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LocationChanger

LocationChanger

auto reconfigures settings and programs for local network

Version:  1.3

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Unfinished. Unpolished. Uninstallable!

Feedback Type:  Review

Contributed by: jeffharris Monday, June 23 2008 @ 08:35 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: 1-6 months

Recommend Product: NO

While the idea for this little app is worthwhile, the implementation as it now stands is pretty bad. The UI is overly complex and ugly. I would call this a beta application, not a finished 1.3!

Worse, the uninstaller demands the use of Terminal. The author assumes that users are Terminal fluent, so there are no detailed instructions as to how to use it. It would have been the minimum for the author to include step by step instructions so that Terminal-challenged users (like me) could simply copy and paste into Terminal to uninstall it.

When I emailed the author, he fairly quickly responded, but merely copied and pasted the hopelessly sketchy uninstall "instructions" from the ReadMe. A pointless exercise.

As Freeware, this is an expensive program, as it's cost me lots of time… first trying to figure it out and then wasting yet MORE time trying to get rid of it! Steer clear of this.

If you want a Location manager that works, get Location X. Compared to this, $20 is better than FREE.   
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2 comments |

Unfinished. Unpolished. Uninstallable! - Habby3

Hey Jeffharris

I really want to uninstall Location Changer 1.3 as well.

I never uninstalled anything in my life from terminal and would really like a clear run through as well. Do you mind posting the codes up here so everyone can benefit from it along with an explanation???

I would really appreciate it.

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Saturday, December 20 2008 @ 04:26 PM PST


Unfinished. Unpolished. Uninstallable! - jeffharris

Here are th "instructions" I got from the author.


you need to run with administrative privileges using "sudo"

sudo /Volumes/LocationChanger/UninstallLocationChanger

You need to run the uninstaller from the command line with administrator privileges.

in Terminal:

cd /Volumes/LocationChanger
sudo UninstallLocationChanger


REAL helpful, huh?

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Saturday, January 31 2009 @ 08:35 AM PST