Ask Different Asked on December 19, 2021
When you open finder, there is a download folder with a unique icon. I’d like to move that folder to an external one and force the system to recognise that new location.
This is possible via symbolic link.
Move your existing data in ~/Downloads
to the location you want, let's say /ExternalDrive/Downloads
Open Terminal and run:
This will remove the Dowloads folder and you'll need to type in your password to do that (you won't see *** when entering, just hit enter after you finish).
sudo rm -rf ~/Downloads
Create a symbolic link to your desired location:
ln -s "/ExternalDrive/Downloads" ~/Downloads
And voila! Dowloads folder moved.
A more detailed version of this process and be found here.
It's also possible to create a link to the iCloud Download folder. Using this command:
ln -s /Users/yourusernamehere/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Downloads ~/Downloads
Answered by johan on December 19, 2021
Your question doesn't specify whether you're just interested in changing the default Downloads folder location for your web browsers, but since web browsers are the most common way that users download files from the internet, below are instructions on changing this location within Safari, Firefox and Chrome.
Safari
For Safari:
Firefox
Very similar to Safari, in Firefox:
Chrome
Finally to Chrome:
NOTE:
Similarly, others browsers and 3rd party downloaders also provide a setting in their preferences from which you can choose your Downloads folder location.
Answered by Monomeeth on December 19, 2021
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