Can I mount my Home folder on the Desktop?

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Jasoco

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Now, I'm no Unix guru. In fact I never touched it until OS X and the only Command Line I ever used was DOS.

But I think Unix sees certain folders as volumes. Is this correct? One of those is the current users home folder if I am not mistaken.

Taking this information, is there anyway to mount the Home folder as a makeshift Hard Drive? Have it load on the Desktop under the regular Hard Drives? Have it show up in the "Computer Folder" that appears when you click the Finder icon while no windows are open.
 
No, the home folder is just a folder. You could put an alias of it on the desktop easily enough, but I don't think there's a straightforward way to make it show up as a volume in Computer.

Now, what you can do is change Finder's prefs to make it open the Home directory instead of Computer when clicking on the Finder icon with no other Windows open.
 
Originally posted by kenny
Now, what you can do is change Finder's prefs to make it open the Home directory instead of Computer when clicking on the Finder icon with no other Windows open.
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I already KNOW that. I don't WANT it to open my Home. I want my Home on the Desktop. :(
I LIKE the Finder icon opening the Computer window.

I would think Unix could mount it.

Well, off to my OTHER thread.
 
yeah, you can only mount devices or network'd storage.

However, if you're truely nuts:
sudo ln -s /Volumes/home /Users/myusername

That might atleast fake it. You gotta remember, mount is not something you do with files on your file system. you can't mount an mp3 for example.

I really don't recomend doing this caus well for 1, every user will have your home folder on the desktop :p and 2, you'll now have to screw with permissions and stuff so that they can't all mess with you. Also, linking into the /Volumes (or /mnt on other unix-like os's) is a big no-no.

If you wanted to really mount your home directory, you would have to take the contents of your home directory and stick it onto another drive or partition. Then have it mount by some startup script or fstab entry. But seriously, I'd do just what kenny suggested.
 
Am I misunderstanding the question too? You just want your home folder on the desktop, instead of the hard drive, right? Well, tell your finder preferences to not show the hard disk on the desktop, there's a checkbox for it. Then put an alias of your home folder on the desktop where you want it.
 
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