jbomba
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Joined: Wed Jun 01, 2016 7:03 am

Completely uninstall on mac?

Hi can anyone tell me how id go about completely removing every trace of simplify 3d off my mac. im trying to reinstall but it keeps remembering my last model so i assume its leaving something behind at an unknown location.
greybeard
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Joined: Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:23 pm

Re: Completely uninstall on mac?

There are several ways to delete it completely...
You can:
  • Download a utility app that does un-installs - some are free, some not-free.
  • Use Terminal to do it (google how to do it).
  • Manually delete associated files.
The last two are not difficult if you know how to work with OSX. However, I recommend the app "Clean My Mac" http://macpaw.com/cleanmymac because it has other very useful features, esp if you're not a fan of Terminal commands...

Three useful features of interest to you are the "Smart Cleanup", "Uninstaller" and "Maintenance".

Also, I've not used it but, inside an S3D folder along with the app, is an "Uninstaller"
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TomL
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Joined: Wed Jun 29, 2016 11:38 pm

Re: Completely uninstall on mac?

I wanted to do this too because I mucked with my printer settings so much I wanted to start over. I finally succeeded in a complete uninstall just to find out that you can fix most issues in the help menu of the Simplify3D app.
Help Menu > Reset All Settings - Should reset you to a newly installed state where it will run the System Configurator to add your printer.
Help Menu > System Configurator - Setup a new/additional printer profile.

For completeness if you still want to do a complete uninstall:
[*] Run the built in uninstall and choose to remove the license. I like to play it safe and not have a license tied up on a non-operational machine. Although there is an option to reclaim the license online for the current version should you forget.
[*] Run the following 2 commands in terminal.
[*] rm -rf /Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/Simplify3D
[*] rm /Users/$USER/Library/Preferences/com.simplify3d.S3D-Software.plist

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