Re: is there a reason not to change "Applications (Mac OS 9)"
Re: is there a reason not to change "Applications (Mac OS 9)"
- Subject: Re: is there a reason not to change "Applications (Mac OS 9)"
- From: Chris Page <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 23:48:41 -0700
nigh on 2001.06.12 10:09 PM, John W Baxter at email@hidden wrote:
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At 13:13 -0400 6/12/01, Michael Turner wrote:
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> Is there a reason not to change the folder named "Applications (Mac OS 9)"
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> to just "Applications", which is my preferred name for that folder? I am
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> running Mac OS 9.1. They have made it "difficult" to change the name, so I
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> wondered if there is a reason. I changed it with an AppleScript. Otherwise,
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> I couldn't...
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2. You won't be able to install Mac OS X properly (of course, you machine
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my not support X anyhow). The folder Applications contains Mac OS X
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applications.
Actually, the Mac OS X installer will rename any existing Applications
folder to "Applications (Mac OS 9)", so it won't be a problem for installing
X. But, like he said, you're better off just leaving the folder name alone.
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Chris Page
Mac OS Lead, Palm Desktop
Palm, Inc.