Starcraft – How to uninstall StarCraft II on OS X

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I can't seem to find an obvious way of uninstalling StarCraft II on OS X. What's the standard procedure for this?

For what it's worth, I've found two directories that are obviously related to StarCraft II so far.

/Applications/StarCraft II
~/Library/Application Support/Blizzard/StarCraft II

A few other points to consider:

Is it easy enough to reinstall the game later?
Do I have to worry about deleting save games or is that all stored on the server?

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The standard procedure is just moving the Starcraft II folder from Applications to the Trash. Your save-games,replays etc. are stored in ~/Library/Application Support/Blizzard/Starcraft II/. If you keep that folder, your save-games should still be there after a re-install. I haven't tested this though, so I suggest you make a backup copy of that folder before you perform a fresh install.

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Starcraft – What happens to the campaign progress if I uninstall StarCraft 2

Campaign progress is stored online. Swapping computers (or reinstalling) shouldn't affect that.

Now that I think about it, I'm not sure if you can save a game in the middle of a mission like you could in SC1, and if so, I'm not sure if that would be saved. But completed missions are completed on other computers.

Update: I have noticed some things that just don't get saved. Like if you finish a mission, then just purchase armory upgrades, then quit. It doesn't always save the armory upgrades. When the campaign is continued, it picks back up immediately after finishing the previous level. But this happens even on the same computer, and isn't any worse if you reinstall StarCraft II

Blizzard on Starcraft 2 Save Games: Starcraft 2 Blog

Starcraft – How to play Starcraft 2 offline

This is a known issue with Blizzard. The issue is that the StarCraft 2 authenticator relies on the hostname. On OS X the hostname changes depending on the network configuration. Until Blizzard fixes this, the workaround is to edit /ect/hostconfig (as superuser, so use sudo) and add:

HOSTNAME=hostname_of_your_computer

This works on my Mac.

Edit: Where hostname_of_your_computer is the hostname of your computer.

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