Where MSL keeps things
Every folder and file MSL uses on your Mac.
| Where | What |
|---|---|
~/Library/Application Support/MSL | Everything MSL keeps: distro disks, hibernated sessions, snapshots, repair backups, settings. |
…/rootfs*.img | The distro disks. See Reclaiming disk space. |
…/vm-<instance>.state | Hibernated sessions. |
…/vm-<instance>-<snapshot>.state | Snapshots. |
…/<disk>.pre-repair | Backups from disk repairs. |
…/ssh/msl_ed25519 | MSL's own SSH key. |
…/AppCatalog/<instance> | Each instance's cached list of Linux apps, and their icons. |
…/bin | MSL's command-line tools, including msl. |
~/Library/Logs/MSL | Logs, including mslhd.log. |
~/Applications/MSL/<instance> | Mac apps made for Linux apps. |
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.msl.mslhd.plist | The login item that starts the background service. |
~/.ssh/config | One Host msl-<instance> entry per instance with SSH set up. |
Inside Linux, your Mac home folder is at /mnt/mac.