Will moving my Home partition also move my applications folder?

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Hello,

I plan on moving my home folder with all my data to a separate partition.

Will moving the home folder also move all my applications?

Thank you in advance for your help
 
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1uke_ said:
Hello,

I plan on moving my home folder with all my data to a separate partition.

Will moving the home folder also move all my applications?

Thank you in advance for your help
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No, it won't. Not /Applications anyway. There is (or should) be an Applications folder in your home folder, but that's only intended for apps you want to be used exclusively by that user.
 
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1uke_, why do you want to move your Home Folder to a different partition? It has been my experience that mucking around with the basic file structure of a Mac is generally a bad idea. Perhaps there is a better solution.
 

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