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How to redirect the desktop, and also pictures, movies, sites and downloads - in such a way that it will keep it even after a restart.
probably via terminal?
btw, after restart it opens some apps, but not the folder that were open
Mac Studio
You can set Photos, Movies, TV, and Music to store their Libraries on an external drive. For Photos, the drive must be a Mac format. Others probably best to do so.
It is much more difficult to symlink the home directories. It has always been sketchy.
I don’t think it is even possible to do that on Desktop and Documents anymore. Probably not Downloads, either.
You can set Photos, Movies, TV, and Music to store their Libraries on an external drive. For Photos, the drive must be a Mac format. Others probably best to do so.
It is much more difficult to symlink the home directories. It has always been sketchy.
I don’t think it is even possible to do that on Desktop and Documents anymore. Probably not Downloads, either.
Thanks a lot for the information
Up to now I only relinked "desktop" and it worked for some days/weeks (Mac OS 16) but not any more after the last restart, which happened automaticaly after sleeping. (which was the second unplanned restart in one week, which went ok, the first time.)
I do not say "worked fine" because I do not understand why the folders with several tabs are lost after restart. I loved my Mac Pro, really, I started in 1991, before Mac OS and thus had a lot updates. I do not like the changes of the last years. More and more automatic, no more made for persons that want to decide by themselves, IT persons. The most horrible thing is, that the last OS now looks like a mobile phone while I use a big screen.
(This kind of remarks is for the Apple developers.)
Good to know about your experience.
"It is much more difficult to symlink the home directories. It has always been sketchy."
On my Mac studio I have 2TB SSD plus 4x 8TB external HD in a box. In my Mac Pro I used to have 4x 8TB HDs internally (for almost ten years, and could put hardware into it to my wishes). I bought the mac studio end of last year. Desktop is really important for me, else I would have to copy files a hundered times a day. That means I put things on the desktop while working and later transfer it to a folder depending on the work I am doing. I already tell the apps where to store data, but this is not always possible.
I understand I will not change the other folders, even if I do use none of the ready made ones as part of the system.
redirect desktop on Mac studio and OS16 to another hard disk
