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Using CS4 on a Mac Pro, what is the best practice for where to place optional presets, plugins, actions, etc.?
As a longtime PS user but just now migrating to the darkside, I have become quite confused. After reading several hundred messages in this forum, I see conflicting or inconsistent direction: "drop into the appropriate applications folder", "drop into Application Support", "tell PS to look in a unique AddIns folder" (in Preferences where I used to tell PS where to find Silverfast – had that pain, learned that lesson). Furthering my confusion, an Apple Support person discouraged placing anything in any system folder – which would include Library/App support/… – on the basis that it would be overwritten if the machine ever had to be rebuilt.
In the Windows world, I was proficient in placing such items into C:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\… .
With the Mac reputation for stability, the apparently varying practices are puzzling. Would appreciate advice. Tell me, "Macs are so good it doesn’t matter where you put ’em!"
Doug
As a longtime PS user but just now migrating to the darkside, I have become quite confused. After reading several hundred messages in this forum, I see conflicting or inconsistent direction: "drop into the appropriate applications folder", "drop into Application Support", "tell PS to look in a unique AddIns folder" (in Preferences where I used to tell PS where to find Silverfast – had that pain, learned that lesson). Furthering my confusion, an Apple Support person discouraged placing anything in any system folder – which would include Library/App support/… – on the basis that it would be overwritten if the machine ever had to be rebuilt.
In the Windows world, I was proficient in placing such items into C:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\… .
With the Mac reputation for stability, the apparently varying practices are puzzling. Would appreciate advice. Tell me, "Macs are so good it doesn’t matter where you put ’em!"
Doug
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