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Hi,
I recently deleted several applications in order to recoup some drive space. I also deleted associated application support files (Mozilla, MS, Firefox and a Yahoo sync file) from my Home Library/Applications Support Folder. In hindsight, I wish I checked with all you experts out there before proceeding to delete the application support files. Is there a chance I did more harm than good for such a small drive space recovery?
Thanks in advance.
Fweddy

what's MS? in general, deleting support files from your home directory library is quite harmless. if needed those files will be recreated from scratch by the applications themselves.

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