software update for apps not in Application?

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I moved most of the apple built-in stuff into Applications/Apple

However I found the software update no longer works for those apps. Is there a way I can enable software update for them except moving the apps back?
 
It works better in the default location of the apps. System while updating itself, does not look around your hard drive to guess where you would have moved the applications, so if it can't find it in the default location, it most likely will not be updated with the software update. iLife applications behave the same in this, so they should just be left in their default location.
 
This has bugged me ever since I started using OS X. I don't know why OS X is so much dumber than OS 9 in this regard. :(

I leave my Apple apps in their default location, but I don't use the Applications folder for anything else. I have a separate apps folder that I use for all third-party apps, sorted by category, and I put aliases to Apple's apps in the appropriate places within that folder. That way I can have good organization without confusing OS X.
 
Heh... it's best to leave Mac OS X's directory structure and default install location alone for this reason exactly, and fight the temptation to "organize" or "clean up" that directory structure. Instead, use aliases for these applications and put them in a convenient place and launch them that way.
 
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