How do I get rid of junk?

How do I get rid of junk in my MacBook 10.6.8

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  • How do i get rid of junk files

    how do i  get rid of junk files

    Drag them to the Trash and empty it.
    But... be very careful about what you deem to be 'junk' - don't go poking around in Library folders, the System folder, etc., thinking that 'junk' can be found there.
    And, for Heaven's sake, don't use any product which claims to 'clean' your Mac - yur Mac does it's own housekeeping.
    Good luck,
    Clinton

  • How do I do a cleanup on my Macbook to get rid of Junk and duplicates?

    How do I do a cleanup on my MacBook, to get rid of junk and duplicates?

    Try Disk Inventory X.   
    17" 2.2GHz i7 Quad-Core MacBook Pro  8G RAM  750G HD + OCZ Vertex 3 SSD Boot HD 
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  • In chrome I'm getting green double underline hyperlinks to ads.  How can I get rid of this without adding more junk to the computer?

    I have both safari and chrome, because I'm used to chrome.  The only extension I have is Google docs.  I started getting green double underline hyperlinks to ads.  How can I get rid of this without adding more junk to the computer?  People suggest programs to do it, but how do I know they won't make it worse?
    Is someone from Apple here and can answer?
    Thanks!

    You may have installed the "VSearch" trojan. Remove it as follows.
    Malware is always changing to get around the defenses against it. These instructions are valid as of now, as far as I know. They won't necessarily be valid in the future. Anyone finding this comment a few days or more after it was posted should look for more recent discussions or start a new one.
    Back up all data before proceeding.
    Step 1
    From the Safari menu bar, select
              Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Extensions
    Uninstall any extensions you don't know you need, including any that have the word "Spigot," "Trovi," or "Conduit" in the description. If in doubt, uninstall all extensions. Do the equivalent for the Firefox and Chrome browsers, if you use either of those.
    Reset the home page and default search engine in all the browsers, if it was changed.
    Step 2
    Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
    /Library/LaunchAgents/com.vsearch.agent.plist
    Right-click or control-click the line and select
              Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
    from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item named "com.vsearch.agent.plist" selected. Drag the selected item to the Trash. You may be prompted for your administrator login password.
    Repeat with each of these lines:
    /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.daemon.plist
    /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.helper.plist
    Restart the computer and empty the Trash. Then delete the following items in the same way:
    /Library/Application Support/VSearch
    /System/Library/Frameworks/VSearch.framework
    ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ConduitNPAPIPlugin.plugin
    Some of these items may be absent, in which case you'll get a message that the file can't be found. Skip that item and go on to the next one.
    The problem may have started when you downloaded and ran an application called "MPlayerX." That's the name of a legitimate free movie player, but the name is also used fraudulently to distribute VSearch. If there is an item with that name in the Applications folder, delete it, and if you wish, replace it with the genuine article from mplayerx.org.
    This trojan is often found on illegal websites that traffic in pirated content such as movies. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect more of the same, and worse, to follow.
    You may be wondering why you didn't get a warning from Gatekeeper about installing software from an unknown developer, as you should have. The reason is that the Internet criminal behind VSearch has a codesigning certificate issued by Apple, which causes Gatekeeper to give the installer a pass. Apple could revoke the certificate, but as of this writing has not done so, even though it's aware of the problem. This failure of oversight has compromised both Gatekeeper and the Developer ID program. You can't rely on Gatekeeper alone to protect you from harmful software.
    *If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination  command-C. In the Finder, select
              Go ▹ Go to Folder...
    from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

  • HOW DO I GET RID OF FREE (JUNK) APPS

    HOW DO I GET RID OF FREE (JUNK) APPS? WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH THEM IN ITUNES. DOWNLOADED A FEW TO SEE HOW THEY WORK. NOW I CAN'T GET RID OF THEM ON MY PHONE. SCREEN TOUCH, JUGGLES, HOLD APP, NO X TO REMOVE ANY OF THEM. THE PHONE IS AN 3GS, AND RUNNING 6.0.1.

    Restart iPhone by holding power button and keep holding until slide to power off slide slide it wait a minute then turn it back on.
    Then delete the apps
    If not working contact apple

  • The last upgrade, I guess, installed the cloud, which I don't use, an album I hate [U2] and most of all got rid of 2/3 of my music and all my audiobooks! how can I get rid of this junk and get my old version and all my stuff back? I am so angry;

    The last upgrade, I guess, installed the cloud, which I don't use, an album I hate [U2] and most of all got rid of 2/3 of my music and all my audiobooks! how can I get rid of this junk and get my old version and all my stuff back?

    See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash.
    tt2

  • How do I get rid of all that junk that preceeds the message?

    All that junk that appears before the message in Mozilla Thunderbird is meaningless and of no interest to me. What's more, it gets included in any message that is forwarded to others. How can I get rid of it?

