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Re: Bundle Identifiers - and application support directory
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Re: Bundle Identifiers - and application support directory


  • Subject: Re: Bundle Identifiers - and application support directory
  • From: Sean McBride <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:52:58 -0400
  • Organization: Rogue Research Inc.

On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:43:04 -0600, Kaydell Leavitt said:

>I've wondered about why Mac apps put their app's name on their folders
>in the directories "Application Support".  It seems to me that this is
>just asking for problems and isn't localizable.
>
>I noticed that in Lion and Mountain Lion that the directory ~/Library is
>now invisible by default.  Maybe Apple is starting to say that the
>folders within this folder such as "Application Support"  aren't for
>"human consumption" anymore.

If the folder's contents aren't for "human consumption" anymore, why do you worry about localisation?

Also, I've never understood why ~/Library is invisible but /System and /Library are not...

Cheers,

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Sean McBride, B. Eng                 email@hidden
Rogue Research                        www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer              Montréal, Québec, Canada



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