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Remap standard ~/User folders Pictures, Documents etc to a different drive while keeping the *special* Finder Sidebar icons

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Does anyone know of a definitive modern (Ventura-onwards) solution to moving the standard folders in a user directory to a different drive, NOT moving the ~/User directory itself, but moving ~/Documents, ~/Pictures, ~/Downloads etc, but **in such a way that Finder (and open / save dialogues) keeps showing them with the standard "special" Finder sidebar icons, rather than generic folder icons.** Can it be done from a different admin account by replacing the directories with Symlinks or somesuch, or will Finder always know what you've done, and not be fooled by your shenanigans? Edit: The **BOLD** part is the important bit - I'm specifically looking for a solution that keeps the special sidebar icons. That's the only goal of the exercise **Edit again because this is apparently not clear enough**: Please do not suggest *"this may have answered the question"* unless that suggestion **specifically** details that the custom finder sidebar icons - the down arrow in a circle for ~/Downloads, the folded corner sheet of paper for ~/Documents, the camera for ~/Pictures, the filmstrip for ~/Movies, the notes for ~/Music are preserved. I can already move the folders, and the libraries for apps that usually reside within. That's the easy part. **This question is specific to preserving the "special" Finder sidebar icons**.
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Feb 27, 2024, 09:23 AM
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