You can try to add the following Bash code to your ~/.bash_profile. Click on the lock and authenticate with an administrator account.Enter the root password you wish to use in both the Password and Verify fields, then click OK.Choose Enable Root User from the Edit menu.Enter an administrator account name and password, then click OK.Click the lock in the Directory Utility window.Click the "Open Directory Utility." button.Click the "Edit." or "Join." button at the bottom right.Click the lock and authenticate as an administrator account.From the View menu choose Users & Groups.From the Apple menu choose System Preferences.There is a System Service called SymbolicLinker that will add an option to your context menu that will create a symbolic link for you. Mac OS sees the changes just fine and points to those directories (on the external drive) automatically and I have had no issues doing it this way. I logged in as root and symlinked all of my directories "Documents' Downloads " Movies", etc and moved them to an external drive. Once your Symbolic link is created, OneDrive will see the files/folders and start uploading the content.I personally use symlinks to move all of those directories under my User account. So, add brackets if you have spaces in your path name. If you type the path without the brackets, it won’t find it.
Notice also the bracket in “OneDrive – Company”, this is because OneDrive for Business may have your company name with spaces. Note there is a space between the first (source) and second (Destination) patch name. Ln -s /Users/username/Desktop /Users/username/”OneDrive – Company”/MBP Type the following commend in the Terminal: In Finder go to “Applications / Utilities / Terminal to launch it Press Command + Space, type “Terminal”, and then press “Enter” to open Terminal from Spotlight search.įrom the top right search icon type “Terminal” and then press “Enter” to open Terminal Destination: Have the folder patch you want to store your local folders in OneDrive ready or written notes.Source: Have the folder patch you want to sync with OneDrive ready or written notes.Please read his article to better understand Symbolic Links. After reading his article we use the same method to force Mac personal folders to sync with OneDrive or OneDrive Business. Before going any further I would like to credit Chris Hoffman How to Geek for his article on how to use Symbolic Links. This short tutorial will show you how to do that. Like most of you reading this article, you are probably using OneDrive as your cloud document storage but can’t force the desktop, document or other folders on your MAC to sync with it. How to Sync Mac Desktop, Document with OneDrive OR OneDrive Business.
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