What is the OSX equivalent to Window's AppData folder?

Question

I was originally looking for my Google Chrome profile because something went wrong and I need to delete it. In the process I realized that I don't know where applications in general are putting this kind of stuff.

Where is the typical place to go looking?

Answer 1

This kind of data is frequently stored in ~/Library/Application Support.

User-specific settings are frequently stored in ~/Library/Preferences

Your Chrome profile is located at ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default.

I recommend going on a little exploration of the ~/Library folder; there's a lot of useful stuff in there.

Answer 2

I had that happen and I fixed the problem by relogging in to Google Sync.

The profile file is stored in ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default

Usually an application will install data in /Library/Preferences/ and ~/Library/Preferences/ Sometimes stuff may be put in /Library//Preferences/<application name>/ or ~/Library/Application\ Support/<application name>/ There may also be data in /Library/<application name>/ or ~/Library/<application name/ Hope this didn't confuse you!!