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Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files

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In article <52bb4089$0$17070$c3e8da3$40d4fd75@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

> > there point is there's no need to bother. it's a complete waste of time
> > since those files are tiny and completely inert and do not make one bit
> > of difference to the system. 
> 
> I am thinking in particular of Adobe which has a number of directories
> that are obvious, but also under a totally different name (the name of
> the company that does the serial number autnentication stuff). When
> browsing the Library folder, you might be tempted to ditch it, not
> knowing it is a critical part of Adobe software.

that's one reason why apple made the user library folder invisible. you
shouldn't be screwing around in there.

if you want to uninstall adobe software, use their uninstaller, which
will do it in a way that won't screw up anything.

> On the other hand, going through the proeferences and deleteing astuff
> from apps you only trialed and deleted makes sense. It is just a matter
> of good system management and knowing what apps are on your system and
> what associated files come with it.
>
> If you are the type who buys a new system every couple of years and
> re-installs everything from scratch, then you need not be concerned with
> cleaning up unnecessary files. But if you upgrade in-situ and/or
> migration assistant, then you will find that cruft will follow you and
> accumulate over the years.

it has no effect other than taking up an imperceptible bit of space.

right now, my preferences folder is 42 megabytes.

it's about 1/100th of a dvd. 

it's less than 1/10000th of a 500 gig hd. 

it's not worth worrying about.

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Deleting Apps and Associated Files Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-24 09:19 -0800
  Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-12-24 17:52 +0000
    Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-24 10:18 -0800
      Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-12-24 12:26 -0800
      Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-12-24 22:04 +0000
        Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2013-12-25 21:13 +0000
          Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-25 16:22 -0800
            Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-25 21:51 -0500
              Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-26 10:39 -0800
                Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-26 14:31 -0500
                Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-26 12:13 -0800
                Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-26 13:39 -0800
      Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-24 19:06 -0800
        Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-25 04:53 -0500
          Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-25 11:09 -0800
            Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-25 15:05 -0500
              Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-25 15:31 -0500
                Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-25 15:52 -0500
        Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-25 07:21 -0500
  Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-24 20:11 +0000
    Re: Deleting Apps and Associated Files nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-24 15:34 -0500

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