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Apple has made it possible for a number of people to use the same computer, yet all users have their own private, protected spaces. This includes your own Home area, private folders, your own Desktop, and your own, private Trash basket. Even if you are the only person using your Mac, you have a Home folder.

In this book I'm not going to explain how to create other users and how to take advantage of all the multiple-user features. But if you get to a point where you want to know that, it is explained in my book called Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Peachpit Learning Series.

For now, just get used to your own Home window area and Home folders. Until you have a good reason, don't change the names of any of those folders and don't throw any of them away yet.

This shows Ryan's Home window, where he can have his own files that other users cannot get to.

Notice on the opposite page that Grandma also has her own Home window.

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The folders in your Home window

Desktop:
This is actually a folder (yes, the icon looks different) that displays the exact same things that are on your Desktop.

Documents:
When you save your own documents that you have created, you can almost always find them in this folder.

Library:
This holds hundreds of files that your Mac needs. Do not take anything out of this folder or put anything in it!

Movies:
If you make digital movies in iMovie, your Mac will automatically store the files in this folder for you.

Music:
When you use iTunes to copy music to your Mac and make your own playlists, those files are automatically stored here.

Pictures:
If you use iPhoto, it will store your photos in here.

Public:
This is for sharing files with other users.

Sites:
This is for sharing the web sites you create. If you doubt you'll be doing that, you can throw this folder away when you do the practice exercises in Chapter 8. You can always re-create it.