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Applications Folder

KaPOWitsCHRIS

KaPOWitsCHRIS

macrumors 6502a
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Apr 8, 2010
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So whenever I click the applications folder from my home folder it opens up blank, but when I select it from the side bar it works fine... help?



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When I use the side bar

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They are different folders. The one in your home folder is for applications installed for your user only. It is at /Users/<your user shortname>/Applications (where <you user shortname> is the appropriate value, for me it's robbie). The one in the sidebar is the system wide applications folder: it contains applications for all users of the system. It is at /Applications.
 
Different folders. ;)
The Applications folder in the side bar refer to /Applications , while the one in your home folder is ~/Applications. Where "/" refer to root of your disk, while "~/" refer to your user directory.
 
root

I have recently noticed that in my HD folder, I have a ROOT folder? I don't recall it being there. Is there a way to check out what is going on with it?
 
tivoboy said:
I have recently noticed that in my HD folder, I have a ROOT folder? I don't recall it being there. Is there a way to check out what is going on with it?
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Well, what's in it? And why did you tack on to this barely related topic instead of opening a new one?
 
Well, you'll notice that no one else is responding...

Since there's nothing in it, I guess you just checked out what's going on with it - nothing. Maybe the dated and time it was created would help you decided if you want to just delete it.
 
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