OS X File system Layout (was Re: AppleScript & HTML Again...)
OS X File system Layout (was Re: AppleScript & HTML Again...)
- Subject: OS X File system Layout (was Re: AppleScript & HTML Again...)
- From: Walter Ian Kaye <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 03:37:33 -0800
At 04:26a -0600 03/29/2004, Dennis W. Manasco didst inscribe upon an
electronic papyrus:
No one dares change either the name or the position of the default
directories, nor the location of the programs placed therein, lest
their system become useless and unusable the next time they connect
to Software Update.
I guess I'm "no one" then. I moved *all* my Apple apps out of
/Applications, and most of them out of /Applications/Utilities:
/Applications/Apple/iCal
iChat
iMovie
iPhoto
iSync
Mail
/Applications/VIEWERS:PLAYERS/iTunes
Preview
QuickTime Player
/Applications/UTILITIES-DISK/Disk Copy
Disk Utility
iDisk Utility
/Applications/UTILITIES-GRAPHICS/ColorSync Utility
Grab
Image Capture
/Applications/UTILITIES-NET/AirPort Admin Utility
AirPort Setup Assistant
Bluetooth Serial Utility
Bluetooth Setup Assistant
Directory Access
NetInfo Manager
Network Utility
/Applications/UTILITIES-PRINTING/Print Center
/Applications/UTILITIES-SYSTEM/Apple System Profiler
Audio MIDI Setup
Console
Keychain Access
Process Viewer
System Preferences
If a stupid-ass Apple update puts an update in /Applications, I move
it to the desired category. I have always done this, and I will
always do this. I have never had a problem (aside from getting pissed
at Apple for their stupidity), and if anything ever does break in the
future, I will simply file a bug report and hold my ground against
any "by design" claims. I suggest the rest of you do likewise. The
squeaky wheel gets the grease, so squeak loudly and often!
Granted, standard UNIX system files must reside in certain locations
for the system to work, but is that any reason why an upgrade of
(for instance) Safari should fail spectacularly if the original
application has been moved?
Fortunately Safari works fine for me in /Applications/INTERNET/.
Certainly the location of any program in the /Applications folder,
/Applications/Utilities folder, or any other non-System folder,
should be changeable with impunity.
Agreed. I still have Installer and Terminal in
/Applications/Utilities, but only because I have no idea how to
categorize them. <g>
IMHO Apple's apparent insistence on requiring Apple-supplied
applications to be in unvarying locations is a major security breach
waiting to happen.
In addition to just being stupid. :)
Can we complain about the Preferences folder, too? It's in dire need
of categorization. The 'defaults' command understands subfolders, so
I propose that Apple should build support for "domain folders" such
that all "com.apple.*" prefs can be in a "com.apple" folder, etc. I
will be using that convention for all future scripts I write
(com.natural-innovations/FooBar.plist, etc.).
-Walter
In court when you take the stand, you sit.
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