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If I press delete what will happen?
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<blockquote data-quote="nabl" data-source="post: 949849" data-attributes="member: 43512"><p>That's not the name of a single folder, it was used to separate two paths. There are indeed two Applications folders. One is /Applications (that's the "Macintosh HD > Applications" that Jaygray was referring to) and the other is ~/Applications (Macintosh HD:Users:<em>username</em>:Applications; Jaygray referred to it as "User > Applications"). Applications installed in /Applications are available to all users while those in ~/Applications are only available to the user who installed it. ~/Applications does not exist by default, but you can create it by making a new folder in your Home directory named Applications.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, you shouldn't have to worry about these technicalities; just don't delete, move, or copy the Applications folder (either one). The only time you need to think about it is when an installer asks whether to install for the current user or all users (even that is rare). If you choose to install it for all users, it will be placed in /Applications, and of course if you choose to install it for the current user only, the application will be placed in ~/Applications.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">For more technical info, check out <a href="http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/Articles/WhereToPutFiles.html" target="_blank">this developer document</a>.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nabl, post: 949849, member: 43512"] That's not the name of a single folder, it was used to separate two paths. There are indeed two Applications folders. One is /Applications (that's the "Macintosh HD > Applications" that Jaygray was referring to) and the other is ~/Applications (Macintosh HD:Users:[i]username[/i]:Applications; Jaygray referred to it as "User > Applications"). Applications installed in /Applications are available to all users while those in ~/Applications are only available to the user who installed it. ~/Applications does not exist by default, but you can create it by making a new folder in your Home directory named Applications. Having said that, you shouldn't have to worry about these technicalities; just don't delete, move, or copy the Applications folder (either one). The only time you need to think about it is when an installer asks whether to install for the current user or all users (even that is rare). If you choose to install it for all users, it will be placed in /Applications, and of course if you choose to install it for the current user only, the application will be placed in ~/Applications. [SIZE="1"]For more technical info, check out [URL="http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/Articles/WhereToPutFiles.html"]this developer document[/URL].[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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