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*Open Terminal.app. This is in /Applications/Utilities, or you can just use Spotlight to find it. | *Open Terminal.app. This is in /Applications/Utilities, or you can just use Spotlight to find it. | ||
*Open Finder, and navigate to the folder containing your Dropbox folder. | *Open Finder, and navigate to the folder containing your Dropbox folder. | ||
| − | *In Terminal, type "cd " | + | *In Terminal, type "cd ", then drag the Dropbox folder onto the Terminal window, then press Enter. |
| + | **Leave the quotes out for all of these commands and make sure to include the trailing space. Copy-pasting the commands is advised. | ||
*In Terminal, type "ln -s /Library/Application\ Support/KoLmafia KoLmafia", then press enter. | *In Terminal, type "ln -s /Library/Application\ Support/KoLmafia KoLmafia", then press enter. | ||
*You now have a symbolic link, and Dropbox will back up your mafia settings files. | *You now have a symbolic link, and Dropbox will back up your mafia settings files. | ||
Revision as of 06:31, 18 June 2010
Setting up symlinks for Dropbox on a Mac
- Open Terminal.app. This is in /Applications/Utilities, or you can just use Spotlight to find it.
- Open Finder, and navigate to the folder containing your Dropbox folder.
- In Terminal, type "cd ", then drag the Dropbox folder onto the Terminal window, then press Enter.
- Leave the quotes out for all of these commands and make sure to include the trailing space. Copy-pasting the commands is advised.
- In Terminal, type "ln -s /Library/Application\ Support/KoLmafia KoLmafia", then press enter.
- You now have a symbolic link, and Dropbox will back up your mafia settings files.