Default directories and files

disk root directory

The root location aka / contains:

• the UNIX-style directories aka bin, usr, and more. The etc, tmp and var directories are aliases: they live in private/.
• the user-facing folders such as Users, Applications, Library, System and Volumes.

┌── Applications/
├── Library/
├── System/
├── Users/
├── Volumes/
│
├── bin/
├── cores/
├── dev/
├── etc/
├── home/
├── opt/
├── private/
├── sbin/
├── tmp/
├── usr/
└── var/

user's root directory

The user's root directory, that we may refer to as ~, contains:

┌── Desktop/
├── Documents/
├── Downloads/
├── Movies/
├── Music/
├── Pictures/
│
├── Public/
└── Library/