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This chapter will take you on a tour of the Snow Leopard file system to discover what items exist in what folders and why (and also what you can and shouldn’t change and why). We’ll cover in depth
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The overall file structure of Snow Leopard
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Your personal Home folder and its contents
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The top-level folders, including the System folder, the Library folder, and the Applications folder
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Other common folders
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Hidden folders
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© 2009 Scott Meyers and Mike Lee
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Meyers, S., Lee, M. (2009). The File System. In: Learn Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1947-7_2
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