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Re: is there a reason not to change "Applications (Mac OS 9)"
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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: Michael Turner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:36:22 -0400

> There's usually be a good reason for something like that. The reason here, I
> think, is that if/when you move to OS X, especially if it's on the same disk
> partition as OS 9.1 you'll probably totally screw up your whole system by
> having done that. OSX has its own Applications folder where many things need
> to be, and which probably shouldn't be mixed up with OS 9 stuff. Even when
> you upgrade to OS 9.2, due very soon, it will probably install a new
> Applications (OS 9) folder. Ah well, if things like the name of a folder
> mean so much to you that you force a change that the OS doesn't want to
> permit, you'll have to figure out how to deal with the consequences.

Paul,

I like it MY way.... Yeah, I've been paying for that for 32 years.

Think different!

:-)

Thanks for your response. I was anticipating something like that. Mostly, I
wanted to know if it will screw something up immediately.

/Michael


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