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Re:Hardcoded Folder Icons in macOS by threeseed on Thursday February 09, 2023 @03:55AM (#34721341)
It appears to be a relic from the NeXT days.

If you look at the video [1] you can see it installing developer tools into the NeXTDeveloper and NeXTLibrary folders. So it's quite possible Apple just did a find/replace and removed the prefix.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMh0WsLZZVY

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Re:Hardcoded Folder Icons in macOS by mattl on Thursday February 09, 2023 @07:14AM (#34722816)
Earlier versions of Mac OS X would install the development tools in /Developer on the hard drive too.
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Re:Hardcoded Folder Icons in macOS by eddieroger on Thursday February 09, 2023 @09:44AM (#34724651)
Right - it was more like Utilities than Documents. A folder for a type of app that not every user needed, not for documented created for a purpose.
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