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What are relocated items after restoring the Mac?

I had to restore my mini and a folder 'relocated items' appeared. What are these items in the folder and can they be deleted or do I need to do something else with them?

Mac mini, macOS 12.0

Posted on Nov 26, 2021 5:03 AM

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Posted on Nov 26, 2021 7:12 AM

See also: If a Relocated Items folder appears on your Mac after upgrading macOS - Apple Support


The "Relocated Items" has only been interesting after the Catalina upgrade, when the new read-only system volume has been introduced and user files, for example configuration files, (or files created by applications) stored on the read-only system volume needed removal to an area, where the users could read and write. For sucessive system upgrades to newer system versions I found nothing interesting these folders.




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Nov 26, 2021 7:12 AM in response to farrier1

See also: If a Relocated Items folder appears on your Mac after upgrading macOS - Apple Support


The "Relocated Items" has only been interesting after the Catalina upgrade, when the new read-only system volume has been introduced and user files, for example configuration files, (or files created by applications) stored on the read-only system volume needed removal to an area, where the users could read and write. For sucessive system upgrades to newer system versions I found nothing interesting these folders.




What are relocated items after restoring the Mac?

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