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Apple Self Service Repair. Find Downloaded Files on an iPhone. Use Your iPhone as a Webcam. Hide Private Photos on iPhone. Take Screenshot by Tapping Back of iPhone. Should You Upgrade to Windows 11? Browse All Windows Articles. How to delete downloads on Mac via Finder Finder is the first place you should look for downloads in on your Mac. Open Finder. Righ-click anywhere in the window and select Use Groups. How to delete downloads from software e. Skype which are hard to find It can be a challenge to find the files you downloaded from different apps, such as Skype, on your Mac.

Go to the Skype menu and choose Preferences. Select Messaging from the list on the left. Install and launch the app. Scan your Mac and then select whatever you wish to remove. Click Remove. How to delete old. First, you need to eject those. Under the Locations you will see the list of all.

Press the Eject icon to eject a disk image. Less frustration and more confidence, solutions, answers, and tips in your inbox every week. Download right-click, Save-As Duration: — 8. It might be different yet again by the time you read this. I have some OLD downloads that are 10 to 15 years old, some of those are bough softwares, from now out of business vendors, that I still use regularly.

Doing it twice, or more, a year is only for peoples that are doing researches, testing and other things that may corrupt the OS or worst or that demand a clean slate state. He just said that he, given his very special use of his computer, regularly did clean reinstalls. Not twice a year, no, but periodically is indeed a good idea. You have great articles, and I read them often. Could you please make them less wordy.

I have to read and read to get the answer. Could you just say mostly yes or no and then briefly delineate. Unfortunately answers are rarely just yes or no, and require explanation so that individuals can take the actions most appropriate to their situation. I get that some one may like a short and sweet answer; but the reality is, I am sure there are many of us who appreciate the explanations. It helps fill in the blanks for what is or may be happening. Now, What about windows set up files.

Are there parts of windows that can be archived the same way? Are there other setup files on a machine that might be archived as well. Keeping a machine organized seems really overwhelming sometimes. I remember my first computer loading dos up and then loading the program you would use, one at a time… No windows to switch programs with, at least not until Atari came out with a better unit and hard drives….

I guess what the original poster is asking for is a tl;tr geek speak for Too Long To Read — a short summary. Leo, Thanks for answering this question, particularly because I was who asked it. In fact, Leo, on the fifth birthday of my workhorse Studio, I owe you the biggest thanks of all that my favorite electronic child is still thriving.

Windows Windows. Most Popular. New Releases. Desktop Enhancements. Networking Software. Trending from CNET. Download Now. Developer's Description By Ormanzhi's Software. The program for deleting, moving, archiving, clearing folders of old files. Transfers data to archive folders based on file creation, modification or last access date.

Delete the renamed folder if no errors result during the test period. Chances are that the old version is no longer in use, and hence can be safely deleted. If any step along this path fails, you can always revert to, or restore portions from, that backup of your system that you started with. Subscribe to Confident Computing! Less frustration and more confidence, solutions, answers, and tips in your inbox every week. Far better method of install would be to uninstall all copies including registry referances,delete referanced files,reboot.

Then install latest version itself; This is not unlike a clean install and will have the best results with no problems…. Best thing to do is a total reformat every 6 months — cleans all the junk out. Just make sure you download all the newer versions of everything first, and then install those.

I would add one step in the process. After renaming, I would zip the folder and delete the unzipped source folder.



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