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Running Mac OS X Tiger
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Running Mac OS X Tiger

by Jason Deraleau, James Duncan Davidson
December 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
400 pages
11h 33m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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The Library

I’ve made lots of references to the Library directory and have indicated that it is for the storage of resources. Any kind of resource that an application needs can be located in the Library. Here’s a list of some of the most common directories you’ll find in the Library and the kinds of resources they contain (and remember, you can create one of these directories in a domain in which it doesn’t exist):

Application Support

Contains third-party plug-ins, helper applications, templates, and even data for the applications on your system. You’ll usually find the resources for an application in a subdirectory named after the application.

Audio

Contains drivers, plug-ins, and sounds for Mac OS X’s audio subsystems.

Caches

Contains temporary data used by the applications on your system. For example, Safari will keep web page data here so when you revisit a page, you don’t have to download all the content on it again.

Calendars

Contains the ICS files used to store the calendar data for a user. This directory is used by iCal and appears only in the User domain.

ColorSync

Contains profiles and scripts used by Mac OS X’s ColorSync color management subsystem.

Documentation

Contains documentation for various parts of the system. Also, the Help application uses this folder to hold files that it displays.

Favorites

Contains aliases to frequently accessed folders, files, or web sites. This directory appears only in the User domain.

Fonts

Contains fonts for applications to use. The fonts ...

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