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Table 2-2. Default Home Folders and Their Descriptions<br />

Folder Description<br />

Desktop The contents of this folder are the items that appear on your desktop.<br />

Documents This is the primary folder for you to store all your document files. When you go to save or<br />

open a document from within an application, this is usually where it will start you out.<br />

Downloads This is a new addition to the default folders in <strong>Leopard</strong> (although in the past, most<br />

people created one of their own). Most <strong>Leopard</strong>-compliant network/Internet applications<br />

will default to downloading items into this folder.<br />

Library As described previously, most of your personal system and application settings are stored<br />

in this folder.<br />

Movies This is the default folder where imported videos and iMovie files will be stored. It’s worth<br />

pointing out that movies and videos that you buy from the iTunes Store are actually<br />

stored in the Music folder!<br />

Music This is where your GarageBand and iTunes files are stored by default.<br />

Pictures This is the default folder for most of your images. This is where iPhoto and other photo<br />

applications will store their files by default.<br />

Public This is a special folder where you can store files that you wish to share with others on<br />

your computer or your network. Inside of this folder is a Drop Box folder where others can<br />

leave you files as well. To share files with users on your network, File Sharing must be<br />

enabled in the Sharing Preference pane.<br />

Sites This is the default folder for your personal web pages if Web Sharing is turned on in the<br />

Sharing Preference pane. Web Sharing is covered in Chapter 20.<br />

These default folders cover most of your personal folder needs (although subfolders are<br />

common in each of these). Occasionally, you may want to add another folder for a specific need,<br />

and that’s fine—this is after all your home.<br />

Other Common Folders<br />

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We’ve covered most of the default folders you’ll interact with in <strong>Leopard</strong>, but there are some<br />

other common folders you may encounter.<br />

One of the most common other folders is the /Developer folder, which is present if you install<br />

the Xcode tools during or after your <strong>Leopard</strong> installation. Contained in this folder are all the<br />

Developer applications, documentation, and other items necessary to develop your own <strong>Mac</strong> <strong>OS</strong> X<br />

applications.<br />

A couple other common folders that may present themselves are the /opt and /sw folders.<br />

These are special folders that are used by certain popular projects such as <strong>Mac</strong>Ports and Fink.<br />

Both of these projects are covered in Chapter 19, where you will learn more about these folders.

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