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RobinS - Dec 1, 2005 - 11:04 am

I'd love to get rid of some OSX apps and utilities that I know I'll never use - at least not anytime soon. Can I delete some of them without consequences? Do some depend on others?

bobw - Dec 1, 2005 - 11:15 am

Hi

You can delete any apps you don't want. You can always reinstall from the 10.4 disc if you find you need them.

I wouldn't trash Safari, it's framework is used for other stuff. If you have a list of apps you want to delete, let me know and I'll tell you if it's okay.

bobw
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RobinS - Dec 1, 2005 - 12:12 pm

Sounds good. Safari is useful for some sites so I wouldn't want to trash it. Plus its a pretty good browser - not up to Opera for me, but very good. Here's a list of the useless stuff.

First off - is it possible to rid myself of the Dock? Once I used Command+Tab I can't imagine what one would use this thing for.

List of programs to be expunged:

Address Book
Chess
iCal
iChat
iSync
iTunes
Quicktime
Sherlock
Stickies
VoiceOver
Bluetooth file exchange
Migration Assistant

bobw - Dec 1, 2005 - 12:43 pm

You can delete almost all those apps, but don't delete Quicktime, you'll have problems on some sites that use it.