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Here’s how to do it… ln -s /Users/mendel/Dropbox/Desktop/.

In this way, when you save things to your Mac Desktop, they’ll appear on your Desktop as before, but actually be stored in your new DropBox folder. The long and short is that we’re telling OSX to create a link to the Desktop folder in your DropBox, but to treat the link as if it were the default Desktop folder itself. If you’d like to read up on symbolic links, you can do so here. sudo mv desktop desktop.bakĬreate a symbolic link to your new DropBox Desktop folder Simply open a terminal and enter the following command. We’re going to back up your existing folder so you can copy your old Desktop files to your new DropBox Desktop folder afterwards. If you have files in your existing Desktop folder, don’t worry. If you don’t know how to create a folder, you might want to start here. I’ll show you how to backup your Desktop folder with DropBox in this example… Create a desktop folder within your DropBox Trust me on this, there’s an easy way to keep your Mac Desktop, Documents, or any other folder in your home directory backed up in DropBox automatically… and it only takes three simple steps (and a couple terminal commands). Three simple steps for keeping your home folders backed up in DropBox On a Mac however, it’s not possible easy to simply change the location of one content folder within your home directory, and the DropBox folder’s default location is inside the home directory (home directory inception anyone?). You can easily change the location of your default folders. Instead, wouldn’t it be nice to simply drag your Desktop, Photos, Movies, or Documents folders into your DropBox to keep them updated automatically? On a PC it’s easy, on a Mac it’s inception Now, I understand it’s possible to change the default save location for most programs, but that’s a lot of work. For instance, the default location for all documents created with Microsoft Word is the Documents folder. The thing is, most programs (on Mac or PC) have a default storage directory that is outside of DropBox. I can stash an extra copy of pictures, documents, and archival data in the cloud, and restore the files quickly if my laptop hard drive goes bust. Recommendation is now to use iCloud backup designed for Desktop and Documents folders.ĭropBox is a life saver. UPDATE: There have been some issues reported with this method after updating to Catalina.