Mac does not have the concept of default drive or a root or the default volume, like Windows (C:). The default drive in Mac is the Startup drive or the Boot drive.

This is important when you want to access files irrespective of platforms or while writing portable programs . To write portable scripts use relative path name instead of absolut path names. For example, say you are trying to access all file in a folder named Test which is in the root.
1. On Windows the path would be C:\Test

2. On Mac the path would be --- Macintosh HD\Test , or if the person has changed the name from Macintosh HD, this is difficult to figure out!
In ExtendScript you could use //Test --- as a path and then try to create a Folder object using Folder(path) which would return the folder object if it exists or create a new object.
Folder(//Test).

3. On Window this would result as --- C:\Test and on Mac --- Boot drive:Test.

4. And then you can work with this folder.

If you have Test within other sub-directories specify the complete path as say //f1/f2/f3/Test.

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