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Cannot delete Automator app from Mac computer

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Oct 16, 2022 06:51 AM

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Posted on Oct 16, 2022 07:02 AM

You cannot delete applications distributed with the operating system, and that includes Automator which actually resides on the read-only System partition.

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Oct 16, 2022 07:02 AM in response to judyiker

You cannot delete applications distributed with the operating system, and that includes Automator which actually resides on the read-only System partition.

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