Be aware that by default Mac OS X may set itself to put your iTunes music in /Users/JSmith/Music though that can be changed in the preferences, and iPhoto in /Users/JSmith/Pictures/ App files in your Applications folder, these are Mac OS X native applications.ĭon't delete or move files in your /Users/JSmith/Documents or /Users/JSmith/Library folder. In Mac OS X View by columns allows you to navigate folders by single clicking on them, but they maintain the same hierarchy.ĭon't delete or move files within System and Library folders appearing when you first double click your hard disk. So when I say /Users/JSmith/Documents/, that means you double click hard drive, double click Users, Double click JSmith, and double click Documents folder to get there from Mac OS 9.
Unix defines directories and subdirectories by /es. We'll assume your user folder here on in your Users folder is your JSmith folder for example purposes only. So if you first setup your Mac OS X account on setup as JSmith, don't rename or move the JSmith folder from the Users folder. User folders must have their name maintained if you expect to be able to use X again. These are files that are otherwise invisible in Mac OS X and help Mac OS X manage the system itself.ĭon't delete or move mach files that appear when you double click the hard disk icon. DS_Store), should not be renamed or moved. Moving files in Mac OS X is not as simple as it was in Mac OS 9 days (prior to 2004, not to be confused with the 2013 released Mac OS X 10.9), and is different from Windows as well.īefore deleting or moving any files you are uncertain of, be sure to make at least two backups of your critical data.įiles with a period as a prefix (i.e.profile, and.