hi re-reading my post, i realize i wasn't clear enough… ! i was looking for a way to link my system on one drive to my home folder on another. in the mean time i've found the answer: in the "users & groups" panel in system preferences, if you right click on a user, an "advanced options" contextual menu appears, opening a new window. this is where, amongst other thing, you can re-link your old home folder with a new user. regards, alexandre On Oct 6, 2011, at 01:09 , alexandre wrote: > hi > > i've just installed an 120 GB SSD in the optical drive bay of my macbook pro (i rarely use the superdrive…). i plan on putting the system (10.7) and my software on it, and have the existing 500GB hard drive for my files. > > how do i go about doing this? simply with aliases? or is it more complicated? … or easier? > > any tips are welcome. > > regards, alexandre > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Price > http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal