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My File Structure - Correct?
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<blockquote data-quote="baggss" data-source="post: 893403" data-attributes="member: 6762"><p>You can move pretty much any App anywhere, but some will only function properly if they reside in the Apps folder. The other folders can probably go elsewhere, but why? One of the nice things about the Mac is bits and pieces of Apps don't get thrown hither and yon throughout the system, they pretty much all stay in the Apps folder, with the exception of preference files. If an App puts another folder inside the Apps folder when it installs, at least you know where everything is.</p><p></p><p>Divx and Flip4Mac are Apps and the Utilities folder needs to stay where it is.</p><p></p><p>One other thing to keep in mind, and this is a big difference from Windows, is that those "Apps", while like .exe files are much more. They are actually packages that contain all of those files that Windows throws hither and you throughout the system (like .dll files and things in the Windows registry) as well as the code that actually runs the App. This is why, for the most part, deleting an App is as easy as dragging it to the trash and deleting it. The most you'll be left with is a few prefs files.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baggss, post: 893403, member: 6762"] You can move pretty much any App anywhere, but some will only function properly if they reside in the Apps folder. The other folders can probably go elsewhere, but why? One of the nice things about the Mac is bits and pieces of Apps don't get thrown hither and yon throughout the system, they pretty much all stay in the Apps folder, with the exception of preference files. If an App puts another folder inside the Apps folder when it installs, at least you know where everything is. Divx and Flip4Mac are Apps and the Utilities folder needs to stay where it is. One other thing to keep in mind, and this is a big difference from Windows, is that those "Apps", while like .exe files are much more. They are actually packages that contain all of those files that Windows throws hither and you throughout the system (like .dll files and things in the Windows registry) as well as the code that actually runs the App. This is why, for the most part, deleting an App is as easy as dragging it to the trash and deleting it. The most you'll be left with is a few prefs files. [/QUOTE]
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