Over the past year I tried a number of different web photo galleries before settling into Flickr as my web gallery of choice. During this process I installed iPhoto plug-ins when available to make it easier to export photos out of iPhoto. An unintended result of this mini-trial was I ended up with a somewhat messy list of abandoned plug-ins anytime I pulled up the Export interface in iPhoto.
Until this weekend, I never took the time to clean up the plug-ins that I was no longer using. iPhoto plug-ins do not have “uninstall” buttons, so you need to go through a different process to remove them from the application. Here is what you need to do:
- Log in under an account with Administrator privileges.
- Close iPhoto if it is open.
- In the Finder, open the Applications folder.
- Select iPhoto.
- Go to the File Menu and select “Get Info” (or just hit command I).
- This will open the iPhoto info screen.
- Expand the “Plug-ins” section.
- Find the plug-in you are looking for and select the “-” option. You will get a prompt to confirm deleting the plug-in. (See links below to get the actual names of the individual plug-ins).
- Repeat for as many web gallery plug-ins as you would like to delete.
- Restart iPhoto.
If you want to go straight to the source material for the uninstall instructions for some common web gallery plug-ins you can use the list below for reference. Please note the Flickr plug-in has a custom program to run – the author does not recommend you use the above method to uninstall although it will work.
- Facebook iPhoto Plug-in FAQ – this is the general FAQ on the plug-in. Uninstall directions are the fourth question down.
- Flickr eXporter iPhoto Plugin – this is a third party app. As I mentioned above, this has specific uninstall directions that are more detailed than what I list above.
- Kodak Photo Gallery iPhoto Plug-in Uninstall Directions
- Picasa iPhoto Exporter
- SmugMug Export – this is a third party app. Uninstall directions are about halfway down the page.