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Move CrossOver Bottles to an External SSD on macOS

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When running low on storage, you can move all CrossOver bottles to an external SSD and keep your Mac's internal storage free.

article: from-jervi-blog

1. Close CrossOver

Make sure CrossOver is completely closed.

2. Create a CrossOver Folder on the SSD

| Note that ssd is named storage

Example SSD mounted as:

/Volumes/storage
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Create the destination folder:

mkdir -p "/Volumes/storage/CrossOver"
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3. Move Existing Bottles 

mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/CrossOver/Bottles \
   "/Volumes/storage/CrossOver/"
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4. Create a Symbolic Link 

ln -s "/Volumes/storage/CrossOver/Bottles" \
      ~/Library/Application\ Support/CrossOver/Bottles
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5. Verify 

ls -l ~/Library/Application\ Support/CrossOver
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Expected output:

Bottles -> /Volumes/storage/CrossOver/Bottles
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6. Confirm SSD Access 

touch /Volumes/storage/test.txt
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If no error appears, the SSD is writable.

Result

All existing and future CrossOver bottles will be stored on the SSD:

/Volumes/storage/CrossOver/Bottles
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while CrossOver continues to use its normal path:

~/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles
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thanks to the symbolic link.

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