Moving my home...

[deep-blue]

Okay, with the sort/amount of work i do on my powerbook, i decided to partition my HDD with a 50/10 split, so that i can save all my work on the 10gb section...problem...

I've figured it'd be easier to save/backup/keep safe all of my docs/music etc on that partition, by moving the home directory...only...

How can i move the entire of my Home directory onto another Partition?

I would try just dragging it, but last time i tried something i was unsure of like this, i delete GB and Office 2k4....oops...

Many Thanks...

Deep Blue

[Southern Patriot]

Okay, with the sort/amount of work i do on my powerbook, i decided to partition my HDD with a 50/10 split, so that i can save all my work on the 10gb section...problem...

I've figured it'd be easier to save/backup/keep safe all of my docs/music etc on that partition, by moving the home directory...only...

How can i move the entire of my Home directory onto another Partition?

I would try just dragging it, but last time i tried something i was unsure of like this, i delete GB and Office 2k4....oops...

Many Thanks...

Deep Blue

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Here ya go, this was the first result in a Google search for "os x move home":

http://www.bombich.com/mactips/homedir.html

[FOOOD]

Do you mean how to copy the data over, or how to get OS X to recognize your home folder is in another location?

I copied my home folder from the default location to another partition dragging a folder or 2 at at time (e.g. Desktop, Documents & Library. Then once they've copied over I copied Music, Pictures etc.).

The new drive (partition) is called Data.

Then open NetInfo Manager (in Utilities)

Go to users>'Your user name'

Unlock (at the bottom) to make changes

Then change the home location

Original:

/Users/'Your user name'

New:

/Volumes/Data/Users/'Your user name'

Then log out & log back in or reboot.

Always works fine for me :yes: