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I apologize that this isn't a question on how to use Mathematica, but rather where the documentation lies inside the applications folder.

During a drag and drop, I happened to drag the Mathematica symbol on the help window (on a Mac) onto the desktop, which just ended up dragging the help file onto the desktop. Now, I don't know where in the applications folder folder that file belongs (file name: Mathematica.nb) so that I can place it back and my help won't start because the file isn't where it is looking. My best guess is somewhere in /Applications/Mathematica/Documentation/, but theres tonnes of folders in there. Could someone check in their folder and let me know where this file belongs (again, I'm on a Mac)?

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  • Finder has undo, in case this happens again. Commented Mar 17, 2011 at 20:52
  • @Timo: yes, however, I hadn't noticed that this had happened. Since I had my help already open, it didn't matter. I noticed only when i opened mma after the next restart. Commented Mar 17, 2011 at 22:26

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In[70]:= FileNames["Mathematica.nb", $InstallationDirectory, Infinity] Out[70]= {"C:\\Program Files\\Wolfram \ Research\\Mathematica\\8.0.1\\Documentation\\English\\System\\Guides\\\ Mathematica.nb", "C:\\Program Files\\Wolfram \ Research\\Mathematica\\8.0.1\\Documentation\\English\\System\\\ ReferencePages\\Programs\\Mathematica.nb"}

You want the first one, in Documentation/English/System/Guides.

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Yes. On a Mac, the output will look a little different. Of course, in Finder, you ctrl-Click on Mathematica.app to see the file structure. {"/Applications/Mathematica.app/Documentation/English/System/Guides/\ Mathematica.nb", \ "/Applications/Mathematica.app/Documentation/English/System/\ ReferencePages/Programs/Mathematica.nb"}