Re: Removing Application-Created Items

FROM : Andrew Merenbach
DATE : Sun Nov 11 17:54:15 2007

Hi, Ralpha,

Thank you for the reference, but I am indeed already aware that there 
are two Application Support and two Preferences directories.  I was 
referring to the ones within the user's home folder.

Cheers,
   Andrew

On Nov 11, 2007, at 8:49 AM, Raffael Cavallaro wrote:

>
> 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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>