On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, David Dean wrote: > On 07 Mar 2005, at 9:52 AM, Hector I. Macedo wrote: > > > Troy, go to users-your name folder-then just copy: Documents, Music, > > Movies and Pictures folders to the new destination. > > > > Erase the originals, then make symbolic links to the new location by > going to the terminal. > 1) type sudo ln -s (do not type enter yet) > 2) Drag and drop new Documents folder to the terminal window. > 3) type ~/ then hit enter > > repeat 1-3 for Music, Movies & Pictures. > > -David
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