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Thursday September 11, 2003

OS X: Can't get rid of Microsoft

In an effort to free up some space on my PowerBook, I attempted to delete OS 9. To my knowledge, this is possible by deleting the "/Applications (Mac OS 9)" folder and the "/System Folder." Sure sounds good, but I can't get rid of the Microsoft Excel program in my Applications folder. When I try to delete it, the whole OS freezes up and the only thing I can do is reboot (by holding down the power button).

I took Mimi-Me into the Apple Store last weekend to see if they could help. They ran "Repair Permissions" and then ran Disk Warrior on it - which took several hours. They assured me that running Disk Warrior would fix it, but no dice. Any ideas?

Posted in Mac OS X at Sep 11 2003, 09:05:47 PM MDT 4 Comments
Comments:

Have you tried to simply open terminal, and then do:

sudo -s
rm -rf "/System Folder"
rm -rf "/Applications (OS9)"
Should help. I don't even install OS9 in the first place anymore. I think I have never actually used Classic ever since OS X 10.1 came out.

Posted by NTony on September 12, 2003 at 04:13 AM MDT #

I've tried:

sudo su (entered password)
rm -r "/Applications (OS9)"
And this still causes the OS to freeze.

Posted by Matt Raible on September 12, 2003 at 04:19 AM MDT #

You might try booting from a another disk and then deleting it.

If that doesn't work, I would backup/format/restore because it could be an indicator of a more serious problem.

My 2 cents, A.

Posted by Adam Sherman on September 12, 2003 at 07:39 AM MDT #

%sudo rm -rf "/System Folder" %sudo rm -rf "/Applications (OS9)" worked fine for me...

Posted by D'Arcy Norman on September 12, 2003 at 08:33 AM MDT #

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