My OS X partition is running dangerously low on space, and I'd like to
move whatever I can to another partition.
I've found I can move a lot of apps already. I've seen the process
described below for moving my home directory. I have 2 questions for
the list.
1) While this procedure says it's safe for Jaguar, can anyone tell me
if it's safe in Panther (10.3.9)?
2) Is there anything else I can safely move?
Thanks!
Joe
Moving your home directory to a separate partition can be very
beneficial: if you ever need to reinstall OS X, you can simply format
the OS X partition, reinstall OS X, and be up and running in less than
an hour without having to spend time backing up your personal files.
This entire task can be done with a few commands in the Terminal, and
that is easier than explaining how to do more tasks in the Finder and
NetInfo Manager. Type the following into the Terminal, substituting
your username for "username" and the name of the other partition for
"OtherPartition":
sudo ditto -rsrcFork /Users /Volumes/OtherPartition/Users
sudo niutil -createprop / /users/username home \
/Volumes/OtherPartition/Users/username
Don't go on until you're sure the new User directories are working OK.
You should log out/back in to check this.� The rm -dr command will
remove the original Users Directory.
sudo rm -dr /Users
sudo ln -s /Volumes/OtherPartition/Users /Users
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