Does anyone know why my Mobile Documents folder has multiples of some folders such as Wallet, Books (and others)
And also, does anyone know what the odd looking one in Chinese/ Hieroglyphics (?)
I have highlighted what I mean in the screenshot below. Thanks
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.2
The Finder tries to display file names using localized text. For example, the name of the Desktop folder is always "Desktop". But in French, it would read "Bureau". But internally, programmers rarely have to worry about those details, they can simply refer to "Desktop" and they know it will always work.
However, if you start poking around in hidden folders like "Mobile Documents", you are going to see some strange side effects in the Finder. That's all that it. If you look at that folder using the UNIX Terminal, then you will see all of the real file names and they are all unique. They are also probably all in plain ASCII characters. But this folder isn't design to be directly viewed in the Finder, so you'll see strange things if you navigate there on purpose. If you use the "iCloud Drive" folder, you will see a better representation of how this information is supposed to be displayed.
There are several places in the operating system where what you see in the Finder, or on the Desktop, isn't an accurate reflection of reality. I recommend not looking too deeply.
The Finder tries to display file names using localized text. For example, the name of the Desktop folder is always "Desktop". But in French, it would read "Bureau". But internally, programmers rarely have to worry about those details, they can simply refer to "Desktop" and they know it will always work.
However, if you start poking around in hidden folders like "Mobile Documents", you are going to see some strange side effects in the Finder. That's all that it. If you look at that folder using the UNIX Terminal, then you will see all of the real file names and they are all unique. They are also probably all in plain ASCII characters. But this folder isn't design to be directly viewed in the Finder, so you'll see strange things if you navigate there on purpose. If you use the "iCloud Drive" folder, you will see a better representation of how this information is supposed to be displayed.
There are several places in the operating system where what you see in the Finder, or on the Desktop, isn't an accurate reflection of reality. I recommend not looking too deeply.
popsynic wrote:
Does anyone know why my Mobile Documents folder has multiples of some folders such as Wallet, Books (and others)
And also, does anyone know what the odd looking one in Chinese/ Hieroglyphics (?)
I have highlighted what I mean in the screenshot below. Thanks
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/e681ad46-aa6c-4353-a3b4-d1bedbb6fad8
These are your user folders...
Finder>Go>Go to Folder> copy & paste:
~/Library/Mobile Documents
Command i opens the information pane if in doubt about your folders
ref: Your Korean characters translate to "Telegram."
Perfect. I understand. and actually, it was creating a shortcut to my iCloud folder in a file browser I use called 'Adobe Bridge', that temporarily exposed all of the other hidden folders in this Mobile Documents folder.
Else, like you say, I wouldn't normally typically see them. But now that I have, I was just curious why there would be duplicate named folders, or folders for apps I do not use (ie the Korean Telegram folder).
And you explanation explains some of that for me. Many thanks :)
Why do I have duplicate folders and odd looking folder names in users/library/mobile Documents ?