Skip to content

How to create a symbolic link in macOS

Posted on:November 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

I will show you how to create a symbolic link in macOS in the terminal.

ln creates a new directory entry (linked file) with the same modes as the original.

Syntax:

ln -s OriginalDestination NewDestination

-s Create a symbolic link.

So the structure to create symbolic link is

ln -s /origin/location /destination/location