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Salty
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Jan 13, 2010, 01:32 AM
 
Hey all, I'm a bit controlling with my home folder, and ever since Snow Leopard came out I haven't found a way to get rid of the Public. I have no use of the folder, and it's a little annoying that it stays there, anyone know of a good utility to force it to go away? I've tried all my normal ways of forcing the Finder to bend to my will but it seems rather stubborn.
     
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Jan 13, 2010, 01:43 AM
 
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Jan 13, 2010, 02:59 AM
 

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Curiosity
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Jan 14, 2010, 02:20 AM
 
I actually used my Public folder to store something useful. I put my preferred wallpaper pictures in it. That way, the folder can stay, but it does something helpful instead of just wasting space. I treated the Shared users folder the same way. I put Firefox and Thunderbird backup files in that one.
     
   
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