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How do I uninstall Adobe AIR for Mac... without the uninstall program?

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Posted Dec 03 2009 10:41 AM
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When I upgraded to Snow Leopard, I figured I'd lose a few things, but the strangest problems are things that half-vanished.

Adobe AIR still seems to work fine within the browser, but I can't seem to make it do anything with downloaded files, like the latest TweetDeck.

I tried reinstalling it, but of course it thinks it's already there, and won't install again. Adobe says I can uninstall it with a program in Applications > Utilities, but it's not there either.

I'd be happy to uninstall and reinstall, or just associate .AIR files with it somehow... but in the meantime I'm just stuck. Any suggestions?

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Posted Dec 06 2009 05:16 PM

I haven't tested these, but I've read two ways to do it.

One is to remove the Adobe Air Framework from the /Library/Frameworks/ directory, reinstall Adobe Air using their installer, and then the uninstaller app will show up in the /Applications/Utilities folder.

The other way is to mount the installer's disk image, and then run

/Volumes/Adobe\ AIR/Adobe\ AIR\ Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ AIR\ Installer -uninstall
from the terminal.