Remember that if you have spaces or other special characters (not including dashes and underscores) in either folder name, precede them with backslashes, and if you have a backslash then convert it into a double backslash. Open a terminal, run ln -s /media/Sparky/desktop-movies/ ~/Movies to make ~/Movies a link to desktop-movies on /media/Sparky/ Move (or copy and rename the original, preferably) ~/Movies onto your flash drive (name it whatever you want, and it can be in whatever folder you want, I'm saying it's now called "desktop-movies" in your flash drive Sparky, which is mounted at /media/Sparky/) Note that it does not have to be in the same place on your flash drive as it was (for instance, on my Mac I do this with my Steam folder I put it onto a flash drive so I can use it on multiple computers easily, so long as I keep the flash drive I don't have to re-download)įor instance, say you have a lot of content in your Movies folder: Open a terminal and create a symbolic link from the place it was on your hard disk to the place it is on your flash drive. Move the folder you want on the flash drive to the flash drive, then rename (or delete, but that should wait until after a successful test) the copy on your hard drive. Click on the Storage tab in the dialog box. Click on the ''Apple'' icon and select About this Mac on the pop-up screen.
Long answer: You can't extend the partition from your hard drive onto the flash drive, but if you know that your flash drive always mounts to the same location (it will if you don't change it's name), you can put particular folders onto that space using symbolic links. How to Increase Storage by Optimising the Disk Storage 1.) Open 'About this Mac'.
Short answer: You can't do what I think you're thinking, but it may be that what I think you think you're thinking isn't what you're thinking and so this will be helpful.