There are plenty instructions telling you how to delete apps by dragging to the bin or using Launchpad but none of my apps allow these options.
Are all the instruction wrong or are my apps somehow locked to prevent deletion? Even a simple app like chess will not delete.
MacBook
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Its an iMac with Catalina.
I understand now that you cannot delete Apple apps. I wish all these so-called online advice places had said that instead of pretending you could just drag them to the bin.
Anyway I have now been in touch with Apple and they have said I need to reinstall the OS. I'm trying to do this as I type.
Indeed BDAqua, I've come to realise that most of what Google comes up with is irrelavent to what I'm looking for. I keep using it though in the hope that something useful comes up! Hmmm.
Back to the issue, the first Apple guy I spoke to didn't seem to know a) that the apps would just pop out of the bin if you put them there and b) How there came to be 2 versions of each. He eventually put me onto a senior chap who confirmed I would have to delete the 'Mac HD' (he took me through it) and reload it.
I suspect the issue was caused because I was prompted to migrate from my old machine before my brand new machine had loaded its own software.
Therefore, by the time the latest Mac OS was loaded, there was already the OS, complete with apps, from my old MacBook there.
What OS version are you on?
Later versions do prevent deleting Apps or other things you want to do.
Do any of the Apps have an Uninstaller?
Apple Apps cannot be deleted.
Those sites were speaking of the good ol' days.
Good work, thanks for the report, great news you got it straightened out. :)
None of the apps will stay in the bin (trash) How do you delete these?
