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Two places. /Applications and ~/Applications.

More, if you count UN*X binaries.

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And then all of the actual stuff that they put in Library Support

Don't forget iCloud moved half of your home folder to the cloud too, just for fun.

I didn't even realise I still had stuff in ~/Applications. Probably got there via some Installer wizard...

   ls  ~/Applications
   Autodesk Fusion Service Utility.app
   Autodesk Fusion.app
   Chrome Apps.localized
   Edge Apps.localized
   Remove Autodesk Fusion.app

   ls -ls /Applications | wc -l
   94

You all forgot about /System/Applications

...And you'll start having dot files and dot folders in your home when you start using brew...

I mean…kind of. It depends on what you install. Homebrew is quite good at keeping itself contained, when it’s in a position to do so.

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