Why doesn't OSX hide its files?

Greetings!
After surfing the boards for the last couple of years I have come to the conclusing that too many folks just move files, apps, folders and the like too much. (We probably got that from OS9) Why didn't the programmers for OSX "hide" all the system files that shouldn't be moved around? I see a lot of "oh yes I did move this library to there" or I changed this or that. Looks like they would have made it more difficult for newbees to mess things up. Tom

Hi Tom,
Darwin is the operating system and much of it is hidden. You don't see the mach_kernel or directories (folders) such as bin or sbin in the Finder. Then many files in the System directory are wrapped in bundles. Bundles are a way to present many files as one. A bundle is really a folder or directory. The permission model prevents your "carte blanche" perception on how system files can be moved or modified. Users must elevate their status to the root user to move or modify system files. Any modifications to the permissions model would make the OS more difficult to use. I guess the System directory was left visible to comfort users that some reference within the file system is running their computer.

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