I know that apple's attitude, is "you don't need to know where all those file are kept," however, how does Apple expect the average user to clean out their mail downloads file if they don't know that "Libary" even exists.
Is the assumption that disk space is so prevalent that you never need to clean it up?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
To see the Library folder, hold down an "option" key while invoking Finder's "Go" menu item.
It is where it always was, but Apple has made it invisible ..
to unhide it permanent :
terminal.app
chflags nohidden /Users/[yourusername]/Library/
As an advanced user, I know where the library is and how to get there. I'm talking about the average grandma or teenager who is a true "user" and doesn't understand how computers work or is not aware that every attachment they click on gets stored somewhere.
It's not just about how much space is taken up but also about privacy issues. A person might want to delete some unsavory attachments to avoid the eyes of prying spouses or police agencies.
Jim Llaurent wrote:
I'm talking about the average grandma or teenager who is a true "user" and doesn't understand how computers work or is not aware that every attachment they click on gets stored somewhere.
I understand your concern, but those people won't know to look in the Library folder in the first place.
So how would such a user remove the contents of "Mail downloads?"
Jim Llaurent wrote:
So how would such a user remove the contents of "Mail downloads?"
You're hypothesizing about unlikely events. They wouldn't, as they would be totally unaware that such things exist. If by some chance they stumbled across information about that, their option would be to ask someone who would know how to do that, which would imply that the person they asked also knew how to look into the Library folder.
Loss of Library and access to Mail downloads
