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macrumors 68010
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Oct 21, 2005
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Norway
It seems I'm unable to delete the "Pictures" folder in my user's root-folder. Actually I'm not surprised as I it seems to be a standard folder in OSX, but what has been done to prevent being deleted and apart from it being the default location for keeping iPhoto libraries/images (or other photo related apps), is there something special happening "under the hood" for that folder?

I'm asking because I have a problem with Adobe Lightroom seeing it spelt all-capitalized "PICURES" while in reality, on my hard drive it's spelt "Pictures", so I'm concluding that there must be something wrong with that folder and got the idea to create a new folder (i.e. "Temporary pictures"), move all my photos over there, delete (the now empty) "Pictures" folder, then finally rename "Temporary pictures" to "Pictures. But like I said, "Pictures" seems to be a special folder and I don't want to potentially mess up something by forcing its removal (I haven't for instance attempted a forced removal using Terminal using the recursive removal command).
 

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macrumors 68010
Original poster
Oct 21, 2005
2,000
162
Norway
Yes, I assumed it would be re-created.
But if there's something wrong with it, what could it be since OSX isn't a case-sensitive filing system?

I mean to ask: are there any underlying things which sets this folder apart from any other folder, or is it just set up by default to not be deletable?
 
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