Installation of large programs in Mac OS X

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Published on 2010-04-20T23:31:53Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 14:53 UTC
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A few newbie Mac OS X questions:

Despite the fact that most applications can be installed by dragging them to the Applications directory, some software still requires the creation of a separate program folder. Where should I put this folder? Does it matter?
Is the Applications directory special somehow, or is it just a convenient folder with a custom icon?
If I move one of these program folders later on, will the program still work? Will shortcuts to files in the folder break? Is there something similar to a registry in Mac OS X?

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