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/.