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Re: Can't move apps?

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Wayne C. Morris wrote:
> In article <Ueydnch3ToFO9ZzMnZ2dnUVZ_o2dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>  Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> Recently my Applications folder has been getting too cluttered, and I 
>> decided to group the apps into subfolders.
>>
>> However, this had at least two (2) unpleasant consequences:
>>
> 
> As nospam said, the problem is that some stuff needs to know where those apps 
> are, and won't work correctly if the apps have been moved from the place they 
> were originally installed.
> 
> The solution is to ignore the Applications folder.  Don't touch it or even look 
> in it, except when you want to install or uninstall something.
> 
> Instead, create a different folder somewhere else and fill it with aliases of 
> all your apps, organized however you want.  Use that folder when you want to run 
> a program.  You can even have multiple aliases for the same program; for 
> example, aliases for Photoshop could be placed in an "Adobe apps" subfolder and 
> a "Photo editors" subfolder.

Cool suggestion.  Thanks.

Paul Magnussen

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Can't move apps? Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2013-01-24 09:01 -0800
  Re: Can't move apps? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-01-24 12:17 -0500
    Re: Can't move apps? Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2013-01-24 09:35 -0800
  Re: Can't move apps? "Wayne C. Morris" <wayne.morris@this.is.invalid> - 2013-01-24 14:48 -0600
    Re: Can't move apps? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-01-24 22:19 +0000
    Re: Can't move apps? Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2013-01-24 14:20 -0800
    Re: Can't move apps? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-01-24 16:50 -0700
      Re: Can't move apps? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-01-25 18:30 +0000
        Re: Can't move apps? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-01-27 07:45 +0000
          Re: Can't move apps? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2013-01-27 17:59 +0000
            Re: Can't move apps? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-01-27 23:26 +0000
              Re: Can't move apps? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-01-27 17:28 -0700
                Re: Can't move apps? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-01-28 05:55 +0000
                Re: Can't move apps? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-01-28 15:01 -0700
              Re: Can't move apps? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2013-01-28 23:07 +0000
                Re: Can't move apps? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-01-28 15:45 -0800
  Re: Can't move apps? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-01-25 20:12 -0500
    Re: Can't move apps? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-01-26 00:40 -0500
      Re: Can't move apps? Richard Wakeford <rwakefordfortynine@gmail.com> - 2013-01-26 09:40 +0100
        Re: Can't move apps? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-01-26 11:47 -0500
      Re: Can't move apps? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-01-26 12:59 -0500
        Re: Can't move apps? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-01-26 14:15 -0500
          Re: Can't move apps? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-01-27 09:37 -0500
        Re: Can't move apps? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-01-26 19:24 +0000

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