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The System folder is the directory in the classic Mac OS that holds various files required for the system to operate, such as fonts, system extensions, control panels, and preferences.
System Folder location
macOS equivalent
Description
Extensions
/System/Library/Extensions /Library/Extensions
Classic Mac: Stores OS extensions (init format) macOS: Stores kernel extensions and drivers (kext format)
Classic Mac: Stores system configuration programs, which are loaded at boot time. macOS: Stores the various properties that appear in System Preferences.
Preferences
/Library/Preferences
Stores various application and system preferences.
Note: On macOS, files in /Library are not loaded at boot time when booting into Safe Mode.
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time; the feature was replaced in System 7 by the "Startup Items" folder in the SystemFolder.[citation needed] System 1 came with multiple desk accessories...
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look like the ones used in iOS. Settings (iOS) "About the Control Panels Folder". udcf.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved May 5, 2021. "Mac OS X 10.0: Using Mac OS 9...
Icons on the Desktop in System 6 are not organized into a single folder, as in later operating systems. Instead, the system records if a file is on the...
partition that contains the operating systemfolder, known as the system root. By default, in Linux, operating system files are mounted at / (the root directory)...
files; a bitmap font was installed into the System file, and an outline font file was stored in the SystemFolder. Some of the bitmapped “city” fonts were...
folders and a trash can; and overlapping windows for multitasking. Before the arrival of the Macintosh in 1984, Apple's history of operating systems began...
letter, by setting a hard drive into a RAID setting of 0. The following folders may appear in the root of a boot partition. Although Unix does not have...
standard 7.5.2 system software, a "PippinFinder" was installed into the SystemFolder, allowing the CD-ROM to be bootable on a Pippin-based system. Once development...
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boot scripts. The Toolbox ROM was embedded inside a CHRP script in the SystemFolder called "Mac OS ROM", along with a short loader stub and a copy of the...
they do on modern systems. They are visible in Finder windows, but not in the open and save dialog boxes. There is always one empty folder on the volume,...
System Picker is a freeware Classic Mac OS utility that allows the blessing of several SystemFolders. It was designed for System 6 and System 7, but is...
located in the SystemFolder, like the Finder file, and contains keyboard layouts, FKEY resources, cursors, icons, sounds, and, in System 6, bitmap fonts...
New World ROM Macs, a folder icon with a question mark that repeatedly changes to the Finder icon is shown if a SystemFolder or boot loader file cannot...
folder or file as shared, or by changing the file system permissions or access rights in the properties of the folder. For example, a file or folder may...