. > > I have man pages? I did not know that, how do I get to them to delete > them if you'd be so kind. Every Mac does... ...but they're only a few 10s of MB, so...
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| From | "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 17:43 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <lkm6hc$avr$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #59257 |
"Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lklvkd$go3$1@news.datemas.de... On 2014-05-10 19:17:43 +0000, Lloyd E Parsons said: > On 2014-05-10 17:27:19 +0000, nospam said: > >> In article <lklmc1$oeq$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd E Parsons >> <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: >> >>>> If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't really >>>> care >>>> if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, >>>> leaving >>>> them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall the >>>> app. >>> >>> I'm more sensitive to that these days as my MBP only has 128Gb of >>> SSD. >> >> you need a *lot* of 4k preference files to fill up 128 gigs of ssd. >> >> if you really want to save space, there's a lot of crap in the unix >> side of things that you almost certainly never use, like man pages. > > I have man pages? I did not know that, how do I get to them to > delete them if you'd be so kind. >Every Mac does... >...but they're only a few 10s of MB, so... IOW: you don't know how. BWAHAAAHAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! The "iPad setup man" fails................again.
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| From | Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 14:48 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <lkm6qn$t0l$1@news.datemas.de> |
| In reply to | #59262 |
On 2014-05-10 21:43:12 +0000, Puffin Killer said: > "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lklvkd$go3$1@news.datemas.de... > > On 2014-05-10 19:17:43 +0000, Lloyd E Parsons said: > >> On 2014-05-10 17:27:19 +0000, nospam said: >> >>> In article <lklmc1$oeq$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd E Parsons >>> <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: >>> >>>>> If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't really care >>>>> if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, leaving >>>>> them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall the app. >>>> >>>> I'm more sensitive to that these days as my MBP only has 128Gb of SSD. >>> >>> you need a *lot* of 4k preference files to fill up 128 gigs of ssd. >>> >>> if you really want to save space, there's a lot of crap in the unix >>> side of things that you almost certainly never use, like man pages. >> >> I have man pages? I did not know that, how do I get to them to delete >> them if you'd be so kind. > >> Every Mac does... > >> ...but they're only a few 10s of MB, so... > > IOW: you don't know how. BWAHAAAHAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! > The "iPad setup man" fails................again. Of course I know HOW, Michael. rm -R /usr/share/man /usr/local/share/man /usr/X11/man I just really don't see it as worthwhile. :-)
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| From | "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 19:16 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <lkmbvh$gvs$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #59264 |
"Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lkm6qn$t0l$1@news.datemas.de... On 2014-05-10 21:43:12 +0000, Puffin Killer said: > "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lklvkd$go3$1@news.datemas.de... > > On 2014-05-10 19:17:43 +0000, Lloyd E Parsons said: > >> On 2014-05-10 17:27:19 +0000, nospam said: >> >>> In article <lklmc1$oeq$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd E Parsons >>> <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: >>> >>>>> If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't >>>>> really care >>>>> if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, >>>>> leaving >>>>> them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall >>>>> the app. >>>> >>>> I'm more sensitive to that these days as my MBP only has 128Gb of >>>> SSD. >>> >>> you need a *lot* of 4k preference files to fill up 128 gigs of >>> ssd. >>> >>> if you really want to save space, there's a lot of crap in the >>> unix >>> side of things that you almost certainly never use, like man >>> pages. >> >> I have man pages? I did not know that, how do I get to them to >> delete them if you'd be so kind. > >> Every Mac does... > >> ...but they're only a few 10s of MB, so... > > IOW: you don't know how. BWAHAAAHAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! > The "iPad setup man" fails................again. >Of course I know HOW, Michael. >rm -R /usr/share/man /usr/local/share/man /usr/X11/man Do you mean to say you simply can't "right click"!!!!! BWAHAAAHAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! >I just really don't see it as worthwhile. Newsflash!!! Your opinion is worthless, just like you. :-)
