On 15/12/2009, at 2:04 PM, Justin Davies wrote:
> > Hi all, I just recently upgraded to new macbook and in migrating the content > across I have a folder called "var (from old mac) which has about 775 mg of > system looking folders. It is safe to delete this? > > Many thanks in advance..... > Best regards > You don't tell just where this folder is located. Is it just sitting out at the top level of your hard drive? Or is it somewhere a little deeper, such as in your Home Folder. The fact that it is visible at all kind of indicates that it is no longer important, since the /var folder is normally hidden from view in the Finder. Here's a hint: go to the Go menu at the top of the screen in Finder, and choose "Go to Folder..." (or press shift-cmd-g). Type "/var" in the field, and you will find you are viewing the contents of the currently-active /var folder. Compare the contents of this folder with the "var (from old mac)" folder you are concerned about. Not also the location of the "/var" folder. It should show up as an alias at the top level of your hard drive, albeit with a "faded" icon, indicating that it is in fact a hidden folder. Change to Column View (if you're not there already. ). Right- (command-)click on this icon and choose "Show Original" from the contextual menu. You should find the the original lives inside a folder called "Private", which is another hidden folder. If you simply double-click your hard drive icon in the Finder neither of these folders will be visible. So to summarise: you should find that you have two "var" files - one called "var" inside the hidden "Private" folder, and the one you have seen in the Finder called "var (from old mac)". If this is indeed the case, I think it's fairly save to delete the visible one. If the only visible version is the visible one, your system file structure is in trouble and I would suggest a clean install ASAP, although I really don't anticipate this will be necessary. My apologies is this description was a little too long-winded or unnecessarily complicated, but it's much easier to do that describe... -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
