Puzzling Ventura file structure

I just updated from Monterey to Ventura and I'm puzzled by what I see in ~/Library/Containers.


Every single folder in "Containers" contains the same "Data" sub-folder, and that Data sub-folder contains the same following sub-folders: Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Library, Movies, Music, Pictures, System Data, tmp.


Also in "Containers" there are several instances of the same folders, like 2 Books folders, 6 Mail folders, 6 Messages folders, etc.


What's going on?

Posted on Dec 15, 2022 04:55 PM

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Posted on Dec 15, 2022 07:16 PM

Those are the sandboxes. All you see is normal.

The multiple containers are not the same thing. Finder displays that name, but if you Get Info on them you will see they are all named differently in the form, com.apple.Mail

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