I uninstalled several gigs worth of Adobe CS4 components yet gained no hard drive space. Why?

I think the files are “in” the computer. You need to open up the case and remove them physically. At least it seems that way with Adobe products! ;)

They are in the “Recycle Bin”?

I don’t know, but I do know that Adobe CS4 is causing my wife’s computer considerable trouble.

Oh, @pdworkin may have the answer.

Run disc cleanup.

Thanks all.

@virtualist – “use”?

One cannot delete ones own asinine answer; written for a PC. Some residual characters were necessary.

Could Time Machine be saving files in case you changed your mind?
http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/time-machine.html

There is nothing wrong with Adobe products, they work fine, when you do a uninstall they do not go to your recycle bin, when you delete a file it will go but not uninstalling. I can not explain why you are not seeing any more free space on your drive after uninstalling though kind of odd.

I will suggest buying or upgrading your hard drives though, with newer software getting bigger you need to upgrade..