    From the Menu Bar select '''View-Headers-Normal'''
    No menu bar? Press the alt key.

  • How do I get rid of the 10 year birthday junk?

    Half of the page is about Thunderbird 10 year birthday and it blocks important functions. How do I get rid of it?

    Open a message or select a folder?
    I never have this difficulty so it would help me if you posted a screenshot to show us what you see.

  • Undeletable e-mail in Mail - the latest! How can I get rid of it?

    Following my recent posts about an undeletable e-mail received as undeliverable mail (I never sent it in the first place so it's obviously coming from a virused address book) I now have 13 copies of an identical e-mail which won't go away. My Mac says they're junk, but they're in the inbox and when I move them manually, they leave the inbox but don't appear in the junk. Once I return to the inbox, there they are again - with one more copy. There is no visible body, just a header stating:
    "Subject: A hacker can access a public web site linked to an internal distributed file system and gain access to company and customer files."
    I recently went to a PC forum for help and when I copied and pasted the header onto their forum , a green link appeared under the words "web site" taking me to a site "zimki.com" with whom I have never dealt.
    How can I get rid of these self-generating e-mails?
    Incidentally this message is not on my server as web mail access was used to delete it, so it only appears on the Mac.

    Yes I did repost, as the original problem - a huge e-mail downloading - proved not to be the case so this is a more accurate description of the problem in the hope that I can get a more accurate solution.
    I used the edit/ cut solution (thank you!) which removed the e-mails from my inbox, but they're now back with a vengeance including about twenty copies of one entitled "fez" (a virus maybe?) - I now have two of every e-mail downloading; my Mac tells me this fez message is junk but now adds that "You need to take this account on-line to download this message" - except the download in progress wheel keeps going on, and on, and on....and the new messages in my inbox (I now have two or three variations on the original theme) won't go anywhere except by edit / cut.
    I'm tearing my hair out!!!
    I've just erased all the messages by webmail, 52 messages, so it appears my Mac is also no longer automatically erasing the messages on the server after download even though the box for this is ticked.

  • When I try to forward a message, I get about 1 1/2 pages at the top of gibberish, with headings such as X aacount, message. How do I get rid of it without havin

    See above. How do I get rid of this page of junk without leaving a blank page at the top of the forwarded message?

    From the menu bar select View-Headers-Normal
    No menu bar? Press the alt key.

  • Can't get rid of junk tabs

    I have a MacBook pro and every time I open up safari an additional tab pops up (either mac keeper, some mac anti-virus software, or some website that is junk). Each time I go to a new web page, this happens. I have removed any extensions in safari, reset safari, repaired my disk utility and removed any applications that I may potentially think is causing this. Does anyone know how I would get rid of these junk tabs that are self-creating?
    Thanks

    Click here and follow the instructions, or if desired, download and run Adware Medic. The second link is a direct download; if you're unable to download it, see this page.
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  • How can I get rid of those infuriating banners just beneath the Search window?

    How can i get rid of those infuriating banners just beneath the Search window?

    Change your home page to a non-firefox one. If you want google as your home page, do the following:<br><br>
    #Go to google.com<br><br>
    #Click the Firefox button, go to Options | Options | General.<br><br>
    #Make sure it says "Show My Home Page" in the dropdown menu at the top and then click the button called "Use Current Pages".<br><br>
    I can't think what Mozilla is trying to achieve by displaying that childish junk.

  • When I login on my When I sign in to a site on my ipad using my email address as ID a short cut of my email address comes up. How can I get rid of it?

    When I sign in to a site on my iPad using my email address as ID a short cut of my email address comes up. How can I get rid of it?

    You can edit keyboard shortcuts in Settings>General>Keyboard>Shortcuts>Edit.

  • I have a Australian iTunes account and want to switch to using the u.s store as I now live there, I cannot do this because I have $1.41 still in the oz account an image to have a zero balance to change stores, how can I get rid of the $1.41?

    I want to switch to the u.s store as I now live in the us, I cannot switch stores because my balance is $1.41 in the oz store and needs to be zero, how can I get rid of the $1.41 when everything costs more or less than that? I do not have a credit card on the oz iTunes account an I cannot use my us one to top it up.
    HELP

    Click here and request assistance.
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  • I want to switch stores from Japan to USA. I used to have an iTunes card, and there's 15 YEN left in my account, how can I get rid of that so I can start purchasing in the US store using my new credit card?

    I want to switch stores from Japan to USA. I used to have an iTunes card, and there's 15 YEN left in my account, how can I get rid of that so I can start purchasing in the US store using my new credit card?

    I can't seem to find an app that costs my available balance. iTunes said I need to spend it ALL before I can change stores. This means I cannot totally change stores.... Hopeless.

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