Trying to delete a Mac application

[Klaus major-k]

Hi Graham,

> Am 05.01.2018 um 21:23 schrieb Graham Samuel via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> Thanks to Klaus and Ken, I know how to address the Mac Applications folder. But when I try to delete an app (which I take to be a folder of the form xxx.app) by script, I get a result “can’t delete that file”. But as a user -admittedly with admin privileges - I can move any app into the trash.
> 
> What am doing wrong?

no idea, sorry.

But did you try an with AppleScript?
#####################################################
tell application "Finder"
  delete file "Application name" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
end tell
#####################################################

> Graham

Best

Klaus

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