Synchronizing your desktop folder in the cloud

I wanted to synchronize the desktops of all my computers. That way, no matter what computer I am working on, I am always looking at the same desktop.

I use two cloud services: Google Drive and Dropbox. You can use any cloud service you'd prefer, I'll show you how to work with both.

Before you start, create a folder called desktop in either service.

Ok, suppose your user name is "Bob", and you want to change the location of your Desktop folder from "Users/Bob/Desktop" to "Users/Bob/Dropbox/Desktop". Here is how it worked with me:

1- click on the following application: "Terminal" (which is just like "command line" in Windows).

2- type: sudo rm -rf ~/Desktop/

3- entered your password (the password of your account on the mac)

4- For Dropbox type type: ln -s ~/Dropbox/Desktop
For Google Drive, type in: ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/Desktop

If I do this on all my computers, every time I save something to my desktop, it shows up exactly the same on all my computers.

You can also use these commands for other folders, e.g.

sudo rm -rf ~/Downloads

ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/Downloads

sudo rm -rf ~/Documents

ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/Documents

sudo rm -rf ~/Movies

ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/Movies

sudo rm -rf ~/Music

ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/Music

sudo rm -rf ~/Pictures

ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/Pictures

Hope this helps!