Removing default apps

I have seen many responses to removing downloaded apps, but no one seems to touch upon how to remove the default apps. I can rearrange them, and move ones I don't want to see to a new screen, but that's not what I want.
Is there a way to remove them from the home screens entirely, or better yet, delete the application entirely. I have absolutely no use for the "Stocks" app.

Hi,
Sorry to say I don't know how either.
Please forgive my curiosity but why do you want to remove it so badly?
Dud.

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How do I change or remove default apps for a given file extension (in Terminal?) without munging date modified on all my old files?

When a program is installed, it seems to be able to do it (sometimes inappropriately if it hijacks file associations without asking) so why can't I? This is for 10.4.
Specifically:
1. Since installing an HP wireless printer, HP not only tries to install a bunch of sales-ware on your machine that you have to carefully opt out of (annoying, but not a problem if forewarned), it changes the default file association for a number of basic file types, listing all sort of existing files as HP printer files. Using Get Info to change the default file type association globally causes it to mark ALL the files of that type as newly updated, munging the file metdata (which HP did NOT do). Most of the stuff on our computer is sorted by last modified, so if there is a way to fix this in Terminal (to simply fix or remove the HP default tag) without changing the date the file was modified, it would help. Note that uninstalling the program that created the default would do this, but I obviously can't do that (and reinstalling HP would have the same effect). So there has to be another way, right?
2. Since updating iTunes to v.9 a while back, every mp3 is marked as an iTunes file even though iTunes has NO multiple library capability without a wonky reboot using the option key, meaning that if I click on an mp3 downloaded since last update of iTunes, it opens automatically in iTunes and gets added to the SOLE itunes library without asking. (There is no way to toggle between multiple libraries or archive media in separate folders; iPhoto has a similar problem. (Has this been fixed in the latest version of iTunes?) In comparison, Quicktime starts up immediately and does not attempt to create a playlist just because you opened a file and listened to it.
(The iTunes playlists are simply subfolders of the single main library -- and you can't create a new library without doing a wonky procedure by clicking option during startup and telling iTunes to forget where its library is located (includin everything in it) and look up an entirely separate one by hand. So any mp3 file downloaded recently is uploaded to iTunes if you click on it. This wouldn't be problem if it didn't automatically add it to the sole iTunes library just because you clicked on it.)
Besides, all my old mp3s are Quicktime files and they are all archived by date modified. To its credit, ITunes, unlike HP, does NOT hijack older files already on disk and remark them as iTunes files. It only marks newly downloaded files as such. But if I try and change file association for FUTURE mp3 files using Get Info > "use this program for all files of this type", it munges the file metadata (date modified) for all existing files!
Note that in HP case, it apparently does it at the file exchange preference level (or whatever it's called) since the OS then recognizes every file of those types as an HP file. In the iTunes case, it only does it if you download a new media file or open an existing file in iTunes, but again without changing the date it was last edited.
Since these programs are able to change the default file association without changing the date the file was last edited, it should be reversible in Terminal, correct? Why does it change "date modified" when you try and correct metadata using Get Info (or sometimes just by clicking an enclosing folder?) Date modified should be a record of when a file itself was edited, not when it was renamed, or other metadata. Otherwise stuff can't be sorted correctly.

The unix commands you need are:
GetFileInfo
SetFileInfo
and maybe find
for cryptic details use the man command
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
man SetFileInfo
You may use the SetFileInfo command to set the file type & the program which will open the file.
# This little gem will do a get info on all files in a directory.
mac $ ls | xargs -I {} GetFileInfo "{}"
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/oddadocodd"
type: ""
creator: ""
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/01/2011 14:53:22
modified: 05/01/2011 14:53:22
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/one.docx"
type: ""
creator: ""
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/01/2011 13:57:48
modified: 05/01/2011 13:57:48
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/oneLineFile"
type: "TEXT"
creator: "!Rch"
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/07/2011 14:27:17
modified: 05/07/2011 14:27:17
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/oneLineFile.txt"
type: "TEXT"
creator: "!Rch"
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/07/2011 14:27:49
modified: 05/07/2011 14:27:49
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/three.docx"
type: ""
creator: ""
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/01/2011 13:58:03
modified: 05/01/2011 13:58:03
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/two.docx"
type: ""
creator: ""
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/01/2011 13:57:56
modified: 05/01/2011 13:57:56
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/weirder.doc.docx"
type: ""
creator: ""
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/01/2011 14:50:03
modified: 05/01/2011 14:50:03
# well, ! is a funnie character so we escape it.
mac $ SetFile -t TEXT -c \!Rch two.docx
mac $ GetFileInfo two.docx
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/two.docx"
type: "TEXT"
creator: "!Rch"
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/01/2011 13:57:56
modified: 05/01/2011 13:57:56
mac $
mac $ date
Sat May 7 14:40:56 EDT 2011
mac $

