Regrettably, OSX recommends the use of the Library/Application Support directory, and provides several utility APIs for getting config/cache/data locations whic

Regrettably, OSX recommends the use of the Library/Application Support directory, and provides several utility APIs for getting config/cache/data locations which point there as well: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Conceptual/MOSXAppProgrammingGuide/AppRuntime/AppRuntime.html https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Ge... In general, if I'm targeting OSX, I use those locations as recommended, but make symlinks to relevant config/etc. from there to the XDG-suggested locations.