Uninstall Motocast

[BCFD36]

I am trying to uninstall a Motorola app called MotoCast. The online
directions are not being much help. They say to find the MotoCast
directory and then execute the Uninstaller. OK.

Using the finder window, I cannot look at the Applications Support
directory under Library. In fact, I cannot even see it. I can, however,
see it through a terminal window so I know it is there. I can even see
the Uninstall app deep down in several subdirectories, but obviously I
can't see those either.

I am missing something. Can someone point me in the right direction. I
don't just want to start issuing "rm -Prf" commands for MotoCast
directories.

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Dave Scruggs
Senior Software Engineer

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In article <n3dksv$ki9$1...@speranza.aioe.org>, BCFD36 <bcf...@cruzio.com>
wrote:

the user's library is hidden by default.

there are various ways to make it visible, either temporarily or
permanently. you can also open the folder from terminal with the open
command or even launch the uninstaller directly.

more info here:
<http://osxdaily.com/2013/10/28/show-user-library-folder-os-x-mavericks/
<http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-reveal-your-library-fold
er-in-lion-or-mountain-lion--mac-31972>

[Alan Baker]

There are two "Application Support" directories:

1. In the main computer library directory at the root of your startup
drive:
"/Library/Application Support"

2. In the user's library directory:
"/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support"

You should be able to reach either with the following command:

"Command-Shift-G"

That will open a drop-down pane where you can enter the path.

For the user library, type "~/Library/Application Support"

[BCFD36]

On 11/28/15 5:37 PM, BCFD36 wrote:

Update
I finally found an applet that let me delete it from the terminal
window. That wasn't particularly straight forward.

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Dave Scruggs
Captain, Boulder Creek Fire

[BCFD36]

Thanks much. I knew there should be a way to view hidden folders, but
hadn't yet discovered what it was.

[BCFD36]

Thanks. I will give that a try. I probably should have known that, but
it never came up before.

[FPP]

Lot of ways, really. I find that a small applescript does the job
nicely, on the fly:

> set showHiddenStatus to last word of (do shell script "defaults read
> com.apple.finder | grep AppleShowAllFiles")
>
> if showHiddenStatus is "False" then
> do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles True"
> else
> do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles False"
> end if
>
> -- kill Finder to make the changes active
> do shell script "killall Finder"

Run it once to show hidden files, and run it a second time to hide them again.

When I need to locate something invisible, I like using the free app
"EasyFind".

http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/freeware.html
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[Alan Browne]

On 2015-11-28 21:34, FPP wrote:

> Run it once to show hidden files, and run it a second time to hide them
> again.

Just leave the damned things permanently visible is my suggestion (and
practice).

[Jolly Roger]

No thanks.

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[Alan Browne]

On 2015-11-29 10:31, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2015-11-29, Alan Browne <alan....@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>> On 2015-11-28 21:34, FPP wrote:
>>
>>> Run it once to show hidden files, and run it a second time to hide them
>>> again.
>>
>> Just leave the damned things permanently visible is my suggestion (and
>> practice).
>
> No thanks.

To be clear I was referring to the user Library folder and there is
really no harm in it being visible. It used to be by default before
Apple hid it.

[Jolly Roger]

Ah, okay. It sounded like you were recommending that everyone show all
hidden files all the time - something I wouldn't recommend - especially
for novice users, because it clutters the user interface of the Finder
with items you don't normally need to access from the GUI. The ~/Library
folder would be an exception though. Personally, I access items within
my ~/Library folder often enough that I keep that particular folder
visible for the sake of convenience.

[Alan Browne]

On 2015-11-29 18:30, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2015-11-29, Alan Browne <alan....@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>> On 2015-11-29 10:31, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>> On 2015-11-29, Alan Browne <alan....@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>> On 2015-11-28 21:34, FPP wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Run it once to show hidden files, and run it a second time to hide them
>>>>> again.
>>>>
>>>> Just leave the damned things permanently visible is my suggestion (and
>>>> practice).
>>>
>>> No thanks.
>>
>> To be clear I was referring to the user Library folder and there is
>> really no harm in it being visible. It used to be by default before
>> Apple hid it.
>
> Ah, okay. It sounded like you were recommending that everyone show all

In the context of the prior posters post, it may have looked that way.

> hidden files all the time - something I wouldn't recommend - especially
> for novice users, because it clutters the user interface of the Finder
> with items you don't normally need to access from the GUI. The ~/Library
> folder would be an exception though. Personally, I access items within
> my ~/Library folder often enough that I keep that particular folder
> visible for the sake of convenience.

Yep. It used to be that one could remedy some apps hangups and miscues
by simply removing their cache (or other files) under ~/Library so
having it handy was useful. This seems to be less and less the case of
late.