The comprehensive uninstallation directions for MacPython comprise the single sentence: "To uninstall MacPython, you can simply remove these three things." The three things refer to the MacPython 2.5 application folder (/Applications/MacPython), the framework (/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework), and (I'm assuming) the symlink in /usr/local/bin.

Unfortunately, what it doesn't tell you is that unless you also remove all files with names starting with Python under /Library/Receipts, the installer won't let you reinstall MacPython (it checks these to see what is already installed). Instead the installer tells you that a newer version is installed, marks the files "skip", and fails with "nothing to install".

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I've been a paid-up subscriber of the much-hyped Mozy remote backup system for about a year now. The only problem is that I haven't really used it in that time and I emailed them a few days ago to ask them to cancel my account (and I haven't heard back yet). The reason: I haven't successfully backed up once on my Mac.

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Flex comes with a built-in form validation system that unfortunately uses mystery meat tooltips to display component validation errors.

To see what I mean, take a look at the example I wrote a while back in the Validating Data Quick Start.

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