If you have any apps in the user applications folder just move them to
the normal Apps folder and you should be done. As Tim pointed out,
weirdness happens sometimes as apps usually assume they are running from
the shared Applications folder. A common issue is somebody downloads a
DMG file of some new app, mounts the disk image and then tries to run
the app from the 'virtual disk' image instead of copying it to the
Applications folder. Sometimes that works but it's not the normal way of
things and when the disk image is dismounted the app goes poof.
CB
On 8/2/12 12:05 AM, Alex Hall 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]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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,
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