mac - OSX Shortcut to User Folder
2014-01
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
Hold down Command + Option and drag the folder to your Desktop.
Hold down ⌥⌘, then click and drag your user folder to the desktop.
Or select the folder and chose File > Make Alias from the top menu.
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?
You could write some Applescript and save it as an application.
e.g.
tell application "Terminal"
do script "cd ~/Clients/Yoyodyne/"
end tell
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.