And They Said the Mac Was Intuitive
by Matthew Bookspan
Apr 10, 2007Well, it definitely isn’t in one regard. I was able to delete my usr (Unix) folder. Yes, my usr folder. How did this happen? Well, one of the programs I installed caused this lovely little Unix hidden folder to become exposed. Knowing that I already have a Users folder and the multiple Library folder(s), it seemed reasonable to delete it.
Well yes Matthew the Mac is so intuitive it hides the files you shouldn’t delete. Unless, of course, you install a third party application to show them. Dullard.
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[UPDATE] Comment no. 115 - very funny
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When I do a cmd-F on this page I don’t find the word “muppet” anywhere. This is clearly an oversight and one which I’m now remedying.
But seriously:
Before you delete a folder, open it to see what’s in there.
The sheer volume of stuff in usr/ should have been a bit of a giveaway. They would have included some files with very hairy-looking names, quite a lot of files called applesomethingorother, and modification dates corresponding to the day your OS was installed - or earlier.
By Richard Fairhurst on 2007 04 25 United Kingdom
no comment untill now