Bookdog 3.0 or Later
1. Launch Bookdog.
2. In menu > Bookdog, click "Quit Bookwatchdog" if it is enabled. If not enabled,
proceed to next step.
3. Trash the Bookdog application icon.
4. If you have enabled Bookwatchdog, open your
System Preferences ► Accounts ► Login Items
(Note: Login Items are incorrectly called Startup Items in Mac OS 10.3)
5. Remove Bookwatchdog from the list by selecting it and clicking the "minus ("-")
button.
Bookdog 1.x, 2.x, or SafariSorter
If you have activated the daily Scheduled Run (formerly called Automatic Sorting), you need to delete the cron job which these earlier versions used for this feature. If you are sure you did not activate daily Scheduled Runs or Automatic Sorting, you may skip this step. There are several ways to do this:
Alternative 1. For unix geeks, type crontab -e into Terminal and remove the Bookdog or SafariSorter line using your beloved vi editor commands.
Alternative 2. Run the earlier version, and in the Preferences, turn off Scheduled Runs or Automatic Sorting, as it was called.
Alternative 3. Download and install Bookdog 3.0 or greater, launch it, then quit. It automatically deletes the cron jobs installed by previous versions. Then uninstall Bookdog 3.0 as described above.
After performing one of the above, trash the Bookdog or SafariSorter application package.
For the Really Clean...
If you really want to do a clean job, there are two more little things:
Trash Bookdog's preferences which is in your home folder, specifically in your home folder, in the file ~/Library/Preferences/com.sheepsystems.Bookdog.plist. But this contains your License Information, so only do this if you are sure that you will never want to use Bookdog again.
Depending on Mac OS version and what you've used Bookdog for, you may have a database file in ~/Library/Application Support/Bookdog. This folder shold also be trashed.
Q. I'm upgrading from a previous Bookdog installation. When I drag the new one in, I'm told that I "don't have sufficient privileges". Arghhhh!!!. Answer: Trash your old Bookdog application before dragging in the new one.
Q. Just installed or reinstalled Bookdog. Windows don't work. Lots of things "just don't work". Answer: Macintosh applications are actually "packages" which contain many files. If some of the files inside the package are missing, you'll get weird results like this. If your main menu items are in English lower-case, for example "file", "edit", and don't change, this indicates that at least one file is missing. To fix, please redownload Bookdog from the link at the right, trash your old Bookdog and drag the new one into its place. Watch the progress bar during the move and make sure that it completes happily. Because the disk image is checked in its entiretly while mounting, it is not likely for an incomplete download to omit files. But the process of copying an application to its final destination can omit files if it gets interrupted.
Q. I got a new Mac or my hard drive failed. Do I have to pay to re-download or upgrade Bookdog? Answer. Upgrades of Bookdog are free for all licensed users.
Q. How do I uninstall Bookdog or SafariSorter? Answer.