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| From | Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 16:26 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <lkmcj8$rg2$1@news.datemas.de> |
| In reply to | #59268 |
On 2014-05-10 23:16:05 +0000, Puffin Killer said: > "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lkm6qn$t0l$1@news.datemas.de... > > On 2014-05-10 21:43:12 +0000, Puffin Killer said: > >> "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lklvkd$go3$1@news.datemas.de... >> >> On 2014-05-10 19:17:43 +0000, Lloyd E Parsons said: >> >>> On 2014-05-10 17:27:19 +0000, nospam said: >>> >>>> In article <lklmc1$oeq$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd E Parsons >>>> <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't really care >>>>>> if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, leaving >>>>>> them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall the app. >>>>> >>>>> I'm more sensitive to that these days as my MBP only has 128Gb of SSD. >>>> >>>> you need a *lot* of 4k preference files to fill up 128 gigs of ssd. >>>> >>>> if you really want to save space, there's a lot of crap in the unix >>>> side of things that you almost certainly never use, like man pages. >>> >>> I have man pages? I did not know that, how do I get to them to delete >>> them if you'd be so kind. >> >>> Every Mac does... >> >>> ...but they're only a few 10s of MB, so... >> >> IOW: you don't know how. BWAHAAAHAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! >> The "iPad setup man" fails................again. > >> Of course I know HOW, Michael. > >> rm -R /usr/share/man /usr/local/share/man /usr/X11/man > > Do you mean to say you simply can't "right click"!!!!! > BWAHAAAHAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! If you prefer: Cmd-Shift-G in the Finder and type /usr/share, then delete the "man" folder, open the "X11" folder, then delete IT'S "man" folder, then back up to /usr, down to /usr/local/share and delete the last one. > >> I just really don't see it as worthwhile. > > Newsflash!!! Your opinion is worthless, just like you. > > :-) LOL
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| From | "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 22:21 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <lkmmqk$5t5$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #59269 |
"Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lkmcj8$rg2$1@news.datemas.de... On 2014-05-10 23:16:05 +0000, Puffin Killer said: > "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lkm6qn$t0l$1@news.datemas.de... > > On 2014-05-10 21:43:12 +0000, Puffin Killer said: > >> "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lklvkd$go3$1@news.datemas.de... >> >> On 2014-05-10 19:17:43 +0000, Lloyd E Parsons said: >> >>> On 2014-05-10 17:27:19 +0000, nospam said: >>> >>>> In article <lklmc1$oeq$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd E Parsons >>>> <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't >>>>>> really care >>>>>> if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, >>>>>> leaving >>>>>> them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall >>>>>> the app. >>>>> >>>>> I'm more sensitive to that these days as my MBP only has 128Gb >>>>> of SSD. >>>> >>>> you need a *lot* of 4k preference files to fill up 128 gigs of >>>> ssd. >>>> >>>> if you really want to save space, there's a lot of crap in the >>>> unix >>>> side of things that you almost certainly never use, like man >>>> pages. >>> >>> I have man pages? I did not know that, how do I get to them to >>> delete them if you'd be so kind. >> >>> Every Mac does... >> >>> ...but they're only a few 10s of MB, so... >> >> IOW: you don't know how. >> BWAHAAAHAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! The "iPad setup man" >> fails................again. > >> Of course I know HOW, Michael. > >> rm -R /usr/share/man /usr/local/share/man /usr/X11/man > > Do you mean to say you simply can't "right click"!!!!! > BWAHAAAHAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! >If you prefer: >Cmd-Shift-G in the Finder and type /usr/share, then delete the "man" >>folder, open the "X11" folder, then delete IT'S "man" folder, then >>back >up to /usr, down to /usr/local/share and delete the last one. IOW: You just can't right click. > >> I just really don't see it as worthwhile. > > Newsflash!!! Your opinion is worthless, just like you. > > :-) >LOL So we both agree. It's a start.
