Totally confused about Sandbox

[dnanian]

Shared applications shared 3rd party applications, but not the Applications folder. Shared users (only) does not.

[CaptSaltyJack]

Originally Posted by dnanian

Shared applications shared 3rd party applications, but not the Applications folder. Shared users (only) does not.

Dave: That's a new term to me on the Mac (3rd party apps). All I'm aware of is the apps I download and put in /Applications. What's a 3rd party app??

[dnanian]

Basically things not provided with the OS by Apple.

[CaptSaltyJack]

But... 3rd party apps also go into the /Applications folder. So 3rd party apps are backed up.. yet.. the /Applications folder is not?

[dnanian]

We're not talking about 'backing up' here, though. We're talking about a Sandbox. The Applications folder is created on the backup. Some files in there are shared/linked with the originals. Some are copied. New files -- new applications -- will only be on the backup, because the folder is not shared -- some of its contents are.