Re: eliminating items

[Tim Collier]

Basically, anything in the Users/Your User Name area belongs to you and 
you can delete as you like.  Anything in the /Library or /System 
folders are to be avoided as they are files that the OS uses.  Not that 
you can't add or delete files from /Library/Desktop Pictures/, I do all 
the time but if you have the slightest doubt here is a good way to find 
out.  Launch the terminal application located in 
/Applications/Utilities/Terminal and at the user prompt, type 'ls 
-al'...you will see a column in the output listing the owner.  If the 
owner is anything but your user name, leave it alone.
Think about reading a few books on the unix version included in OS 
X....there are a couple of good ones by O'Reilley that are not VOLUMES 
thick and easy to read and understand.  They also teach you a bit of 
interesting things.
Have fun and be safe.  I've been using OS X since 10.1 and learn 
something new about it everyday.  I do not claim to be an expert by any 
means!  But I have fun finding out about the various things this super 
OS can do.

Tim
On Dec 17, 2004, at 2:20 PM, Tom Van Hale wrote:
Though I am pretty proficient and comfortable erasing and doing things 
in OS
8-9, I'm one of folks who just started working with OS X and don't 
have a
clue as to what I am doing.  Is there an easy way for me to get some 
basic
information about what things are, i.e. what names mean, when I open 
the
system or other folders.


Exterminate all rational thought.
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