Re: Removing Application-Created Items

FROM : Raffael Cavallaro
DATE : Sun Nov 11 17:49:38 2007

On Nov 11, 2007, at 10:43 AM, Andrew Merenbach wrote:

> I am working on a program that creates a standard preferences plist, 
> a subdirectory under Application Support, and a folder for auxiliary 
> data that is downloaded (this last one is placed at the top level of 
> the user's home directory).  I had a couple of questions:
>
> 1. It valid to set up a menu item, for user convenience, to "reset" 
> the program and move any or all of these to the Trash?  I get the 
> feeling that the answer is No on the first two items, but I'm not 
> sure about the last one.  If the answer to these are "yes, if the 
> files/directories are in such-and-such a location," then what sort 
> of location would be valid?


Are you aware that there are both a root level /Library/Application 
Support and a per-user ~/Library/Application Support? For what each is 
for see:

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/index.html?http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/Articles/WhereToPutFiles.html
>

regards,

Ralph


Raffael Cavallaro, Ph.D.
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