As other forums have mentioned, the link on your website ( Adobe Digital Editions Download ) leads to a part that says download 3.0 here, which leads to this Adobe Digital Editions downloads.

Adobe Digital Editions Mac OsX 10

A separate forum has the link to download it on a PC, but unfortunately none for Mac OsX 10 or above.

A few months back, against my better judgement and without doing the proper due diligence, I tried installing Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 onto the primary drive of my MacBook Pro (running MacOS 10.6.8).

Adobe Digital Editions Mac OS X V10

The tell-tail signs: PROBLEM 1 While there IS readily available Tech Specs documentation for the current Adobe Digital Editions v4.0.1 installer for MacOS (which clearly states Mac OS X v10.8 or later is REQUIRED), there is absolutely NO indication or similar documentation for supported system software for PREVIOUS versions of Adobe Digital Editions.

Reference URL: PROBLEM 2a Adobe Digital Editions v3.0 for MacOS comes as an installer (which REQUIRES admin authentication to provide root-level access to your computer).

PROBLEM 2b Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 Installer is FULLY launchable under MacOS 10.6.8 (and the installed application will require MacOS 10.7 or later).

PROBLEM 2c There is NO associated (ReadMe type) support document included on the ADE3.0Installer.dmg disc image and ZERO integrated documentation within in the installer.

PROBLEM 2d There is NO Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 UNinstaller either installed as part of the Standard installation package OR currently downloadable from Adobe.com.

PROBLEM 3 Adobes ONLY MacOS solution to Uninstall previous versions prior to the current v4.0 of Adobe Digital Editions for Mac OS are the following instructions: Its necessary to have administrator privileges to complete these steps.

Reference URL: PROBLEM 4 Adobes What are my contact options page indicates BOTH Chat (within 90 days of registration) and Forums as available Basic Support options for Adobe Digital Editions software for Download, install, setup help, however, Forums is the ONLY available choice under Contact options for on Adobes Contact Customer Care page (for Download, install, setup help with Digital Editions).

Reference URL: tillNeedHelp PROBLEM 5 The ONLY available Basic Support option for How-tos troubleshooting help is the Adobe Forums.and this is an example of the type nonsense response (then followed by NON-response) that one might receive there: NOTE: After MUCH searching I did, however, manage to find a potentially interesting Let us know how were doing link (under the Our support promise link found on the What are my contact options page).

I am going to send them a brief message along with a link to THIS post and hope for the best.

Reference URL: PROBLEM 6 While I did NOT realize this prior to my attempting to install Adobe Digital Editions, apparently it would require me to activate my computer with an Adobe ID.

NOTE: This information IS included in the readily accessible FAQ (and I am sure its also found in the installer integrated software License), however, this is a MAJOR feature of this software and could be presented MUCH more prominently as an installer integrated ReadMe screen.

Reference URL:.and, as an added bonus, there is a SIGNIFICANT spyware issue with this software discussed in further depth here: k-libraries As an experienced and life-long Mac user, I really SHOULD have known better and I did have second thoughts almost immediately, but by then it was TOO LATE So, now I have this TOTAL crap, super duper DRM software that required root-level permission to install (AND I couldnt even run this installed v3.0 copy under my preferred MacOS 10.6.8 if I wanted to.but, of course, I now have ABSOLUTELY NO desire to ever use this software again), and I just want to COMPLETELY remove all traces of it from my computer A pretty thorough Google search yielded several so-called solutions that were as bad or EVEN worse than the very limited official resources found directly from Adobe Any actual, real working solutions would be VERY greatly appreciated Thank you SO MUCH for your time and consideration in reading Sincerely, aadams77.

I searched my entire drive for digital editions, and this is the whole thing: ApplicationsAdobe Digital Editions 3.0.app UsersuserLibraryCachescom.adobe.adobedigitaleditions.app UsersuserDocumentsDigital Editions UsersuserLibraryPreferencescom.adobe.adobedigitaleditions.app.plist privatevardbreceiptscom.adobe.adobedigitaleditions.app.bom privatevardbreceiptscom.adobe.adobedigitaleditions.app.plist LibraryPreferencescom.adobe.DigitalEditions.plist The application itself, three small files scattered in your user account, to unimportant installation receipt files, and another preference file in the root Library folder.

Removing those should remove everything related to version 3, which is what I have installed.

Where I substituted user above (for the three entries of Usersuser.), replace that with whatever the actual name of your user account is.

Edit: I double checked the installer using a small app that sorts out every file in an installer, and where each item would normally be installed.

The receipts are created by the OS per the installers data, and the other minor preference files are created when the app is first run.

Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 is distributed as an installer that REQUIRES administrator level permission (as noted in PROBLEM 2a ) and I have personally verified at least 2 or 3 installed items other than the Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 application, itself.

The fully installed version of the application (after first-run) uses an activation system (as noted in PROBLEM 6 ) that simply could not operate within the confines of the MacOS Application folder.

I was shortsighted in letting this poorly conceived software and delivery mechanism ANYWHERE near my computer.but now I just want to make it go away, COMPLETELY.

THANK YOU very much for your kind reply and any further assistance or insight that you (or any others) might be able to provide Sincerely, aadams77.

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