Missing applications folder

On my HD folder "Application" is suddenly missing. But yes, there is Applications in left column in open HD window.How do I get the App folder back?

Drag the Applications folder icon to the Dock.

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This is the second time this has happened to me and someone did tell me how to fix this but I have since forgotten. I'm hoping someone here can remind me.
I've got an eMac running 10.4.10 and when I open the Finder window, the applications folder is no longer there, where it should be and slowly my Mac is turning haywire. Apparently it has gone "hidden" and I don't know how to un-hide it. If someone could please let me know how to fix this, that would be great. And if someone knows why this has happened to me more than once so I can avoid it in the future, that would be great too.
eMac Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Your startup drive should be the drive listed on your Desktop. If you never renamed it, then it is probably named "Macintosh HD" which is the default. You can also go to the Apple menu item and select "About This Mac" and just above the More Info button there should be the entry
Startup Disk Nameofdisk
You would use the name shown in the path. So launch Script Editor and paste this in:
tell application "System Events"
set visible of folder "Macintosh HD:Applications" to true
end tell
Be sure to use the name of your startup drive where "Macintosh HD" is in the script above, if the name is something else (mine for instance is Noobix). Then click the Compile button in the Script Editor toolbar, to make sure there aren't any errors, and then the Run button. If the script runs without reporting an error, you will need to log out and back in, or restart the Finder for the change to be recognized.
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Mobile Applications folder missing

Hello everyone,
I am trying to acces files, which are supposed to be located inside the "Mobile Applications" folder, which should be located at
C:\Users\<username>\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media.
However, this folder is missing. The only things that are present in the iTunes Media folder are:
A folder named Automatically Add to iTunes, both one in English and Dutch "(my PC language) and both are empty.
Another folder named Music, which is also empty.
A file called .iTunes Preferences.plist
No Mobile Applications folder whatsoever.
iTunes version I am using is the latest. (iTunes 12)
OS is Windows 8.1
Device I am connecting with the PC is an iPod Touch 4th Gen. (running iOS 6.1.6)
Some notes:
I have tried syncing the iPod with the computer, creating a backup at AppData, but that still did not make a folder called "Mobile Applications" appear.
I have downloaded all my apps through the iPod's App store, not through iTunes on the PC itself.
I'll appreciate any help!

If this is a new computer that the device has never synced with see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
The process of recovering transferring purchases and recovering other media should create the folder in question. In some cases it may be one level up in the iTunes folder, but that is unlikely here. The only other possibility is that you're not looking in the active media folder.
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After I upgraded to Leopard I reinstalled FireFox. I uninstalled it first, then when I reinstalled it, the FireFox icon was missing when I open the Applications Grid from the Dock.
If I view the applications folder using Finder, the small FireFox icon is to the left of "FireFox" as it should be, but when the applications folder is open with view set to Grid, the FireFox icon is some generic icon with slashed circle on it.
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Restart the dock to fix these issues.
From terminal type: killall Dock
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I was a little confused to find my applications folder missing from the Dock on my Macbook Pro today - I can't think of anything which I may have done to actively cause it to go missing. I opened up the finder and dragged the applications icon from the LHS of the finder onto the RHS of the dock, but rather than reappearing in the doc it just disappeared.
When I went back to the finder to try again I discovered that it had vanished from there as well. I ran a search in the finder for "applications" and found the applications folder in the results, but when I try to open it I get the following error message "The alias “Applications” can’t be opened because the original item can’t be found."
Does anyone have any ideas on what might have caused this or on how I get my Applications folder back on the Dock? Any help would be really appreciated!

The Applications folder on the dock is a shortcut, or more specifically, an alias.
It sounds like what you did was to drag the Applications item from the Finder sidebar...which is also an alias. By dragging it from the sidebar, it's as if you'd dragged an icon off the dock. It poofs and disappears.
To get them back, open a Finder window and navigate to Macintosh HD (or whatever you've named your hard drive). At the root level of the drive lives your Applications folder (the actual folder, not an alias). Drag that one to the sidebar to replace that shortcut, and drag it again to the Dock to replace that shortcut as well.
If you click on Macintosh HD and all you see are System, Library, and Users and have no Applications folder, then something terrible has happened.

Missing apps in Applications Folder

I recently installed Yosemite on a clean hard drive. I reinstalled all my purchased apps from the app store. All the apps appear in Launchpad but several don't show up in the Finder applications folder. Aperture, iPhoto, Numbers, Pages and Photoshop Elements are present in Launchpad but missing from the applications folder. Since they are not in the applications folder I can't include them in stacks of similar programs and launch them from the dock. I have to launch from Launchpad and they all launch just fine. This isn't a real big deal but it's inconvenient. Any ideas why the apps aren't listed in the applications folder?
I am running a 2.8 GHz eight core 2008 Mac Pro with 6 GB memory and 8 TB storage.

