I want to delete all my files so I can give this computer to a friend

I want to delete all files on my G-5 so I can give it to a friend.

Well, they would be the best way as they would allow you to return the computer to an "as-shipped" condition.
If you were diligent in keeping all your personal files in your User account, you can create a new admin account in the name of your friend, make sure it it working, then delete your original acct.
That would leave the program software intact as long as it is in the path Macintosh Hard Drive > Applications and not Macintosh Hard Drive > Users > [your username] > Applications. Anything inside your current User acct will be unavailable to a new user even if you don't delete that acct (unless you give him the password)

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i hav iphone and i restart it and delete all the files inside how can i start it again it say i need a valid sim with no pin lock to activate iphone again

ICCID unknown is a critical failure, usually caused by hacking or jailbreaking the phone. It can not be fixed. The phone will need to be replaced.

HT202412 I want to delete all my files in Final Cut and start fresh. Will that be accomplished by deleting application and reinstalling? I am worried all the media will be there again.

If I reinstall the Final Cut X app, will all my media be there? I want to get rid of it all. Files are missing, etc. A hot mess. Seems easier to just start over but I don't want that media to show up again. Thanks. Must have had a bad day when I made my username here. Sorry.

The operation can’t be completed because the item “com.apple.FinalCut.LSSharedFileList.plist” is in use.
I got this message as I tried to empty trash. Final Cut X is not open. How do I get rid of this puppy? Thank you.

Want to delete all iCloud files but not close accout

I uploaded many items when I first created my iCloud account, but now realize I only want certain items there. How do I delete all my iCloud data without canceling my iCoud account so I can start over?

Simply delete all your contacts from address book, calendars from iCal etc etc, anything you remove from one device will be removed from the iCloud and all other devices.

I am currently using Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 and I want to delete all my files and reinstall a fresh Lion OS ...Need help

I am new to Mac and my sysem acting werid and slowed down in couple of months..I want to delte all the date and upload a fresh copy and hope it speeds up my system...Please Advice!!

try this:
http://www.udel.edu/pnpi/tools/erase/mac/erasedisk.html

Hi! I want to delete all locked files with one move.How can I do this?

Is there any one to know this easy way?

From the Terminal app, this should do the trick, but run it at your own risk:
rm -r ~/Library/Preferences/*lockfile

How to delet all the files?

I was creating a web site. I messed it up. I want to delete all the files and start all over. How can I delete all the files?

I could delete all the files except the root folder. It says you can't
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I want to delete all variants at a time

hi,
iam having 400 variants in sinlge program.
i want to delete all variants at a time. can any boby tell me how to delete all at a time.

HI
1. Simple.
2. goto se38 initial screen.
3. type the program name
4. Choose RADIO BUTTON - VARIANTS
6. Choose change
7. a new screen will come
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9. Choose DELETE button.
OR
use FM RS_VARIANT_SCREEN to create/change/delete variants
<b>Reward if usefull</b>

I have an old mac and want to delete all files before i sell

i have an old mac and want to delete all files before i sell

Check out
http://www.mactalk.com.au/content/preparing-your-old-mac-sale-1127/
or
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I have a problem with my mac i have too many archives and programs and i want to delete all files and start at the begin my mac with out do format

i have a problem with my mac i have too many archives and programs and i want to delete all files and start at the begin my mac with out do format

I do not recommend reformatting your harddrive and reloading your software. This is a Windows thing. On an older mac it may be difficult to find all your software again.
Best to have greater than 2gig of free space. Many posters to these forums state that you need much more free space: 5 gig to 10 gig or 10 percent of you hd size.
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Be careful when deleting files. A lot of people have trashed their system when deleting things. Place things in trash. Reboot & run your applications. Empty trash.
Go after large files that you have created & know what they are. Do not delete small files that are in a folder you do not know what the folder is for. Anything that is less than a megabyte is a small file these days.
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Run
OmniDiskSweeper
"The simple, fast way to save disk space"
OmniDiskSweeper is now free!
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/download/
This will give you a list of files and folders sorted by size. Go after things you know that are big.
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These pages have some hints on freeing up space:
http://thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html
http://www.macmaps.com/diskfull.html
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Buy an external firewire harddrive.
For a PPC computer, I recommend a firewire drive.
Has everything interface:
FireWire 800/400 + USB2, + eSATA 'Quad Interface'
save a little money interface:
FireWire 400 + USB 2.0
This web page lists both external harddrive types. You may need to scroll to the right to see both.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
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Buy a flash card.

I have QT Pro 7.6.6 and want to delete all audio (5 tracks) from a selected in-out section of a .mov file. Then, add new audio. How do I do that?

I have QT Pro 7.6.6 and want to delete all audio (5 tracks) from a selected in-out section of a .mov file. Then, add new audio. How do I do that?

