Check to see that the symlink hasn't been replaced with a new Desktop folder.ġ1) Restart to confirm that the symlink persists. Confirm that the symlink is working as expected, and that it is in fact locked (locked icon in your user home directory, or Get Info on ~/Desktop and confirm that locked is checked).ġ0) Turn iCloud Drive back on. (I restarted because… why not?)ĩ) Log in to the account where you created the symlink. This will keep iCloud Drive from overwriting it when/if you reactivate it.* sudo chflags -h uchg /Desktop\ FolderĨ) Log out/restart. In Terminal: sudo ln -s /Dropbox/Desktop\ Folderħ) *Lock the symlink.
In Terminal: sudo rm -rf /Desktop\ FolderĦ) *Create symlink to source folder*.
Anybody else following along, make a backup of your data first, and disconnect it from the computer when messing around with user accounts!ġ) Log out of iCloud Drive (Settings ->Apple ID -> iCloud) on the user account you want to create the Documents symlink.Ģ) Create a second admin user account, if you haven't already.ģ) Log out of the account in which you want to create the symlink, and log into the second admin account.Ĥ) In Terminal, cd to the user account where you want to create the symlink: cd /Users/yourusernameĥ) *Delete protected folder*. And as ever, be super careful in terminal, particularly with the rm command. Note, in my case, I was making a symlink to the Documents folder on an external drive, but I think the process may work for your use case too, and have adjusted the steps accordingly. I imagine there are other ways to do this, but this worked for me. But if you want to use iCloud Drive but don't use that feature, you can temporarily disable iCloud Drive, create the symlink, lock the symlink, and reactivate iCloud Drive. If you disable iCloud Drive, the symlinks will persist. Basically, iCloud Drive creates new folders as it needs them to be for "Desktop and Documents" sync to work. This discussion on the Apple Support Communities helped me figure out a workaround.
I was frustrated that the old symbolic link approach I've been using for years didn't work.
SYMBOLICLINKER MAC UPGRADE
I have a very large user folder, but wanted to use external storage for most of it, rather than paying Apple's SSD upgrade prices. SymbolicLinker does this by adding a contextual menu item to the Finder that generates symbolic links to the selected files.
SYMBOLICLINKER MAC SOFTWARE
From the developer: SymbolicLinker is a tiny software service that allows any user to create symbolic links to files inside the Finder.
SYMBOLICLINKER MAC INSTALL
Download and install SymbolicLinker.Hey I was running into the same issue setting up my new M1 Mini on Big Sur (coming from High Sierra). This free Mac application is an intellectual property of Nick Zitzmann. If you'd rather use the command line, instructions are below.
You can think of it as a shortcut of an app. A symbolic link, often shortened to symlink, is a type of link that is stored at one location on your machine and it points to another location on the same machine. SymbolicLinker is a tiny contextual menu plugin (for OS X 10.3.9 through 10.5.8) and software service (for OS X 10.6 or later) that, once installed, allows any user to create symbolic links to files inside the Finder. Copy the file from the package, hold down the Option key, click on the Go menu in the Finder, select Library, open the Services folder, and paste the file you copied. Head over to the SymbolicLinker page on GitHub and download and open the package on your Mac. I deleted the Services folder and files, but the 'Make Symbolic Link' command is still listed under the Services in the Keyboard shortcut settings. Copy link direkmarts commented Jun 28, 2020. In this way, symbolic links behave much like an alias d. Cannot completely remove SymbolicLinker from my Mac 14. A symbolic link created at the command line allows a linked object in the file system to point to an original object in a different location.
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