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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1776696"><p>Welcome to the forum.</p><p></p><p>Caution: Normally, Users have no reason to be in the root directory. That is generally reserved for the system use, not users. However, if you must try, it's at "/". It is a folder, but it has no name, just "/". You can get there in Finder by selecting "Go" in the top bar, then Go to Folder and type in just the slash. In there you will find folders, but none called "Root" because there is no such folder. Your reference is to a Windows folder. macOS isn't Windows, doesn't have the same structure. And playing about in the / folder can lead to catastrophic results (making the machine unbeatable, for example).</p><p></p><p>All that said, if you want to find resources.xpak, then you can try either EasyFind or Find Any File to search for the filename to see if it exists, and if so, where it is in the macOS. But applications also work differently in macOS than in Windows, so even if you find a file by that name, there is no guarantee that it equivalent to the Windows version of the filename.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1776696"] Welcome to the forum. Caution: Normally, Users have no reason to be in the root directory. That is generally reserved for the system use, not users. However, if you must try, it's at "/". It is a folder, but it has no name, just "/". You can get there in Finder by selecting "Go" in the top bar, then Go to Folder and type in just the slash. In there you will find folders, but none called "Root" because there is no such folder. Your reference is to a Windows folder. macOS isn't Windows, doesn't have the same structure. And playing about in the / folder can lead to catastrophic results (making the machine unbeatable, for example). All that said, if you want to find resources.xpak, then you can try either EasyFind or Find Any File to search for the filename to see if it exists, and if so, where it is in the macOS. But applications also work differently in macOS than in Windows, so even if you find a file by that name, there is no guarantee that it equivalent to the Windows version of the filename. [/QUOTE]
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