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Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

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Folder Name Purpose<br />

CHAPTER 2 THE FILE SYSTEM 33<br />

Recent Severs This folder keeps track of recent servers you’ve connected to through the<br />

Finder.<br />

Safari The ~/Library/Safari/ folder keeps track of Safari information, including<br />

you bookmarks, history, and values for forms.<br />

Saved Searches This folder contains the saved searches you perform from within Spotlight.<br />

Screen Savers This folder contains your screen savers. If you plan on adding any screen<br />

savers to you system, it’s advisable to create a ~/Library/Screen Savers<br />

folder to install them in, rather than installing them in the /Library/Screen<br />

Savers folder.<br />

Scripts This folder contains AppleScripts that are accessible from various sources. If<br />

you plan on utilizing your own scripts, you should create a<br />

~/Library/Scripts/ folder to contain them. Occasionally, individual<br />

applications will install application-specific scripts in a subfolder of Scripts.<br />

ScriptingAdditions This folder contains items that enhance the capabilities of AppleScript.<br />

ScriptingDefinitions This folder contains dictionary documents that are available from within the<br />

Script Editor. These documents provide information about AppleScript syntax<br />

and usage.<br />

ServerSetup This folder contains items that aid in the startup of specific server services. In<br />

the <strong>Leopard</strong> client (as opposed to the server version of <strong>Leopard</strong>), this folder<br />

predominately contains startup information for Postfix, an SMTP mail server<br />

included in <strong>Leopard</strong>.<br />

Services This folder contains service applets that are available to most Aqua<br />

applications from the Application ➤ Services submenu. Many of the services<br />

the system provides are kept here, while other applications may store<br />

services with the application bundles.<br />

Speech This folder contains items that are used by the <strong>OS</strong> X speech system,<br />

including the various speech voices.<br />

Spotlight This folder contains some Spotlight plug-ins that add to the search abilities<br />

of Spotlight.<br />

StartupItems This is an old mechanism for starting up applications and services in <strong>OS</strong> X.<br />

This has been replaced by the launchd system, so most of the items that<br />

once went here have been moved to the LaunchAgents or LaunchDaemons<br />

folders.<br />

Tcl Like Perl and Python, Tcl is a scripting language that is used by the system as<br />

well as some other common third-party add-ons. This folder is where the Tcl<br />

(and Tk) libraries are stored.<br />

User Pictures This folder contains user images that are used as the default login icons that<br />

are selectable when you add an account.<br />

WebServer /Library/WebServer is a folder used by the Apache web server installed on<br />

<strong>Leopard</strong>. This folder contains the default Apache root document folder,<br />

Documents, as well as the CGI-Executables folder. This is one Library folder<br />

that we will talk more about (in Chapter 20).<br />

Widgets The Widgets folders are where all your Dashboard widgets are stored.

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