Hi all, do any of you have any thoughts or experiences with moving a user's 'home' directory to an external drive? I'm particularly interested in the outcomes of point and major updates to the OS.

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There are a couple of places on your Mac where your name – or some other name – might appear: the account name and Home folder. The name that appears is based on the Full Name you gave when you (or ...

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