that's right. Nothing horrible "should" happen. My favourite word in computerland is "should" as it implies a way-out for me. The only thing that I can foresee is if you have a Dock item that points to the app in the ~/Applications folder, it will no longer work. If you haven't added any Dock items yourself though, this will be inconsequential. If you have, simply locate the app in the Applications folder and create a new Dock item for it by pressing cmd-shift-t.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-08-01, at 10:05 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, that's interesting! So, if I make sure /applications has everything and > I then go delete ~/applications, nothing horrible will happen? > This also explains why dmg files that have an applications alias point to > /applications; I always thought that was really odd, but now I see the logic. > On Aug 2, 2012, at 12:02 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You are right. You should not have a ~/Applications folder. It is more or >> less a waste of HD space. In fact, the MacOS preferes that all apps reside >> in the Applications folder at the root of the HD. Some odd behaviours have >> been reported when apps are located elsewhere. With respect to users >> accessing the various apps, they would be totally usable by all users on >> your computer unless you set things otherwise. If they are a Standard user >> as opposed to an Admin user like yourself, they would not be able to delete >> any of the apps either. >> >> Access to each others files and folders within your respective Home >> Directories is restricted as well. That is, even as an Administrator, you >> don't really have access to the other user's files unless you change their >> password and login as them yourself. There are ways of gaining access >> without doing something that drastic but I won't get into that here. >> >> Hope this is clear enough. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On 2012-08-01, at 9:36 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Don't look at me, I didn't make the folder. :) All I know is I have >>> ~/applications and /applications, and they look remarkably similar. I come >>> from windows, and am not too familiar with how multi-user systems work even >>> there. So, are you saying I shouldn't have ~/applications at all? If I made >>> another user account on this mac, would they have access to all my apps >>> (just not my files) and vice versa? >>> On Aug 1, 2012, at 4:19 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> There normally isn't a ~/applications folder on OSX. All apps are shared >>>> among all the accounts just like vi or ftp in a traditional unix setup. >>>> Content and documents though are only stored in the user's folder such as >>>> in documents, downloads or music. While having ~/Applications in a large >>>> shared system might make some sense, it's just extra complexity for a >>>> single-user system. >>>> >>>> CB >>>> >>>> On 7/29/12 9:24 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I just noticed something odd. The /applications folder on my system has >>>>> all my apps in it; that is, /applications seems to have the same items as >>>>> ~/applications. I thought only ~/applications would have my apps, since >>>>> /applications is (I assume) system-wide, for any user on the mac. I'm the >>>>> only user, and an admin (well, super user in unix talk) but I still find >>>>> it odd that my account's apps are in the /applications folder. Can anyone >>>>> shed some light on this? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Have a great day, >>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>>> [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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