Dropbox...make it the OSX default Documents folder?

[lowonthe456]

I found an article on Cnet...but I think I did it wrong....

It said to open Terminal
Type "cd Dropbox"
Then "ln -s ~/Documents /Documents"

the response was:
ln: /Documents: Permission denied

BUT

When I started it said
Michaels-MacBook-Air:~ michaelxxxxx$

after running that command it says
Michaels-MacBook-Airropbox michaelxxxxx$

why? Didi I do it wrong? Have I screwed something up?

 

[nielsrasmus]

Open terminal and type

cd ~

and press Enter.

what does it says now ?

 

[GimmeSlack12]

You have to be in super user mode to use make changes to the Home folder folders. Just type "sudo" before the "ln" command.

EDIT: That's a good tip BTW, I never thought of that one before. I've just been using aliases in my home folder.

 

[thankins]

I found an article on Cnet...but I think I did it wrong....

It said to open Terminal
Type "cd Dropbox"
Then "ln -s ~/Documents /Documents"

the response was:
ln: /Documents: Permission denied

BUT

When I started it said
Michaels-MacBook-Air:~ michaelxxxxx$

after running that command it says
Michaels-MacBook-Airropbox michaelxxxxx$

why? Didi I do it wrong? Have I screwed something up?

Even easier method is to use MacDropAny - its a great app with a nice GUI that does all what you are trying to do.

http://dropboxwiki.com/MacDropAny

 

[lepimp]

I've done this operation with succes, but now I regret it, since I've changed to google drive. How do i undo it?
I'm trying to make google drive my default documents folder.

Thanks

 

[mrrjclarke]

1. Open a Terminal window.

2. Type in the following command, then hit Enter:

cd Users/yourusername/Google\Drive

3. Type in the following command, then hit Enter:

ln -s ~/Documents /Documents

Once you've done this, Google Drive will now be the default save location in OS X.

 

[cathul]

Never forget to move any virtual disks from Parallels out of the documents folder before you do that. If you haven't set a non-default location you may fill the dropbox folder really quick.

 

[tokyojimu]

It said to open Terminal
Type "cd Dropbox"
Then "ln -s ~/Documents /Documents"

the response was:
ln: /Documents: Permission denied

That's because you were trying to symbolic link to /Documents, at the root of your local hard disk. You should do this:

cd ~/Dropbox
ln -s ../Documents .

Don't miss that dot on the end of the second line.