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Old March 14th, 2008
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Default How to Uninstall on Mac OS 10.5

Hello everyone. This my first time on the forum.

I'm running OS 10.5.2 (Leopard) on two recently-purchased intel iMacs. Time Machine doesn't work properly on either iMac. Neither Apple tech support nor I can figure out why that is. I wonder if Limewire has caused the issue. How do I COMPLETELY uninstall Limewire to check out this possibility?
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Sheesh. If TM can't handle LW, TM is more unreliable than I've heard.

Best bet would be to remove the LW folder from /Applications, and then create a new admin user account on your Mac, and see if TM will properly handle a brand new user account.

If so, then you know the problem is in your existing user account.
To remove all the LW setting from your existing account, open the home folder's Library, and search for "lime"

That will find you the home/Library/Preferences/LimeWire Folder and the home/Library/Preferences/com.limegroup.gnutella.plist

If you really want to find ALL LW related files and folders, you'll also want to backup/delete the Saved, Incomplete and LimeWire Store Purchased folders.

Lastly, search the hard drive's Library (not just the home folder's Library) for "lime" to find the "Install LimeWire.pkg" which is installed in the Library/Receipts folder

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Sheesh. If TM can't handle LW, TM is more unreliable than I've heard....
Thanks for the uninstall tips. I'll keep your suggestions should I ever need to uninstall Limewire.

I've already taken the 'pain-and-suffering' trouble-shooting approach, by erasing the hard drive (having a bootable duplicate of course), reinstalling the system software, and then reinstalling all of my third party applications one-by-one to find the offender, omitting Limewire installation during this process, which unfortunately I performed alphabetically. As it turns out Virus Barrier, version 5, is to blame, and Time Machine functionality returns as soon as Virus Barrier is uninstalled. Time Machine works fine with Version 4 of Virus Barrier.
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Thanks for the update: what a pain. I hope Apple Tech support learns too.

I tried the Virex 7 when it was offered as part of the dot Mac services, but but gave up on it: not worth the hassle, and nothing was ever found. I've never heard of Virus Barrier. Has it ever caught anything real for you?
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Thanks for the update: what a pain. I hope Apple Tech support learns too.

I tried the Virex 7 when it was offered as part of the dot Mac services, but but gave up on it: not worth the hassle, and nothing was ever found. I've never heard of Virus Barrier. Has it ever caught anything real for you?
I've only had VirusBarrier for a few months, and it's expensive. I got it because it was the recommended virus protection for the Mac, by MacWorld I believe. Funny thing though... Viruses, trojan horses, spyware, malware, etc. are rare, and perhaps even non-existent for the Mac, yet VirusBarrier manages to generate very frequent updates for its virus descriptions. Virex did the same thing. Are they engaging in a fantasy battle in our behalf, so that we'll think we need them?

When I informed Apple tech support of the conflict between version 5 of VirusBarrier and Time Machine, I was told by Apple that there was no current evidence that I needed anti-viral software.
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Thanks.

When I tried Virex (it was free) I thought to make sure no PC malware went through my Mac and infect my PC friends -- as you and Apple point out, there really isn't need for the Mac itself. So, I expected Virex to frequently update for the PC malware.

But yeah, I suspect the business side is interested in tapping Mac users for a few dollars too.

You might get a laugh out of an old thread where one of the guys who developed the proof of concept of a mac trojan posted here. A few of us Mac users were playing with virus envy
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/genera...ighlight=virus
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i dont think it is limewire cause i have 10.5.3 and use limewire 4.18
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