Location of utilities folder

I noticed my Utilities folder is in my Applictions folder on my iMac 20. I have made an alias and it rsides next to the Application folder, Library, System, etc on my Hard disk. Every thing appears to be working. Sould I worry about this? If it's a potential problem How do I move? I don't remember the message, but I believe it can be copied not moved. If I did this I suspect it would not allow me to trash the Utility folder in my App Folder. I am running OSX 10.5.8. My Mac Book Pro, running 10.6.7 has it where I was attempting to move it to on my iMac 20. What do you think?

In Tiger it is in Applications. Same for Leopard according to:
http://oreilly.com/mac-os-x/excerpts/mac-os-x-mm/troubleshooting.html
Generally I would avoid messing about too much at the top level of drive because then you really start getting into things with specific permissions in specific locations.

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echo

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Have you tried to locate it using the Find function? Command + F keys, or select Find from the Finder File menu.
If it doesn't locate a folder named Utilities, look for an individual utility, like Disk Utility.
Maybe somehow the name of the Utilities folder was changed.
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Well don't ask me how but my utilities folder has been deleted. I don't have disk utility or any of that anymore. How can i fix this?

Download the shareware utility Pacifist 2.0 from www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com. Use it to extract a fresh copy of the entire Utilities folder from the file archive on your Intel Tiger Installer DVD. The archives may not be "visible" so you will need a utility such as TinkerTool to turn on the Finder's option to display invisible files and folders.
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Most applications will not care whether they are located in Applications/Utilities or in Applications. However, it is not a good idea to move Apple's applications because the software update mechanism may not find them for updating in the future. A few commercial applications also should be left where they are installed because the updaters will only find the original if it is in Applications. I keep Cocktail in Utilities without any problems; my guess is that the others you mention would work fine from that location as well. If you run into a problem you can always just move them back.
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i have a simple question:
for software update to function properly, it is important that all of Apples applications be located in their original places within the applications & utilities folder.
the problem is that a while ago i moved the contents of my utilities folder into my applications folder, and now cannot remember what goes where.
could someone please post a list of the items that are located in the utilities folder in a default installation of os 10.3.9 ?
thank you.
powerbook g4 titanium 1 ghz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Activity Monitor
AirPort Admin Utility
AirPort Client Monitor
AirPort Setup Assistant
Audio MIDI Setup
Bluetooth File Exchange
Bluetooth Serial Utility
Bluetooth Setup Assistant
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DigitalColor Meter
Directory Access
Disk Utility
Grab
Installer
Java
Keychain Access
NetInfo Manager
Network Utility
ODBC Administrator
Software Restore
System Profiler
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I have no Utilities folder

Is it possible somebody can put their utilities into a zip file and upload them so i can download them?
I have OS X 10.6.8 and i think i may have deleted the utilities a long while ago, but now i'd like to run the disk repair utility and i am unable to, so i presume what i'm asking for is a solution.
If not any advice would be good, i did try to re-install the disk but i just had major issue where my computer would no longer start up.

No, that's definitely not possible. Doing so is illegal.
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If you cannot find it, then reinstalling Snow Leopard is your only recourse other than the following:
How Restore Deleted or Missing OS X Components
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defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles Yes
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