(many words of "wisdom" cut for brevity)
I'm happy you know how a Unix system works, now learn how a Mac works. Yes' it's Unix under the hood, but the GUI adds a dimension which I have noticed many Unix users fail to grasp. Again, you're trying to make it be like something else instead of what it is. Enjoy banging your head against the wall.
I have not tried to sell you on anything, I simply stated that no formal uninstaller is needed and that if you knew how the system worked you wouldn't need to ask why there isn't one. You don't, so you still think it's needed. The fact that you felt the need to "reformat after a year" makes me wonder exactly what it is you think you understand. I'm impressed that you've been using Macs for a year, I've been using them for over 10 and have been using OSX since the public beta of 10.0. Big whoop for both of us.
So you can either uncheck iTunes in every update, disable the update feature and miss future stuff, just reinstall iTunes and ignore it or simply be annoyed and continue to bang your head against the wall. Your call.
Man you are completely missing the point .... what exactly is wrong withe people on these forums I don't know. I had your helpful responses running in my head before I started this thread. Every time someone criticizes something of Mac OS the retort is of the exact same form.
It goes something like this -> Well aren't you stupid, if you understood what was going on here then you wouldn't ask that but you don't so shut up.
This is usually followed by -> there is nothing wrong with mac, you just don't get it, you've been so brainwashed by other OSs (usually windows) that you can't possibly understand what mac is trying to do.
The effective argument in all cases seems to be that the problem isn't with the OS it is with the user. Macs way is the right way and if you don't like it then you are found defective ....
yikes man is this really the way it is? Maybe I should like go see a doctor or something, maybe I'm depressed and it took this forum post to make me understand. Fix me
please baggss I don't know how to live
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Now - why did I reformat? You didn't ask, you once again assumed to understand what I'm about and tried to cut me down based on your assumptions. In response to your unasked question, my macbook "Super"-drive failed and I had to send it in to a shop. I keep confidential information on my drive so in order to be as responsible as possible with other people's information, as a general rule I wipe my drive before sending my computers off for repair. So question "what I think I know" all you want but maybe you should start asking questions rather than imposing your own expectations on me.
I know, for the love of god, that a formal uninstaller isn't completely necessary for the system. The scraps that are left over are not really in my way .. I KNOW .. but that doesn't mean I don't want them gone. I like a clean system, even if the cleanliness doesn't affect function. Why do I want a "formal uninstaller" for apps? Because when I decide I don't want a program anymore, and I know there is more to it than just the .app file, I want everything it brought to the my computer gone. I don't see why this is unreasonable, but since mac OS doesn't do it I can only presume this is a deficiency with my understanding of apple and I should just shut up and ignore it. I'm sorry for asking.
You said to me: "'I'm impressed that you've been using Macs for a year, I've been using them for over 10 and have been using OSX since the public beta of 10.0. Big whoop for both of us." If you remember your own posts you conjectured that I was a new switcher, so I just filled you in. I didn't bring the amount of time I've been using a mac into this, you did .... and then attempt to make me look like an idiot for having answered your question. NICE!
oh yes one more question - "GUI adds a dimension which I have noticed many Unix users fail to grasp" ... I am actually curious to know how the GUI changes the way apps are handled in Mac OS. Seriously, anything you can fill me in on here would be great ... this actually sounds like you were taking a break from your diatribe and almost told me something useful. Please continue.
You finish by advising me to enjoy banging my head against the wall. I'm not that terribly frustrated by the system, the only thing that is frustrating me right now is you.
Best,
Nate