Creating a new folder in root of MacOS


Root folder of MacOS is readonly, to create a folder you can follow the below steps

1. Create /etc/synthetic.conf file

sudo vi /etc/synthetic.conf

2. Create the folder entry by adding the following content

<folder name> System/Volumes/Data/path/to/your/folder

example:

newfolder System/Volumes/Data/Users/exampleuser/newfolder

Note: Keep a tab space between the folder name & the path