8.1 Enterprise : dont install default apps, speed up first logon on domain?

Looking to do the following on Windows 8.1 Enterprise (joined to domain)
1) stop the "hi", "we're setting things up for you", "setting up apps" messages. Trying to deploy hundreds of tablets and first logon for each user to the tablets is SLOWWWW because 8.1 is taking all this time to setup apps
we don't want and will never use. example (weather, people, skydrive, photos, maps, reading list, etc)
2) if no way to stop the messages mentioned above, is there a way to set via group policy or other tweaks/modifications to not even install those default apps in (1)??

Hi,
You can try to remove the built-in Windows 8.1 applications when creating a Windows 8.1 image, then deploy Windows 8.1.
Removing Windows 8.1 Built-in Applications
http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2013/10/21/removing-windows-8-1-built-in-applications.aspx
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Why are some of the default apps not on my iphone 4s ?

i restored my ihpone because i was once locked out of it and now some default apps ie : face time , youtube are not on my phone . and also i tried to upload music and itunes keeps saying " the iphone couldnt be synced because it cannot be found " and also keeps sayin " the apps on the iphone couldnt be synced becasue the apps on the iphone cannot be determined " WHAT DO I DO ???

iyannaCherelle wrote:
i restored my ihpone because i was once locked out of it
Did you Restore from Backup or Restore as New?
iyannaCherelle wrote:
...face time , youtube are not on my phone . ...
FaceTime was is not an app - Settings > FaceTime > Toggle On
YouTube was removed with iOS 6. That was part of the Restore
iyannaCherelle wrote:
..." the iphone couldnt be synced because it cannot be found " and also keeps sayin " the apps on the iphone couldnt be synced becasue the apps on the iphone cannot be determined "...
Are you using WI-Fi sync when you get this message? You Restored with iTunes so I assume you have access to the device settings in iTunes. Try to sync with iTunes
iyannaCherelle wrote:
...WHAT DO I DO ???
Calm down.

How to unpin default apps from the Start Screen using vbscript

Hi,
I am looking for a way to programmatically unpin apps using vbscript from the Windows 8 Start Screen. I need to unpin SkyDrive, People, Calendar and messaging. I have been searching for a couple of days but I'm coming up with nothing so far.
I know how to pin my own choices of installed apps using vbscript but I can't figure out how to unpin the default apps.
Thanks,
Rob

Some thoughts:
I started to investigate the many ways to manage the Metro start menu. There are APIs but none are exposed to batch or VBScript.
1. Programs are installed into the 'All User' start menu, defult users profile start menu and a set of global links can be defined for metro. THis is almost identical to ll previous versions except for the linking process which sets up the defaults.
If we install Office 20133 it will, if we choose, show up in all user start menu. Each user can then unpin this.
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3. This behavior I identical to XP and other systems with the exception of how it is stored and in that you cannot remove items from the sztart menu prior to Windows 8.
4. The default user profile can be customized and stored on the network so that it affects every system.
5. The "All Users" 'profile' can only be customized after a program is installed or by altering the programs installer.
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to the design of Windows.
Now don't get me wrong. What you are asking is partially possible but you need to alter the Windows image so that the All users profile does not propagate the shortcuts. You can do this by just deleting them. You need to delete them before
a user account is generated on the box. Delete them in the image. You can do this with MDT. The shortcuts will not propagate to the user. The user can still search for an app and add it to the start menu.
There may be a better way to set this up but I cannot see how without using the API.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Chromium default apps

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 48#p684348
http://archlinux.me/dusty/2009/12/14/a-quick-laugh/
Jokes aside, how do I assign what's what? I know its xdg whatever but what do I use to customise default apps?
I deliberately uninstalled firefox so chromium stopped trying to open everything in it.

tom5760 wrote:Actually, semi-recently, the xdg-open script got a bit smarter. If you have the "perl-file-mimeinfo" package installed, xdg-open will use mimeopen (if you are not useing kde, gnome) to open files. With mimeopen, you can use "mimeopen -d" with any file to specify which program to open them with. After that, chromium will use that app to open files with that mimetype.
THANK YOU! it was driving me mad, that file associations messed up after I removed gnome and started using open box/compiz standalone. chromium would open folders in firefox and other apps won't launch :S. but this tip solved all that ^^
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No default apps!

i have an isue with my pod tough 4th gen, i cant find any of the default apps, including settings! i tried recovery mode, didnt work, i tried dfu mode (not sure what that does i just heard about it) didnt work. anything else i can try please tell me!

