How to find MacOS 'Utilities' folder contents with Python

When calling :

 Path('/Applications/Utilities').iterdir()

The returned result is only ‘.localized’ but when I look in the Utilities folder with finder there are many apps – Disk Utility, Airport Utility, etc.

I hav also tried .listdir() with the OS module and same result.

Bigger code sample

def find_apps(directory_item: Path, nested_apps: list) -> None:

if item_is_app(directory_item):
    nested_apps.append(directory_item)
    return

if item_is_directory(directory_item):
    for item in directory_item.iterdir():
        find_apps(item, nested_apps)

return

I can’t seem to figure out how to view the apps in the Utilities directory – I don’t have a problem with other folders in the directory. e.g. My Python 3.11 folder correctly produces all apps such as Python Launcher.app and IDLE.app

>Solution :

Now the Applications from an OS installation are located in the /System/Applications/ folder. So in your case /System/Applications/Utilities/.