Move files without command key

Hi there. I use two partitions on my iMac: one for the system and another one for the data. When I move files from de desktop to the data partition I have to use CMD key in order to MOVE but COPY the files. Is there any way for the system to consider the second partition al local and avoid using CMD key? Thanks.

Jordi Gaspar wrote:
Hi there. I use two partitions on my iMac: one for the system and another one for the data. When I move files from de desktop to the data partition
So your User account is on the System partition, but you have another partition just for "data"...?
If you had your User account on the data partition, then you wouldn't have this problem. You can move the location of the user account in System Preferences > Users & Groups. Right click on the user and you get "Advanced Options", which includes the location of the user home. You'll need to copy the user folder to the data drive, so that when you next boot, the domain is there waiting for the OS to find.
Note that if the OS can't find the new location, it will create an empty user account at the default location. ("Where have all my files and prefs gone?)
Of course, another way would be to put everything: system, user, data: on one partition. Such partitions offer little benefit, and inevitably are an artifical self-imposed constraint that will constrain you.

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