Your sync host computer must have an SSD boot disk. The client is happy to sync down to a removable disk behind a symlink, but I have no idea what will happen if the disk is removed while the client is working. # Dangeously stop the sync client with this shell-fu, or just quit from the menu $ ps -ef | grep 'Amazon Drive' | awk '' | xargs -n1 kill # Delete the old target $ rm -rf '~/Amazon Drive' # Swap in your removable storage $ ln -s /Volumes/4tb/ '~/Amazon Drive' None of my computers have a boot disk bigger than 1TB.Ĭhanging the configuration file in ~/Library/Application Support/Amazon Cloud Drive seems to make the sync client angry, but there is another way: symbolic links. This is a bummer because modern computers have smaller, faster boot disks. On macOS the default is ~/Amazon Drive, and the setup configurator prevents you from pointing it to a removable disk.
When you install Amazon Drive, you can select a folder to use for synchronization. Tip 1: Symbolic links allow you to sync with external disks This blog entry describes the lessons I learned from that process. With their prices increasing significantly, it gave me a challenge: download all of my data using only the official sync client. I’ve migrated 4TB of data from one consumer cloud storage provider to another over the course of several years. Then, inevitably, a few jerks with multiple terabytes of data swoop in and ruin the deal for everyone. More detailĮvery couple of years, someone announces an unlimited capacity cloud storage product targeted at consumers. I’ve struggled to download my data, but I found some tricks to make it easier. I’m moving my data out of Amazon Drive (formerly known as Amazon Cloud Drive). Tips for moving out of Amazon Drive tl dr:
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