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How do I make an external drive look like a folder in OS X?
We have a poorly coded program at work that doesn't recognise mounted volumes - i.e. they only will load off the main partition. Is there any way to create a link that will fool the software in thinking an external drive is actually a folder in Snow Leopard?
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Yes you can do this as follows:
In this example I have an external usb drive named Projects, I'm going to create a folder called ProjDrive linking to the external drive. The folder will reside on my desktop.
Open up a Terminal window.
cd Desktop
mkdir ProjDrive
lndir /Volumes/Projects ProjDrive
This will populate the ProjDrive folder with links to all the contents of the external drive.
In this example I have an external usb drive named Projects, I'm going to create a folder called ProjDrive linking to the external drive. The folder will reside on my desktop.
Open up a Terminal window.
cd Desktop
mkdir ProjDrive
lndir /Volumes/Projects ProjDrive
This will populate the ProjDrive folder with links to all the contents of the external drive.
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I did this on my system to verify, I have done this on other unix type systems.
I did this on my system to verify, I have done this on other unix type systems.
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