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User profile for user: OSX128bit
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What is, dyld ?

Macintosh HD > usr > lib > dyld .




There are a tremendous more .exe 's , .app 's , files , etc , etc .


i haven't ever encountered this data before on the OS X , especially after doing a Clean Install of OS X in Recovery , again , and again .




And to add to the twist , i get to see them when i Terminal defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE , but not when i Terminal sudo su , and then defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE .


Go figure !


Any ideas , thoughts , assistance , would be awesome

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Apr 12, 2013 4:20 PM

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User profile for user: Niel
Niel
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Posted on Apr 12, 2013 4:23 PM

1. Those are system components. Generally, you should only go into those folders when you have a reason to do so.

2. When you run the second command, the change is being made to the root account's settings and not those for your normal account.


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What is, dyld ?

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