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Synchronize the Desktop Folders
Authored by: Paul Burney on Feb 23, '02 08:30:09AM

I hated the idea of having two desktop folders, so I syncronized them when I first installed OS X by doing the following:

Remove the "Desktop" folder in my user folder.

From the terminal, create a symlink to my user folder:

ln -s "/Desktop Folder" /Users/burney/Desktop

The only bad thing about it is I get a .DS_Store file on the desktop when booted into OS 9.

IIRC, when I performed this, what I really did was do it from OS 9. I just duplicated one of the symlink files (mach.sym, I think), renamed it "Desktop" and then replaced the "Desktop" folder in my Users folder. After that, you can just open the new "Desktop" file in a text editor and change the value to /Desktop Folder.

Well, I hope it helps someone.



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