How Do I Move A Folder On My Mac So It's Only In My Files?

So I made a folder on my iMac, and I want the folder to be off of the desktop screen. I still want to be able to access it by going to the Finder and clicking it, but I just want it off of my desktop screen. Can anyone help me?

Then move it off the desktop to the ROOT of your User folder.
Open Finder and click on your Username. in there you will see a folder called Desktop, click on that folder (That is what is displayed on your desktop) find that folder and Drag it to your Username folder.
Then once it is moved to the ROOT of your Username folder you can then Drag it to the sidebar Favorites area to create an Alias to it in the sidebar.

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Thanks for the procedure. It seems very easy, but I am wondering about the consequences depending on when I do it. For example, let's say I first copy my entire home folder to the 1 TB external drive, set up the PowerMac to use it as my home folder, then use migration assistant to import my user accounts, applications, and settings onto the Mac Mini. Will it try to extract the data from the external drive onto the Mac Mini's internal drive? There won't be enough room for everything.
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