New File System

[LookToWindward]

Hi All,

With HFS formatted drives, you used to be able to have a folder at the same directory level as the Applications folder.

I got in the habit of creating a "Documents" folder to hold stuff that is Global Across all Users.

APFS - e.g. Monterey forbids this, so where is a good place to place a folder for this purpose these days?

All the Best
Dave

 

[chown33]

/Users/Shared/

That folder has existed since very early OS X days, possibly even 10.0, but I don't have one to look at, so I can't verify.

Share files with others who use your Mac

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[SoupyTwist]

@chown33 beat me to it, but I didn't realise you couldn't put folders in the root anymore so I did a bit of digging, apparently in Catalina and onwards Apple provided utility to put "firmlinks" in the root (similar to Unix symlinks or macOS aliases).

Creating root-level directories and symbolic links on macOS Catalina

One of the changes which came with macOS Catalina was the introduction of a read-only root volume for the OS. For users or environments which were used to using adding directories to the root level…

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