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| From | Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 23:33 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <lkn5k8$7ol$2@news.datemas.de> |
| In reply to | #59271 |
On 2014-05-11 02:21:12 +0000, Puffin Killer said: > "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lkmcj8$rg2$1@news.datemas.de... > > On 2014-05-10 23:16:05 +0000, Puffin Killer said: > >> "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lkm6qn$t0l$1@news.datemas.de... >> >> On 2014-05-10 21:43:12 +0000, Puffin Killer said: >> >>> "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lklvkd$go3$1@news.datemas.de... >>> >>> On 2014-05-10 19:17:43 +0000, Lloyd E Parsons said: >>> >>>> On 2014-05-10 17:27:19 +0000, nospam said: >>>> >>>>> In article <lklmc1$oeq$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd E Parsons >>>>> <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't really care >>>>>>> if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, leaving >>>>>>> them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall the app. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm more sensitive to that these days as my MBP only has 128Gb of SSD. >>>>> >>>>> you need a *lot* of 4k preference files to fill up 128 gigs of ssd. >>>>> >>>>> if you really want to save space, there's a lot of crap in the unix >>>>> side of things that you almost certainly never use, like man pages. >>>> >>>> I have man pages? I did not know that, how do I get to them to delete >>>> them if you'd be so kind. >>> >>>> Every Mac does... >>> >>>> ...but they're only a few 10s of MB, so... >>> >>> IOW: you don't know how. BWAHAAAHAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! The >>> "iPad setup man" fails................again. >> >>> Of course I know HOW, Michael. >> >>> rm -R /usr/share/man /usr/local/share/man /usr/X11/man >> >> Do you mean to say you simply can't "right click"!!!!! >> BWAHAAAHAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! > >> If you prefer: > >> Cmd-Shift-G in the Finder and type /usr/share, then delete the "man" >>> folder, open the "X11" folder, then delete IT'S "man" folder, then back >> up to /usr, down to /usr/local/share and delete the last one. > > > IOW: You just can't right click. Actually, you can. Right-clicking includes "Move to Trash" as one of the options. > >> >>> I just really don't see it as worthwhile. >> >> Newsflash!!! Your opinion is worthless, just like you. >> >> :-) > >> LOL > > So we both agree. It's a start. LOL
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| From | "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> |
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| Date | 2014-05-11 08:30 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <lknqgc$53p$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #59274 |
"Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lkn5k8$7ol$2@news.datemas.de... On 2014-05-11 02:21:12 +0000, Puffin Killer said: > "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lkmcj8$rg2$1@news.datemas.de... > > On 2014-05-10 23:16:05 +0000, Puffin Killer said: > >> "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lkm6qn$t0l$1@news.datemas.de... >> >> On 2014-05-10 21:43:12 +0000, Puffin Killer said: >> >>> "Alan Baker" wrote in message >>> news:lklvkd$go3$1@news.datemas.de... >>> >>> On 2014-05-10 19:17:43 +0000, Lloyd E Parsons said: >>> >>>> On 2014-05-10 17:27:19 +0000, nospam said: >>>> >>>>> In article <lklmc1$oeq$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd E Parsons >>>>> <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't >>>>>>> really care >>>>>>> if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, >>>>>>> leaving >>>>>>> them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall >>>>>>> the app. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm more sensitive to that these days as my MBP only has 128Gb >>>>>> of SSD. >>>>> >>>>> you need a *lot* of 4k preference files to fill up 128 gigs of >>>>> ssd. >>>>> >>>>> if you really want to save space, there's a lot of crap in the >>>>> unix >>>>> side of things that you almost certainly never use, like man >>>>> pages. >>>> >>>> I have man pages? I did not know that, how do I get to them to >>>> delete them if you'd be so kind. >>> >>>> Every Mac does... >>> >>>> ...but they're only a few 10s of MB, so... >>> >>> IOW: you don't know how. >>> BWAHAAAHAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! The "iPad setup man" >>> fails................again. >> >>> Of course I know HOW, Michael. >> >>> rm -R /usr/share/man /usr/local/share/man /usr/X11/man >> >> Do you mean to say you simply can't "right click"!!!!! >> BWAHAAAHAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! > >> If you prefer: > >> Cmd-Shift-G in the Finder and type /usr/share, then delete the >> "man" >>> folder, open the "X11" folder, then delete IT'S "man" folder, then >>> back >> up to /usr, down to /usr/local/share and delete the last one. > > > IOW: You just can't right click. >Actually, you can. >Right-clicking includes "Move to Trash" as one of the options. But not in the case that’s being discussed. Cute try though. So, since you have nothing more to add, I leave the last word to you. > >> >>> I just really don't see it as worthwhile. >> >> Newsflash!!! Your opinion is worthless, just like you. >> >> :-) > >> LOL > > So we both agree. It's a start. >LOL
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| From | Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> |
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| Date | 2014-05-11 09:39 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <lko942$it6$1@news.datemas.de> |
| In reply to | #59276 |
