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--- macos [2025/12/11 00:47] – Name
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   - Test.
   - Done.
+I have successfully done this for Documents, Pictures (Currently, I recommend not doing this for Pictures), Downloads, Music, and many others. For the folders in my /usr/tim directly, I had to create sub-folders. For example, /usr/tim/Documents is now /usr/tim/Documents/Documents. Where, the latter is a sym link that points to the external drive. I chose not to modify anything in my profile hierachy in case my external drive is not available. I also backup my external drive to a NAS. Finally, my external drive is a 2TB NVMe drive connected to a 10 GB/s USB-C port.
+====Combine PDFs====
+Combine a list of PDF files.
+<code>"/System/Library/Automator/Combine PDF Pages.action/Contents/MacOS/join" -o PATH/TO/YOUR/MERGED/FILE.pdf /PATH/TO/ORIGINAL/1.pdf /PATH/TO/ANOTHER/2.pdf</code>
+Combine an entire directory of PDF files.
+<code>"/System/Library/Automator/Combine PDF Pages.action/Contents/MacOS/join" -o PATH/TO/YOUR/MERGED/FILE.pdf /PATH/TO/A/WHOLE/DIR/*.pdf</code>

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