Can deleting original applications harm your OS?

Hi,

I've got the basic Macbook, nearly a year old, OS 10.5.6.

I want to delete the applications that come with the OS to free up memory, but somebody once told me that deleting the original system applications can adversely affect the operation of the OS. Can anybody tell me if there's any truth in that? It sounds a bit daft.

Ta

What applications are you referring to btw?is it the ilife package?These are what we call the bundled application and if you delete these it will not affect your mac at all. Please let us know what apps do you wish to uninstall?

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ShedQ9 said:

Hi,

I've got the basic Macbook, nearly a year old, OS 10.5.6.

I want to delete the applications that come with the OS to free up memory, but somebody once told me that deleting the original system applications can adversely affect the operation of the OS. Can anybody tell me if there's any truth in that? It sounds a bit daft.

Ta

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Deleting apps won't free up memory. Not running apps frees up memory. It sounds like you want to free up some disk space. Quite frankly, deleting the few apps that came with the OS, even IF it was a good idea, shouldn't make that significant of a different in space saved. If you are that desperate for space, then you need a bigger drive.