On 2014-05-11 12:30:08 +0000, Puffin Killer said: > "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lkn5k8$7ol$2@news.datemas.de... > > On 2014-05-11 02:21:12 +0000, Puffin Killer said: > >> "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lkmcj8$rg2$1@news.datemas.de... >> >> On 2014-05-10 23:16:05 +0000, Puffin Killer said: >> >>> "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lkm6qn$t0l$1@news.datemas.de... >>> >>> On 2014-05-10 21:43:12 +0000, Puffin Killer said: >>> >>>> "Alan Baker" wrote in message news:lklvkd$go3$1@news.datemas.de... >>>> >>>> On 2014-05-10 19:17:43 +0000, Lloyd E Parsons said: >>>> >>>>> On 2014-05-10 17:27:19 +0000, nospam said: >>>>> >>>>>> In article <lklmc1$oeq$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd E Parsons >>>>>> <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>> If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't really care >>>>>>>> if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, leaving >>>>>>>> them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall the app. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm more sensitive to that these days as my MBP only has 128Gb of SSD. >>>>>> >>>>>> you need a *lot* of 4k preference files to fill up 128 gigs of ssd. >>>>>> >>>>>> if you really want to save space, there's a lot of crap in the unix >>>>>> side of things that you almost certainly never use, like man pages. >>>>> >>>>> I have man pages? I did not know that, how do I get to them to delete >>>>> them if you'd be so kind. >>>> >>>>> Every Mac does... >>>> >>>>> ...but they're only a few 10s of MB, so... >>>> >>>> IOW: you don't know how. BWAHAAAHAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! The >>>> "iPad setup man" fails................again. >>> >>>> Of course I know HOW, Michael. >>> >>>> rm -R /usr/share/man /usr/local/share/man /usr/X11/man >>> >>> Do you mean to say you simply can't "right click"!!!!! >>> BWAHAAAHAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! >> >>> If you prefer: >> >>> Cmd-Shift-G in the Finder and type /usr/share, then delete the "man" >>>> folder, open the "X11" folder, then delete IT'S "man" folder, then back >>> up to /usr, down to /usr/local/share and delete the last one. > > >> >> >> IOW: You just can't right click. > > >> Actually, you can. > >> Right-clicking includes "Move to Trash" as one of the options. > > But not in the case that’s being discussed. Cute try though. Yes, in this case as well.
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-05-11 09:36 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <EoqdnZSq5ot04fLOnZ2dnUVZ_tydnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #59269 |
On 2014.05.10, 19:26 , Alan Baker wrote:
> LOL
Please stop replying to it.
--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07
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| From | Happynet Steering Society <bo@ChOMp.ru.ca.us.fr> |
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| Date | 2014-05-11 08:11 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <bo-4EAA05.08115211052014@news.mixmin.net> |
| In reply to | #59268 |
In article <lkmbvh$gvs$1@dont-email.me>, "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> wrote: > Do you mean to say you simply can't "right click"!!!!! Do you mean to say that you're too stupid to figure out the command line? -- a bozo is just an upside-down smile
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| From | "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> |
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| Date | 2014-05-11 08:32 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <lknqkc$5t5$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #59275 |
"Happynet Steering Society" wrote in message news:bo-4EAA05.08115211052014@news.mixmin.net... In article <lkmbvh$gvs$1@dont-email.me>, "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> wrote: > Do you mean to say you simply can't "right click"!!!!! >Do you mean to say that you're too stupid to figure out the command >line? You mean"go back to the future"? Or, "Macs are intuitive"? Or, "Macs, just work"? No, Asshole, I use modern, up to date equipment. Now why don't you run along and fuck off, Shithead.
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-05-11 09:35 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <EoqdnZqq5osv4fLOnZ2dnUVZ_tydnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #59264 |
On 2014.05.10, 17:48 , Alan Baker wrote:
> Of course
Please stop replying to it.
--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07
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| From | nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> |
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| Date | 2014-05-10 15:49 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <100520141549039086%nospam@nospam.invalid> |
| In reply to | #59256 |
In article <lklu0m$f1r$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: > >>> If I delete a 500MB application from /Applications I don't really care > >>> if it leaves behind a couple of 4K preference files. In fact, leaving > >>> them behind is probably a good thing in case I ever reinstall the app. > >> > >> I'm more sensitive to that these days as my MBP only has 128Gb of SSD. > > > > you need a *lot* of 4k preference files to fill up 128 gigs of ssd. > > > > if you really want to save space, there's a lot of crap in the unix > > side of things that you almost certainly never use, like man pages. > > I have man pages? I did not know that, how do I get to them to delete > them if you'd be so kind. usually /usr/share/man but you can use the command manpath to find out where it thinks they are. it's also not all that much space, but if you're worried about a couple of 4k files then you ought to be looking at the rest of the system, because there's a lot of stuff that's never used. also be aware that deleting anything in the system or unix directories has the potential of causing problems and there's a good chance that anything you delete will come back in a system update anyway, depending on what the update includes.
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