> I wonder why they didn’t call them Library A, Library B and Library  
> C or something similar just in order to keep them apart for newbies.


Ah, indeed!  It would have helped a whole lot of us.
But I've wondered if it was a programming thing— command-line folks  
see things a bit differently, and focus on the whole path name.   
Maybe they can simplify their life by doing certain things with any/ 
all "Library" folders regardless of the rest of the path name.  Just  
a guess.  Maybe someone who knows will tell?  Or maybe it was just  
done that way because its always been that way in the Unix world?  :-)

With your clarification it is now apparent that you had Both App  
folders.  Ah the simplicity of _not_ upgrading.  (I need _some_  
consolation for be so behind! :-)

	Ben Andrus

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On 2011 Aug 18, Thu, at 4:05 pm, Þorvarður Davíðsson wrote:

>
>
>>> Because until Lion applications with user preferences were stored  
>>> in /Users/~/Applications, NOT in /Applications. Now /Users/~/ 
>>> Applications is gone in Lion.
>
>
> On 18.08.2011, at 22:53, Andrus wrote:
>
>> Are you sure, Þorvarður?
>
>> I'm only on 10.4.11, but I've never seen a ~/Applications folder.
>
>
> Good you chime in, Ben. The fact is, I’m not sure at all, I was  
> going to mention that but must have forgotten it. It could be that / 
> Users/~/Applications folder was created on my computer when I  
> migrated from OS 9 to OS 10.4.11. I used Migration Assistant, as  
> far as I can remember, and I admit I never really took a close look  
> at the pristine Tiger *before* I used Migration Assistant. I was  
> just glad that all my data was correctly transferred. That was my  
> first priority. So the notion that /Users/~/Applications was  
> created by the installer from the very beginning may be wrong after  
> all.
>
>>
>> BUT it would easily seem so without careful scrutiny, because  
>> Apple put in the side-bar of the Finder windows a fancy big 'A'  
>> icon for the Apps folder right next to the Desktop, home &  
>> Documents folder icons.
>
> I have two Applications folders in the side bar, one has an "A"  
> consisting of a pencil and a paint brush (that’s the /Applications  
> folder) and another blue one with a fancy "A" (that’s the /Users/~/ 
> Applications folder.)
>
>
>>
>> As for knowing where to put the prefs, as near as I have  
>> understood they have always gone into the ~/Library folder of the  
>> account that was active at launch.
>
> This is exactly what I was silently thinking of too. That’s the  
> only way it makes sense.
>
>>
>> I keep sorting it out but still end up disoriented with the three  
>> Library folders— in Root, System, and User.
>
> I wonder why they didn’t call them Library A, Library B and Library  
> C or something similar just in order to keep them apart for newbies.
>
>> I'm not sure hiding some will help much, but . . . then I don't  
>> have to deal with that till I upgrade.  Good Luck.  :-)
>
> I’m through with Lion and back to 10.6.8, I’m having too many  
> PowerPC programs that I can’t be without.
>
>
> Best,
> Þorvarður