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I was doing some snooping around in the Finder on my mac and found that there is an empty folder titled “AssetsV2″(https://i.imgur.com/ohxkTp6.png).
Im unsure of the direct path but it’s found by selecting the following.Macintosh HD->System->Library
The folder is completely empty when compared to the regular Assets folder next to it. Im unsure as to why i have a seconds assets folder if there’s nothing inside of it. I did create both a volume partition and secondary volume from the Disk Utility app a few months ago and both were deleted since then.
Is “AssetsV2” just a ghost folder from either the partition or secondary volume i created?
Does anyone else have a secondary(or more) Assets folder as well?
asked Aug 15, 2018 at 4:52
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Danger Will Robinson!
Not sure why it matters that you have an empty folder in /System/Library but I have found from past experience that you NEVER touch anything in the /System folder. Doing so can lead to problems with your Mac up to and including making it non-bootable.
I completely ignore all folders outside of my home folder. Sure it is interesting to go exploring but honestly if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. And an empty folder takes up so little space on disk it’s not worth deleting.
answered Aug 15, 2018 at 11:50
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