mac - OSX Shortcut to User Folder

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2014-01
  • Michael

    How do I create a shortcut on the desktop to Users[me] in Mac OSX? Ctrl+Click does not have an option for Make Alias on this directory

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  • CaseyIT

    Hold down Command + Option and drag the folder to your Desktop.

  • fideli

    Hold down ⌥⌘, then click and drag your user folder to the desktop.

  • Chris_Noble

    Or select the folder and chose File > Make Alias from the top menu.


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    osx - How do I create a terminal shortcut to open to a particular folder?
  • Michael Prescott

    I've recently switched to a Mac and want to improve my workflow a bit. I often need to run scripts using the terminal that are in several different folders.

    How do I create something like Windows shortcuts that launches the Terminal app with it's initial working directory set to a particular folder?


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  • Richard Hoskins

    You could write some Applescript and save it as an application.

    e.g.

    tell application "Terminal"
    do script "cd ~/Clients/Yoyodyne/"
end tell
  • Fizwidget

    If you want Terminal to start in the same directory each time, the following solution is probably best. If you want multiple different shortcuts for different directories, the above solution is better.

    When running Terminal, navigate to:

    Preferences > Settings > Shell > Startup

    From there, simply tick "Run command: " and type the appropriate terminal command in the box (for example, cd ~/Desktop/ changes to your desktop folder).

    Now whenever you start Terminal, it will change to that directory.