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41,989 PointsWhy does MAC OS have a /home directory?
It is also empty, is it just added automatically and can it be deleted?
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Stuart Ringold
12,508 PointsIt's a legacy folder from back in the day when user folders were in the /home directory instead of /Users folder. http://superuser.com/questions/524632/what-is-home-directory-in-mac-os-used-for
Probably unwise to delete it as some system applications or resources may expect it to be there. It takes up all of a kilobyte.