My User Library Containers Has Many Duplicate Folders - is this ok?

Hi all,

My User Library Has Many Duplicate Folders - is this ok?

In the ~/Library, open Containers.

I found 5 Mail folders !

I also see many other folders (non mail) that have duplicates

many dupes are from DEC 15

Is it a problem or ok? how can I fix this duplicate issue?

MacBook Pro Apple Silicon

Posted on Jan 2, 2023 8:47 AM

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Barney-15E

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Jan 2, 2023 1:28 PM in response to revDAVE

My User Library Has Many Duplicate Folders - is this ok?

Yes. Get Info on each and look at the name and extension section. You will find they are all different.

What has you poking around in the Containers?

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