Moving home folder to SSD:

[pullman]

I have a fresh El Cap install and wish to move the contents of my home folder to a separate SSD. I know how this is done.

What I wonder is how I can ensure that the home folder's contents (desktop, documents, movies etc) are moved to the "top" of the SSD. In other words, I don't want to have:

SSD/username/home folder content

which would happen if I highlight the home folder and copy paste it into the SSD, but

SSD/home folder content

If I open the home folder and select all subfolders I know I don't get all hidden files and folders.

But if I show hidden files/folders, select all and copy+paste, then (I believe) I won't include all various folder settings that apply to the home folder.

Thanks for any insight
Philip

 

[richard2]

The only special attribute my home folder has is an access control entry (ACE) entry that prevents its deletion:

$ ls -dle@O ~
drwxr-xr-x+ 43 richard  staff  - 1462 30 Mar 17:18 /Users/richard
 0: group:everyone deny delete

 

[pullman]

Thanks for the reply Richard. Unfortunately I'm not sure what that means in relation to moving the home folder's contents. Can you explain?

Best
Philip

The only special attribute my home folder has is an access control entry (ACE) entry that prevents its deletion:

$ ls -dle@O ~
drwxr-xr-x+ 43 richard  staff  - 1462 30 Mar 17:18 /Users/richard
 0: group:everyone deny delete

 

[richard2]

In other words, home folders don't have any important attributes you should preserve; therefore, you should simply copy or move the contents of your home folder (including any hidden items) to the root of your other volume.

 

[pullman]

Ah, that's great. Thanks very much for the clarification, Richard.

Then I'll just show hidden files/folders, cmd-a, cmd-c and cmd-v.

In other words, home folders don't have any important attributes you should preserve; therefore, you should simply copy or move the contents of your home folder (including any hidden items) to the root of your other volume.