Timeline for Moving iBooks library to an external drive
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| Dec 10, 2021 at 17:02 | comment | added | KeshavDulal |
Symlinks are great, & I just tried this. It fooled the finder but not the Books app. So I don't recommend it. Going back to moving-in-what-I-want-to-listen approach.
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| Oct 10, 2015 at 4:15 | comment | added | terrace | I've read elsewhere that this can have dramatically bad consequences, but haven't tested myself. | |
| May 9, 2014 at 21:14 | comment | added | bmike♦ | Any container that iCloud syncs has ubiquity daemons that monitor them for changes and push/pull changes to the cloud, so I'd recommend freeing up space elsewhere instead of messing with Library files that sync to the cloud... | |
| May 9, 2014 at 17:52 | comment | added | grg♦ | @bmike Whilst I haven't tested this with iBooks specifically, with other apps that store their data in a container the app either crashes immediately on launch since it can't write to a required folder, or just bounces on the Dock forever and requires a force quit. | |
| May 9, 2014 at 17:25 | comment | added | TheLearner | Good question...I am also curious for an answer before I finally decide to mess with the dangerous-looking com.apple folders. | |
| May 9, 2014 at 17:15 | comment | added | bmike♦ | Are there any downsides to this in the long term? (i.e. what happens when the machine boots and the external drive is not connected). | |
| May 9, 2014 at 17:03 | history | answered | grg♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |