[bug] Anki creates 2 folders in `Library/App Support` on macOS

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Anki creates two folders, assume the first one is an artefact from the past:

> find Library/Application\ Support/Anki* -type d -depth 1 -print
Library/Application Support/Anki/QtWebEngine
Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21
Library/Application Support/Anki2/User 1

> ls -l Library/Application\ Support/ | grep Anki
drwx------   3 ... 20 Nov 16:24 Anki
drwxr-xr-x   7 ... 22 Nov 20:42 Anki2

Debug info:

Anki 2.1.35 (84dcaa86) Python 3.8.0 Qt 5.14.2 PyQt 5.14.2
Platform: Mac 10.16
Flags: frz=True ao=True sv=2
Add-ons, last update check: 2020-11-22 20:07:58

System:

> sw_vers
ProductName:	macOS
ProductVersion:	11.0.1
BuildVersion:	20B29
2

The other folder stores data related to the web component that doesn’t really belong in Anki’s data folder, so they’ve been left separate.

3

@dae, still relates to the single App, why to separate then? Especially, when there is just one subfolder in Anki dir. It wouldn’t interfere with the second folder and the whole setup would be more cleaner.

4

Some users copy their data folder across machines or back it up, and keeping unneeded web files out in such cases is more useful than having a “clean” folder that is not visible to the typical user. :slight_smile: