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This mentality has lead OS designers to come up with those "My Documents", "My Videos", "My Photos" folders that are auto-created on installation. It's been the
by lkozma 16y ago
This mentality has lead OS designers to come up with those "My Documents", "My Videos", "My Photos" folders that are auto-created on installation. It's been there in Windows, recently Ubuntu has them, probably Macs have something similar. It's always the first thing I delete after a fresh install.
- epochwolf 16y agoMacs have a home folder with the following sub folders Applications - User version of /Applications Desktop - Desktop Documents Downloads - Safari downloads files here Library - Application configuration and data storage. Movies Music - iTunes library defaults to here Pictures - iPhoto stores it's library file in this folder Public - Documents visible to people on the network, not writable Public/Drop Box - Publicly writable but not publicly visible Sites - Web sharing uses this folder to share your website from here.
- wan23 16y agoI know it's annoying to have the Microsoft tell you how to organize your files, but there are some benefits to keeping those. Since those folders are in the API, many apps use them as defaults. Also, trusted Silverlight apps are restricted such that those special directories are the only ones visible. Really whether we like it or not, all of the major OS vendors are moving to a model where you store your own files in specified places.