Most Mac applications are self-contained items that don’t mess with the rest of your system. Note that you can’t remove built-in applications by doing this. For example, try to move the Chess app to the trash and you’ll see a message saying, “Chess can’t be modified or deleted because it’s required by OS X.”

How to uninstall a program on Windows 10

1. Start Settings from the Start menu.
2. Click “Apps.”
3. In the pane on the left, click “Apps & features.”
4. In the Apps & features pane on the right, find a program you want to uninstall and click on it.
5. Windows will uninstall the program, deleting all of its files and data.

Mac Can’t Delete App Because It’s Open

• Open the Finder and select “Applications” from the Favorites list.
• Click on “Utilities” > “Activity Monitor”.
• Find the app you want to delete. You can type search the app in the search bar.
• Select the app. Click on the X in the upper left corner of the window.

How to delete App Store apps from Launchpad

1. Open Launchpad. Its icon is gray, with a black silhouette of a rocket ship.
2. Once you’ve found the app you want to delete, click and hold the app until apps start to jiggle.
3. Click the “X” icon on the app that you want to delete.

Type in “rm -f ” without the quotation marks, and with the space after the f. Then find the file that wont delete, and drag it to the Terminal window, and the path to that item should appear. Double check that this is the thing you want to delete, then press enter.

Part 2- How to Force Delete a File on Mac

1. Step 1 – Click on Trashcan icon.
2. Step 2 – Change Empty Trash to Secure Empty Trash.
3. Step 3 – Go To “Finder” Menu.
4. Step 1 – Open Terminal.
5. Step 2 – Type “sudo rm –R” And Don’t Press Enter.
6. Step 3 – Find the File That You Want To Delete.
7. Step 4 – Enter Admin Password and Press Enter.

How to clean your system cache on Mac

1. Open Finder. From the Go menu, select Go to Folder…
2. A box will pop up. Type in ~/Library/Caches/ and then click Go.
3. Your system, or library, caches will appear.
4. Here you can open up each folder and delete unneeded cache files by dragging them to the Trash and then emptying it.

Clearing your Mac’s cached data deletes the temporary media files, such as images and text files, that it gathers from sites you visit. It’s important to clear your cache periodically to help protect your identity and make your computer’s applications run more efficiently.

How to free up storage space manually

1. Music, movies, and other media can use a lot of storage space.
2. Delete other files that you no longer need by moving them to the Trash, then emptying the Trash.
3. Move files to an external storage device.
4. Compress files.

If you find your Mac is running slowly, there are a number of potential causes that you can check. Your computer’s startup disk may not have enough free disk space. Quit any app that isn’t compatible with your Mac. For example, an app may require a different processor or graphics card.

8GB tends to be fine. if it’s economical to max out the ram, though, it doesn’t hurt. If you’re going to edit footage, 16 GB might be more helpful than 8 GB. It would also allow you to upgrade your drone without feeling bogged down by your computer.

Most people will be fine upgrading to 16GB of RAM. While you can get away with 8GB if your computer use is relatively light, if your iMac will do any amount of work, either professionally or for school, you’ll want to upgrade to at least 16GB of RAM.

In terms of quantity, it’s obviously twice as good (2 * 8 = 16). In terms of performance it’s going to depend on what you’re doing. Unless whatever app you’re running is going to make use of that extra, you’re not going to see much if any difference between 8GB and 16GB.