Dear Apple: don’t you know how to remove prefPane applications? Installing apps that has an extention, .app, is easy as pie. What about .prefPage apps?
Dear Apple: don’t you know how to remove prefPane applications? Installing apps that has an extention, .app, is easy as pie. What about .prefPage apps?
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Removing prefpane
Removing prefpane applications is very easy. Drag them to the trash, just like regular .app applications. Or if you like, control-click on them and choose the appropriate item from the menu. Easy as pie.
Thanks for your comment,
Thanks for your comment, Justin. The problem with prefPane apps is that users are not always aware of the location of the installations. We, Mac nerds, know the location (i.e.,
~/Library/PreferencePanes/), but not everyone is aware of it.On the other hand,
.appapplications are most likely located in the place where people know.Hi Takaaki. I’m a bit
Hi Takaaki. I’m a bit confused. Are we talking about installing or uninstalling? Your original post makes it seem like you were referring to removing prefpane applications, in which case one doesn’t really need to know where they are located. In your comment, however, you seem to imply the issue is with installing prefpane applications. In that case, you can simply double-click a prefpane application to install it. While that action is different than installing a regular application, the two types of applications are different enough that — in my view — it’s okay to have two separate installation techniques.
In short, both installing and removing prefpane applications are very easy to do. I think double-clicking to install prefpane applications is actually easier than the current drag-and-drop method of installing regular applications.
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How many times have you seen a new Mac user run an application directly from a disk image? I see people do it all the time. Imagine if the Finder asked you this:
“You are about to launch an application directly from a disk image. It is normally recommended to first copy the application to your Applications folder before launching. Would you like to do this now?”
If the user clicks “Yes,” then the app gets moved to the Applications folder and then the Finder automatically re-launches the copied application from the Applications folder. Wouldn’t that be nice? :)
[end digression]
Cheers,
Justin
You’re right. What I meant
You’re right. What I meant is the location of the installed prefPane’s. I also noticed I can now right-click the icon in System Preferences to remove the prefPane. I really don’t know if this feature was available for Tiger.
Launching app from disk images happens a lot for new Mac users. What’s the first app switchers download? Yes, Firefox. So, people likely add Firefox (in disk image) to Dock and find the question mark every time the Mac is restarted.
Your idea is very good. To my knowledge, SuperDuper! gives you a message. I should also note that some developers no longer use the disk images. They now use
.zip. Coda is an example. We’ll have more.ziparchives in the future.What does Apple recommend?