Uninstall & Reinstall | macOS 🍏

Stefan

March 03, 2023 13:39
Updated

This guide lists all steps to remove a UJAM plug-in completely from your system.

Table of contents

UJAM App Uninstall Feature
Files and Locations:
Step by Step
Access User-Level Library (hidden folder)

If you're running into any issues with your plug-in, a fresh clean reinstallation helps in most cases.

❗Always close your DAW before uninstalling and reinstalling.

We also recommend to manually check the plugin folders to ensure that all the files actually got removed.

UJAM App Uninstall Feature

The easiest way of uninstalling a plugin is via the UJAM App:

Open the App settings and check if you're using the most recent UJAM App version (at least 0.3.8)
Find the product you'd like to uninstall and click on the three dots, then on ‘Uninstall‘:
You will now be asked to enter your admin credentials:
Enter your credentials and then the plugin will get uninstalled immediately.
Done! ✔︎

If you're not using the UJAM App, you need to remove all the plugin files from your system manually.

Files and locations on macOS:

File	Path
UJAM App	Macintosh HD:/Applications Macintosh HD:/USERS/USERNAME/Library/Application Support/ujamapp
Audio Content	Macintosh HD:/Library/Application Support/UJAM/
User Content (for example: user presets and .ops file)	Macintosh HD:/USERS/USERNAME/Library/Application Support/UJAM/
AU	Macintosh HD:/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/
VST2	Macintosh HD:/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/UJAM/
VST3	Macintosh HD:/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/
AAX	Macintosh HD:/Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-ins/
Garageband files*	Macintosh HD:/USERS/USERNAME/Library/Containers/com.apple.garageband10/Data/Library/Application Support/UJAM/
NKS files*	Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences/com.native-instruments.”PLUGINNAME”.plist
XML file	Macintosh HD:/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Service Center/.”PLUGINNAME”.xml

*only content of VG-IRON1, VG-AMBER1, VG-SPARKLE1 or VG-SILK1.

Step by Step:

Plugin Audio Content

{SYSDRIVE}:/Library/Application Support/UJAM/

Remove the single product plug-in folder (or the whole UJAM folder if you wanna get rid of all UJAM plugins)

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User Content

{SYSDRIVE}:/USERS/USERNAME/Library/Application Support/UJAM/

Remove the single product plug-in folder (or the whole UJAM folder if you wanna get rid of all UJAM plugins)
If you need help to access the Library of your user folder, scroll to the bottom of this page.

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AU file

{SYSDRIVE}:/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/

Remove the ujam .component file(s) of your ujam plug-in.

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VST file

{SYSDRIVE}:/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/UJAM/

Remove the .vst file(s) of your ujam plug-in or the whole UJAM folder.

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AAX file

{SYSDRIVE}:/Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-ins/

Remove the .aaxplugin file(s) of your ujam plug-in.

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Garageband

To uninstall Garageband specific data you have to open the Plugin in Garageband in order to find the folder. Remove the Folder from the following location:

{SYSDRIVE}:/USERS/USERNAME/Library/Containers/com.apple.garageband10/Data/Library/Application Support/UJAM/

Garageband

Example

UJAM files in "Library" of Garageband

{SYSDRIVE}:/USERS/USERNAME/Library/Containers/com.apple.garageband10/Data/Library/Application Support/UJAM/

Just remove the UJAM folder.

NKS

If you are using NKS features (ONLY VG-Iron1, VG-Amber, VG-Sparkle, or VG-Silk), you have to remove the data in the following locations:

XML file: {SYSDRIVE}:/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Service Center/Virtual Guitarist_____.xml

P-list file: {SYSDRIVE}:/Library/Preferences/com.native-instruments.Virtual Guitarist_____.plist

NKS files are only available if you have VG-IRON1, VG-AMBER, VG-SPARKLE or VG-SILK.

NKS	Example
XML file
XML file	{SYSDRIVE}/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Service Center/Virtual Guitarist ____.xml Just remove the ujam .xml file(s).
P-list file
	{SYSDRIVE}/Library/Preferences/com.native-instruments.Virtual Guitarist ____.plist Just remove the ujam .plist file(s)