I created a new user on my Macbook Pro, but the Application folder only appears on Macintosh HD, and my new user doesn't have its own Application folder. However, the user that was made originally on this laptop has its own Applications folder. Besides this folder, my new user has all the folders that should be there - Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Movies, Music, Pictures.... Should I just copy the Application folder from Macintosh HD to my user folder(with the home picture)?
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Made a second user, but it lacks its Application folder. Help??
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Most applications are installed into the main Applications folder at the top level of the disk. If there's an app that gets installed into a user's home folder, the applications folder in there will be created at that time. If you don't have a specific need to install applications for one specific user, there's no reason to pay any attention to that applications folder in the home folder. Certainly, you can put an applications folder in your home folder if you'd like to.
I see, thank you! I was thinking that, for example, if I added music to iTunes without having the app under this user there would be a problem. But there should be no problem, as the iTunes library that belongs to my new user counts, am I right?
The iTunes app itself runs from the main Applications folder at the root of the drive, same place you run it from for every account. You can run the copy of iTunes that's in that folder on multiple user accounts simultaneously, no problem. That's how the system is designed to work.
As for the separate user data for each instance of iTunes, it will create its own folder in the user's folder at ~/Music/iTunes (where ~ = the name of the user) where the music and playlists and data will all be saved, accessible only to that logged-in user.