Rename macos subfolders in my home directory to lowercase
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I'm looking to change the casing of macOS's default folders (the ones that sit in my home folder) to lowercase.
~/myname/Desktop -> ~/myname/desktop
~/myname/Downloads -> ~/myname/downloads
~/myname/Music -> ~/myname/music
If possible, it'd be great to avoid moving the home folder itself, and play with symlinks.
Is it possible to do this?
macos mac rename home-folder
asked Feb 8 at 19:43
LukeLuke
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I'm looking to change the casing of macOS's default folders (the ones that sit in my home folder) to lowercase.
~/myname/Desktop -> ~/myname/desktop
~/myname/Downloads -> ~/myname/downloads
~/myname/Music -> ~/myname/music
If possible, it'd be great to avoid moving the home folder itself, and play with symlinks.
Is it possible to do this?
macos mac rename home-folder
asked Feb 8 at 19:43
LukeLuke
18019
sudo mv ~/Downloads ~/downloadsfrom terminal worked for me. I'm running Lion with default HFS+ settings (case preserving not case sensitive) - if you are on later version or different filesystem and it doesn't work edit results ofdiskutil info /into your question.
– lx07
Feb 8 at 22:00
@lx07 This seemed to work! Do you think it'll be dangerous to rename~/Library, too?
– Luke
Feb 11 at 17:38
No it will be fine - as long as you don't have case sensitive file system. I tried it to rename to~/libraryand it caused no issue.
– lx07
Feb 11 at 21:40
Thank you! It worked well, no problems so far :)
– Luke
Feb 14 at 6:57
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I'm looking to change the casing of macOS's default folders (the ones that sit in my home folder) to lowercase.
~/myname/Desktop -> ~/myname/desktop
~/myname/Downloads -> ~/myname/downloads
~/myname/Music -> ~/myname/music
If possible, it'd be great to avoid moving the home folder itself, and play with symlinks.
Is it possible to do this?
macos mac rename home-folder
asked Feb 8 at 19:43
LukeLuke
18019
I'm looking to change the casing of macOS's default folders (the ones that sit in my home folder) to lowercase.
~/myname/Desktop -> ~/myname/desktop
~/myname/Downloads -> ~/myname/downloads
~/myname/Music -> ~/myname/music
If possible, it'd be great to avoid moving the home folder itself, and play with symlinks.
Is it possible to do this?
macos mac rename home-folder
macos mac rename home-folder
asked Feb 8 at 19:43
LukeLuke
18019
asked Feb 8 at 19:43
LukeLuke
18019
asked Feb 8 at 19:43
LukeLuke
18019
asked Feb 8 at 19:43
LukeLuke
18019
asked Feb 8 at 19:43
LukeLuke
18019
18019
sudo mv ~/Downloads ~/downloadsfrom terminal worked for me. I'm running Lion with default HFS+ settings (case preserving not case sensitive) - if you are on later version or different filesystem and it doesn't work edit results ofdiskutil info /into your question.
– lx07
Feb 8 at 22:00
@lx07 This seemed to work! Do you think it'll be dangerous to rename~/Library, too?
– Luke
Feb 11 at 17:38
No it will be fine - as long as you don't have case sensitive file system. I tried it to rename to~/libraryand it caused no issue.
– lx07
Feb 11 at 21:40
Thank you! It worked well, no problems so far :)
– Luke
Feb 14 at 6:57
add a comment |
sudo mv ~/Downloads ~/downloadsfrom terminal worked for me. I'm running Lion with default HFS+ settings (case preserving not case sensitive) - if you are on later version or different filesystem and it doesn't work edit results ofdiskutil info /into your question.
– lx07
Feb 8 at 22:00
@lx07 This seemed to work! Do you think it'll be dangerous to rename~/Library, too?
– Luke
Feb 11 at 17:38
No it will be fine - as long as you don't have case sensitive file system. I tried it to rename to~/libraryand it caused no issue.
– lx07
Feb 11 at 21:40
Thank you! It worked well, no problems so far :)
– Luke
Feb 14 at 6:57
sudo mv ~/Downloads ~/downloads from terminal worked for me. I'm running Lion with default HFS+ settings (case preserving not case sensitive) - if you are on later version or different filesystem and it doesn't work edit results of diskutil info / into your question.– lx07
Feb 8 at 22:00
sudo mv ~/Downloads ~/downloads from terminal worked for me. I'm running Lion with default HFS+ settings (case preserving not case sensitive) - if you are on later version or different filesystem and it doesn't work edit results of diskutil info / into your question.– lx07
Feb 8 at 22:00
@lx07 This seemed to work! Do you think it'll be dangerous to rename
~/Library, too?– Luke
Feb 11 at 17:38
@lx07 This seemed to work! Do you think it'll be dangerous to rename
~/Library, too?– Luke
Feb 11 at 17:38
No it will be fine - as long as you don't have case sensitive file system. I tried it to rename to
~/library and it caused no issue.– lx07
Feb 11 at 21:40
No it will be fine - as long as you don't have case sensitive file system. I tried it to rename to
~/library and it caused no issue.– lx07
Feb 11 at 21:40
Thank you! It worked well, no problems so far :)
– Luke
Feb 14 at 6:57
Thank you! It worked well, no problems so far :)
– Luke
Feb 14 at 6:57
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sudo mv ~/Downloads ~/downloadsfrom terminal worked for me. I'm running Lion with default HFS+ settings (case preserving not case sensitive) - if you are on later version or different filesystem and it doesn't work edit results ofdiskutil info /into your question.– lx07
Feb 8 at 22:00
@lx07 This seemed to work! Do you think it'll be dangerous to rename
~/Library, too?– Luke
Feb 11 at 17:38
No it will be fine - as long as you don't have case sensitive file system. I tried it to rename to
~/libraryand it caused no issue.– lx07
Feb 11 at 21:40
Thank you! It worked well, no problems so far :)
– Luke
Feb 14 at 6:57