Start at the Desktop
On most systems, you should be able to type cd Desktop to get to your Desktop. If that doesn’t work, you may need to type cd ~/Desktop—using the tilde shortcut—or you might need to spell the whole thing out, as in cd /Users/andy/Desktop.
However you accomplish it, when I say “start at your Desktop” or just cd Desktop, that’s what you’ll always need to do, whether it’s from anywhere, like this:
| | $ cd Desktop |
from your home directory first:
| | $ cd |
| | $ cd Desktop |
using a tilde for the home directory:
| | $ cd ~/Desktop |
explicitly typing the name of your home directory:
| | $ cd /Users/andy/Desktop |
or doing that with quotes because you have spaces in the name:
| | $ cd /Users/"John Smith"/Desktop |
No matter what, ...
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