Mysterious Application folder

[angemon89]

Everyday when I open my home folder I find an empty Applications folder in there. It has the Applications logo and everything but it's empty so I delete it. I delete it at least twice a day.

Does anyone know where this could be coming from? Maybe an App is creating it? Honestly I can't remember what Apps I've installed recently so I have no idea where this could be coming from.

 

[r.j.s]

I don't know where it might be coming from, but why don't you just leave it there? It's a place to put user-specific apps.

 

[angemon89]

Oh, I did not know that.

I'm still not sure where it's coming from but I'll just leave it then.

 

[r.j.s]

YEah, it is odd that it keeps reappearing, but there is no harm in it being there.

 

[Batt]

Everyday when I open my home folder I find an empty Applications folder in there. It has the Applications logo and everything but it's empty so I delete it. I delete it at least twice a day.

Does anyone know where this could be coming from? Maybe an App is creating it? Honestly I can't remember what Apps I've installed recently so I have no idea where this could be coming from.

OK then, if it's an empty Apps folder, where do you keep your apps?

 

[Beric]

OK then, if it's an empty Apps folder, where do you keep your apps?

In the main, system-wide apps folder. It's how I do things.

 

[pjrobertson]

Let me see... do you have a widget called 'Application Update' installed?

This problem bugged me for ages 'til I realised it was the widget. Go into the info, and remove ~/Applications from the path settings.

Here's the topic I created when I had the problem:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/419005/

 

[angemon89]

Let me see... do you have a widget called 'Application Update' installed?

This problem bugged me for ages 'til I realised it was the widget. Go into the info, and remove ~/Applications from the path settings.

Here's the topic I created when I had the problem:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/419005/

Ha, you're right. That's exactly what it was!

Thank you very much sir.

 

[pjrobertson]

You're welcome

 

[pjrobertson]

Ha!

I've just installed Snow Leopard and have been having this problem.

Doing a google search led me to this topic - I answered the question for myself 1 year ago