Have you ever had any Apps on this iPod Touch?
If so, what happend just before they disappeared, what did you do?
Is there not even one folder with them all in it?
Are they on another page?
Default Apps cannot be removed from the Touch and if the Touch developed a "glitch" whih did cause them to "disappear", then a Restore would sort that out. I assume that you mean Restore when you state "recovery" mode. If not, then you need to perform a Restore.
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Removing default applications

The title basically says it all...
I'm setting up this iPod Touch for my grandparents, and am trying to make it as simple as possible, so I'd like to remove applications they won't use like calculator, stocks, and maps... I tried holding down on an app icon until they "shake" but it doesn't appear that I can remove these apps using that. I also looked through the iPod settings, and in iTunes, but I can't seem to find a way to remove these apps from the home screen. Is there a way to remove these default apps?
Also, is there any way to increase the font size on the screen? I'd like to make sure it's large enough for aging eyes...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You cannot delete the apps that come with iphone/ipod touch.
You can move them to another home page.
You can use the zoom feature:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPod_touch_3.1_UserGuide.pdf

Default app for opening attachments

I have Appleworks 6.2.9 and the 30 day trial for office 2004. How the heck do I remove "word" as the default app for opening attachments and make Appleworks the default app!? I've read a whole lot of previous questions but can't get an answer. dlog

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Default apps aren't opening

Hi,
27" iMac, late 2009, just updated to latest Yosemite. After update, my default apps are failing to launch. I can still use any third-party software installed (spotify, chrome etc), but when I click (for example) mail, reminders, safari, messages etc. they each bounce once in the dock and then nothing more happens. Rebooted twice, made no difference.
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If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data, then reinstall the OS.* You don't need to erase the startup volume, and you won't need the backup unless something goes wrong. If the system was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you may need the Apple ID and password you used.
If you use FileVault 2, then before running the Installer you must launch Disk Utility and select the icon of the FileVault startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) It will be nested below another icon, usually with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar and enter your login password when prompted. Then quit Disk Utility to be returned to the main Recovery screen.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
If you installed the Java runtime distributed by Apple and still need it, you'll have to reinstall it. The same goes for Xcode. All other data will be preserved.
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Im running newest IoS on my ipod (4th gen, 5.1.1) and after i reset my ipod it lost most of the apps it started with, like camera and safari. How can i recover these?

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For some reason, when my Macbook Pro starts up, all of the MS Office applications open. This was not happening when I first purchased the laptop, and I never added these apps to the startup menu. How do I remove these apps from startup?

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The way you add apps to your printer varies depending on the model.
I. On the following printers, use the "Get More" icon on the device to add additional print apps directly on the device: When you select the "Get More" icon on your printer front panel display, you will see a list of available apps for your pinter, and you can select and add apps to your printer from there:
HP Photosmart c309n-s
HP Photosmart Premium C310 series
HP Photosmart eAll-in-One Printer D410 series
To remove apps on these printers, select the "Get More" icon, and then select the "Manage Apps" button (at the top-left of the Touchsmart Web Apps" screen that appears). That will open the "Manage My Favorites" screen where you can remove apps by selecting the "X" on the app icons.
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III. On other web-connected printers, if you select the "Get More" icon it will provide you the web site address for HP ePrintCenter - www.hpeprintcenter.com. You go there to add new apps, view apps on your printer, and setup/remove apps from your printer.
For those devices, to add more print apps:
Go to www.hpeprintcenter.com and log into your account. If you don't have an account yet, create an account and add your printer. Information on doing that can be found here: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/ePrint-Print-Apps-Mobile/Add-your-printer-to-your-HP-ePrintCenter-accou...
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Select the icon of the print app you want to install, and then on the print app detail page select the "Add to Printer" button. If the print app requires setup, after adding it you will see a "Setup" button which you should select to configure the print app so it is ready to use.
To remove apps on these printers, select the "My Apps" link to display the apps installed on your device. Hold your mouse over the print app you would like to remove and a red X will appear, select the red X to remove the app.
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