Acorn8 Container

What is Acorn8 Container?

Acorn 8 is a native macOS image editor for creating, editing, and exporting raster graphics. It is used by designers, hobbyists, and Mac users who want tools for photo editing, drawing, retouching, selections, text, shapes, filters, and layered image work. The folder ~/Library/Containers/com.flyingmeat.Acorn8.Acornappex is a sandbox container for an Acorn 8 app extension, which macOS uses to keep that helper’s data separate from other apps. Container folders like this can hold settings, temporary working files, saved state, and support data needed by the extension while you use the app or related sharing and editing features. Users most often encounter this folder while checking storage use, troubleshooting app behavior, or removing data from an app they no longer use.

Safety overview

Status: Mostly safe

This folder belongs to an Acorn 8 sandbox container and is consistent with how macOS stores data for app extensions. Removing it while Acorn 8 or its related extension is still in use can reset extension data or break specific share, edit, or helper-based workflows until the app recreates the container. If you no longer use Acorn 8, deleting this container is generally low risk after quitting the app, but any data kept only inside the extension container may be lost.

Recommendation: Keep this folder if you actively use Acorn 8 or rely on its editing and extension features in macOS. If you have removed Acorn 8 or no longer use it, you can delete the container after closing the app to recover a small amount of space, knowing that any extension-specific settings or temporary working data inside it will be removed.

File path

• ~/Library/Containers/com.flyingmeat.Acorn8.Acornappex

Related apps

• Acorn 8

Related can I delete pages

• ~/Library/Containers/com.flyingmeat.Acorn8

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