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Directory of files to remove when uninstalling Digital Performer on OS X

Generally, when needing to uninstall Digital Performer on Mac OS X, simply deleting the Digital Performer application from the Applications folder will suffice.

However, other files are written to your hard-drive during installation, and need to be manually deleted to remove all traces of the Digital Performer installation.



Here is a full list of all files installed with Digital Performer:

Macintosh HD/Applications/Digital Performer.app

Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/MOTU/Digital Performer
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/MOTU/LiveRoomB
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/MOTU/LiveRoomG
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/MOTU/LiveStage
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/MOTU/Model12
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/MOTU/nanosampler
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/MOTU/ProVerb
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/MOTU/Springamabob

Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/MIDI Devices/MOTU

Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/MAS
Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/MOTU Audio Export

Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/MOTU Control Surface/EuCon.bundle
Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/MOTU Control Surface/HUI.bundle
Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/MOTU Control Surface/MackieControl.bundle
Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/MOTU Control Surface/OpenSoundControl.bundle
Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/MOTU Control Surface/SAC DP Driver.bundle

The following are your preference files, which are found in the User Library.

For OS X 10.6.8 navigate directly to MacHD-> Users->(Your User Name)->Library->Preferences
For OS X 10.7.x-10.10.x: Hold the Option Key while clicking on the Finder's "GO" drop-down menu, select Library, then open the Preferences folder.

Delete the following files/folders, or move them to your desktop if you plan to restore your preference settings after reinstalling Digital Performer:

com.motu.DigitalPerformer (folder)
com.motu.DigitalPerformer.plist (file)
com.motu.MotuAudioSystem (folder)