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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition
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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

by Wallace Wang
August 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
512 pages
11h 9m
English
No Starch Press
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Chapter 50. Installing, Updating, and Uninstalling Software on Your Macintosh

Apple crams every new Macintosh with loads of software so you can start being productive with your computer right away. However, you'll likely need to install other programs on your Mac to accomplish some tasks, such as balancing your checkbook, creating astrological charts, predicting lottery numbers, or playing video games. Whatever task you need to accomplish, you can find a program to help you do it on your Macintosh.

Since your Macintosh is only as useful as the software it can run, you need to know how to install programs, update them, and uninstall and get rid of them if necessary, which you'll learn about in this chapter.

Before you can use any program, you must ...

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