If I 1) knew TeX well enough to fix it, and 2) could get the guy to answer the phone or email so as to give me the sourcecode or to fix it himself, I wouldn't have bothered figuring out that the thing could be fixed one page at a time by a) getting a copy of acrobat pro, b) figuring out how to turn on all of the extra toolkits, c) finding the edit object button in randomly named toolkit, d) right clicking on the chapter title and selecting the e) ever so obvious "delete clip" menu selection.
At this point I would absolutely love to never have to touch an adobe product again in my life, but my hand has been dealt and if I'm going to print the manual for a software library that we've spent a cumulative $70,000 for, I have to figure this out and I really don't want to have to hit [Page Down], [Ctrl] + [A], Right click, delete clip for >700 pages.
I felt certain that once I'd figured out how to shift the pages down using ghostscript so first two lines of each page weren't getting cut off in the printer non-printable region, and finally figured out this that a relatively simple scripting solution would be immediately apparant. I mean, there are APIs for both applescript and javascript, but I'm mystified by how to get to the edit object feature from within them, much less how to tell that feature to delete clips for everything on a page.

HT1222 hello..i accidently delete all my files in may ipodtouch...and ican restore it..i need to have a 10.6.3 version of itune,but i cant download files,coz i only have 32 bit..pls, help what o do. i love my ipodtouch realy..i just want to restore my itu

hello..i accidenty delete All my files in my ipod touch,,and icant restore my itunes,coz i need a version of itunes 10.6.3,but i only have 32bit..i cant download because they need 64bit,,pls,,help me dont know what to do,,i need to restore my itunes music..sorry im not good in english,,try to understand

I assume you don't have a backup on an external HD. You always should, because then you could easily fix your problem.
Boot in Safe Mode. See What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392 Takes a while to run, but it usually "fixes" problems.
Safe Boot takes longer than normal startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1884?viewlocale=en_US
 Cheers, Tom

How do I delete a prior month(s) or entire year(s) in iCal on my iMac (using version 4.0.4 (1395.7)? Want to delete all months in 2009

I checked what was previous asked in deleting months from iCal; however, that question pertained to removing events from a month and not necessarily deleting the entire month. I have three years of calendars (January - December x three) in my iCal and want to delete all months for 2009 and 2010; however, I can't seem to find a way to delete. I checked preferences/advanced under iCal but no mention of deleting previous months/years.

Greetings Judith,
Before making any attempts at deleting calendar data, backup what you have just in case:
Click on each calendar on the left hand side of iCal one at a time highlighting it's name and then going to File Export > Export and saving the resulting calendar file to a logical location for safekeeping.
iCal has an automated function located in iCal > Preferences > Advanced > Delete events "X" days after they have passed. By typing in a value for days you can tell iCal to delete all events before that time frame.
Example:
Today is 4-16-2012.
If I wanted to delete all events prior to 1 year ago (4-16-2011) I would type in "365" for the number of days.
Once you type in the number of days you want kept in iCal, close the preferences and then quit iCal.
Re-open iCal and check to see if the events are gone. If not you may want to leave it open for several minutes and then quit again.
Once the events are removed go back to iCal > Preferences > Advanced > Delete events "X" days after they have passed and make sure the check mark is removed to prevent future deletion.
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How can I delete all the files in the Adobe CS4 Master Collection from my machine?

How can I delete all the files in the Adobe CS4 Master Collection from my machine. I have tried Control Panel but it will not do anything, there are no error messages, it is like as if it is ignoring my instruction. Why should it be so difficult to delete programs one does not want. Any ideas please.

Moved from Cloud forum to Downloading, Installing forum
Try running the Adobe Cleaner Tool
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

I want to delete all transparent pixels, how can I? CS6

I would like to delete all transparent pixels surrounding my irregularly (non-square) image. The TRIM function only trims to a square surrounding my image and not to the edge of the image itself. Is there a work around for this? I have looked around and haven't found one.
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Image have rectangular area they have a width and height boundaries as do layer. Not all of the rectangular area need to have content or be fully opaque, However the image boundary is a rectangle. Some file formats are like a Photoshop Background layer do not support empty area or even transparency so those file formats only contain image that are rectangles and have no transparency. Some file formats support transparency and empty areas so those images can be any shape and contain transparency still the image boundary is rectangular. Then there is the GIF file format an oddball format. It only supports 256 Colors. Pixels are mapped to one of the 256 colors selected for the image. If you want Transparency in a gif the number of colors is reduced by 1 to 255 the 256 color now indicate no content its not real transparency it just a no color pixel in other words off or no content.
So if you have areas that are 100% transparent there is nothing to delete the area is empty. If you have pixels that contain some transparency and you delete those pixels you delete details are you sure you want to delete all pixels that contain transparency? You will loose things like drop shadows

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