Help for Mac People - uninstalling apps

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Guys I need a little help. I have a very old Mac G3 that I want to clean up before getting rid on it. On PC you uninstall applications using the control panel. This doesn't exist on the Mac so how do you uninstall apps on the Mac.
 
Drag them into the trash from the Applications folder.

Easier to just wipe the disk and reinstall OSX though?
 
vaizki said:
Easier to just wipe the disk and reinstall OSX though?
Click to expand...

If you're selling it, that's the best thing to do.

You may have all sorts of personal data knocking about in the settings for the computer or in other places that you've forgotten about.

P.S. To make sure that nobody can get any of your information back using data recovery software, when you're re-installing OS X, go to Disk Utility after the first screen in the installer (you'll find some menus at the top).

Go to the Erase tab and click Erase Free Space... and select either 7-pass or 35-pass Erase, depending on how paranoid you're feeling :)

http://www.ehow.com/how_2310314_securely-erase-free-space-mac-hard-drive.html

If your OS X installation disk is earlier than 10.2.3 you may not have these options.
 
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You could use Appdelete. This not only removes the app plus any extensions and prefs it might have.

Just drag the ap to the Appdelete window and it does the rest.
 
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