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How are files organized on the Mac?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1737417"><p>One thing: I don't know if anyone has said this to you but one of the differences between Windows and macOS is that in Windows you HAD to worry about where things are put so you can get them back again. But in macOS, you don't have to worry about WHERE at all. Just let the applications worry about where and enjoy the application itself. When you save a file and then later want to open it again, it will be where it was put originally and the system will know. </p><p></p><p>Also, 99.9% of the time the file will be in YOUR account home folder, or some subfolder of that home folder. That's why it's called YOUR folder! Even your desktop(s) are in YOUR home folder! Very little of your stuff will be stored anywhere else, unless you override the applications and force the location of the files. That's part of the "it just works" experience of macOS. If you stick with it and learn the Mac way, going back to Windows will be a shock because of all the maintenance Windows requires.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1737417"] One thing: I don't know if anyone has said this to you but one of the differences between Windows and macOS is that in Windows you HAD to worry about where things are put so you can get them back again. But in macOS, you don't have to worry about WHERE at all. Just let the applications worry about where and enjoy the application itself. When you save a file and then later want to open it again, it will be where it was put originally and the system will know. Also, 99.9% of the time the file will be in YOUR account home folder, or some subfolder of that home folder. That's why it's called YOUR folder! Even your desktop(s) are in YOUR home folder! Very little of your stuff will be stored anywhere else, unless you override the applications and force the location of the files. That's part of the "it just works" experience of macOS. If you stick with it and learn the Mac way, going back to Windows will be a shock because of all the maintenance Windows requires. [/QUOTE]
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