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    How do I 'point' home folders to different drives?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Kingcodez, Aug 23, 2009.

  1. Kingcodez

    Kingcodez Notebook Consultant

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    I have a SSD/HDD setup in my 13" MBP, 60GB and 500GB respectively, that being said, I want to make the link to "Movies, Torrent, and Applications" go there.

    For Torrent and Applications it's easy, move the folders, delete the original, set an alias in the home folder. Done.
    (My application folder is for storing Games, and other Apps that are either OSX or WIndows apps, not the actual App folder that OSX uses for programs.)


    Anyways, I create a Movies folder on my other HDD, and go to delete the old Movies folder on the SSD/OSX Drive, and OSX tells me, "You cannot delete because this folder is required by OSX."

    OK, but hopw do I get it to link to the new drive?
    In Win 7 I remember just opening properties, and clicking 'set target folder' and bam it's done. I did this a lot back then.



    ALSO, If I UNMOUNT my second HDD, does it 'shut off' and 'stop consuming power'???

    I realised I can re-mount it in Disk Utilities, and probably with a Unix command.

    I just wanna save power when I'm mobile, by not having to use the spinner.
     
    Kingcodez, Aug 23, 2009
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  2. Kingcodez

    Kingcodez Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone??? come on
     
    Kingcodez, Aug 24, 2009
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  3. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    i don't even get why you'd want to do this....

    but if you really wanna try youd have to ln or lndir from command line with sudo... but you could tear up everything....

    maybe theres a better way to do what you want to do?


    as for unmounting.. all my external drives spin down when i unmount them, but it could depend on your drive, not just the computer.
     
    doh123, Aug 24, 2009
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    added to that... i found a way to move your home folder wherever you want it... instead of just setting up pointers... you can just make your home folder wherever you want it to be

    If you right click on your account in the list, you get an option for "Advanced Options" where you can set the home directory path where you want it to be... as long as the drive is available on boot.... so you can log in to it.
     
    doh123, Aug 24, 2009
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  5. Kingcodez

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    I want to move the movies folder, because on my SSD, I have like 4gb of free space. On my second HDD, I have like 400 gb of free space, with a ton of movies...

    I simply can't fit all my data on the SSD.
     
    Kingcodez, Aug 28, 2009
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