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dankohn
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6 years ago

Desktop symbolic link removed on restart on MacOS Catalina

For a decade, I've been syncing my Desktop using Dropbox by running the commands: sudo rm -r Desktop ln -s Dropbox/Desktop Desktop I then see the files inside `Dropbox/Desktop` on my Desktop. Sin...
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    dankohn
    6 years ago

    Thank you for those links. Dropbox's change in handling symlinks is unrelated because I keep the "real" Desktop folder inside the Dropbox folder. The solution was provided by niazy lower down the thread:

    After creating the symlink to my Dropbox desktop folder, I locked the link file by displaying its info and checking the 'Locked' checkbox.

    I still create the symlink as shown above but then set it to "Locked" to have it preserved between reboots.

    I would recommend not moving this thread to make it easier to find via search. Thank you for the link to the thread and to niazy for the solution.

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dankohn
New member | Level 2

Thank you for those links. Dropbox's change in handling symlinks is unrelated because I keep the "real" Desktop folder inside the Dropbox folder. The solution was provided by niazy lower down the thread:

After creating the symlink to my Dropbox desktop folder, I locked the link file by displaying its info and checking the 'Locked' checkbox.

I still create the symlink as shown above but then set it to "Locked" to have it preserved between reboots.

I would recommend not moving this thread to make it easier to find via search. Thank you for the link to the thread and to niazy for the solution.

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Jane
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6 years ago
Glad to hear that you’ve found the Solution you’ve been looking for dankohn! 
 
Rest assured that the post will remain as is; I could also see that you’ve 👍🏽 this post as well, which is a great way to show your support. 
 
I’m always here, so feel free to touch-base with me should you have any similar inquiries in the future. Take care until then!

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