Partly moving Home Directory

you can do it this way but you have to do this correctly. First make sure you are not logged in as the user whose directory you are moving.

First, you copy the existing home directory of a user to its new location preserving all permissions etc.

*sudo cp -Rp /Users/username /Volumes/Data/Users/username*


Next make sure that everything was copied correctly. Once that's done, delete
the old user's home directory (either from finder or terminal).

From terminal that would be

*sudo rm -rf /Users/username*

Finally, make the symbolic link

*ln -s /Volumes/Data/Users/username /Users/username*

Also, I think you have to set the correct ownership on the link so I would run

*sudo chown username:staff /Users/username*


I believe the above should work but if I were you I would create a new test user and test the procedure on that user before applying it to anything important.

Message was edited by: V.K.

Also, you can dispense with symbolic links altogether and change the location of the home directory from advanced account settings. This is probably the best way to do this. I would only use the symbolic links way for moving parts of your home directory like your Documents folder.

go to the accounts system preferences, unlock the lock at the bottom and right-click on an account.