Hi paranomasian
Thanks for the question. If I understand correctly, the programs are install but are not in the Application folder. I would recommend that you read this article, you may be able to find the programs this way and add them to the dock.
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The Application folder is missing in my Home folder. It's still there on the dock. How do I get the folder back (or alias) back in my Home folder.
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Your main Applications folder resides at the top level of your boot volume. You can create a new folder called Applications in your home folder and install applications into this folder. These applications can only be used by you. Helpful if you have multiple users and don't want other users to access your applications.
D.

Missing files, user folder, application folder and system folder

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Since I bought the machine several years ago, I have had only a few small problems with it. Yesterday I wanted to reduce the size of a video, so I downloaded a video compressor/converter software, and left the computer on and the program compressing my video whilst I went off to work. When I returned home, the compressing program had a pop-up saying ''Could not complete compression, system full'' or something along those lines.... After trying to play the movie without success, I decided that I would restart my computer, as it had been on all day.
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I tried to open Word, and although it is also missing from the applications folder, and it opened, also allowing me to open a document which I know is located within the 'empty' folders. I have a feeling that my documents and files are still on my computer, but I don't know how to access them!
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OS X- Gray progress bar appears under Apple logo during startup
You need to start by doing the following:
Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks without erasing drive
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
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Mac OS 10.6.8 Application folder in finder is missing the applications

All applications are on the harddrive but are missing from the applications folder in the finder. How do I repopulate the folder? Thank you for your help.

Seventy one,
Thank you.
I don't have Time Machine enabled. ( You would think I would give up on learning the hard way right? :-) Is there another way to do what seems like creating an alias of the applications in the Home Folder? ( House icon)
Let me try to do better stating the problem.
Finder --> Home Folder --> Applications Folder ( It is this folder that is void of applications.) The Home Folder also contains Desktop , Documents, Downloads folder. all of which are fine. The Applications Folder,which can be moved to the Doc is the folder that is empty of programs.
Finder ---> Applications -- Where Application is item marked "A" under "Places" populates with all programs on Harddrive. No problem here.
Thanks again,
Curtis

Missing Scroll Bar from Applications Folder in Dock

When I click the Applications Folder from the Dock in the Grid format, the scrollbar is missing. The only way to "scroll down," to other apps is by pressing the up/down arrow keys, in which the vertical bar briefly pops up but then disappears (no arrows pop up). I can view the Applications Folder as normal in Finder, but I prefer to just be able to click and scroll from the Dock.
I've tried switching from Fan to List to Grid to Automatic, etc. Whenever I return to Grid, there's still no scrollbar.
No scroll bar visible...
Vertical scroll bar shows up when I use the Up/Down arrows on keyboard, but then disappears again; no arrows visible.

From your system preferences under general, you can select if you want scrollbar to only show when actively scrolling, always, or based on mouse or trackpad.

I'm trying to delete multiple pix in iPhoto that i stupidly made duplicates of without knowing, I've tried going into the applications folder and using image capture but i think I've missed a step , can anyone send the correct info / steps pls thanks

I'm trying to delete multiple pix in iPhoto that i stupidly made duplicates of without knowing, I've tried going into the applications folder and using image capture but i think I've missed a step , can anyone send the correct info / steps pls thanks

again image capture is not involved with deleting photos from iPhoto in any way ever
the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager is very good for finding duplicates as is Duplicate Annihilator
And I have no idea who told you this - or what it means - but re-read both of my opening statements
I was told I could delete multpiles thru image capture by transferring my iPhoto library etc
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http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1422
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OSX Lion User Application folder missing.

Trying to install an application soley for a user in OS X Lion. Although I don't have an "Applications" folder in my user folder. Did they take this option out of Lion or am I missing something here?

Well, I looked around and looked in my other user folders on several 10.6.8 boxes and the Applications folder is there in many users, but not for all, so this leads me to think that this is a supported folder, but an optional one.
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Edit:
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Found this answer over in another question. Solved my issue.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15693400#15693400
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2. Chose "View" --> "Arrange by" --> "None"

My Applications Folder seems to have gone missing from my dock. I can see it in the finder window but can't get it back to my dock. Any help would be appreciated!

I can see the Application folder in the Finder window but can't seem to get it back on to my dock.
Any help would be appreciated it!

Close all windows and quit all applications.
Launch Finder by clicking the Finder icon in the Dock.
Right click the "Application" folder and select "Get Info".
At the bottom of the resulting window there will be a blue folder icon in the preview section.
Drag the whole window to the right side of the desktop,closer to the Dock.
Now drag the blue preview folder to the Dock right of the separator line.
Right click the folder icon and select "Folder" under "Display as" if it is not shown as folder.
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