Move iCloud Drive to another volume

[rick987611]

I would like to use iCloud drive for everything, but I have one glaring issue. I can not move it off the OS volume. I would like to be able to move it out to an external drive. Is this possible?

 

[satcomer]

So you want to go into your iCloud servers at Apple and move it to your external? That doesn't make any sense.

 

[Mike Boreham]

So you want to go into your iCloud servers at Apple and move it to your external? That doesn't make any sense.

I guess what he really means is have the local copy which lives in ~/Library/Mobile Documents on an external.

I think iCloud Drive is best used as Apple intended at least at the moment, rather than doing any hacks.

 

[hingedthinker]

You guys are missing the point of the OP. We run SSD's and we want ALL of our GB's of files stored locally. You can't do that if Apple doesn't let you move the icloud drive folder from the system library root.... like you can with Dropbox. This KILLS the service for me. And probably most serious users.

 

[Alrescha]

You can't do that if Apple doesn't let you move the icloud drive folder from the system library root.

It is not in the "system library root", it is in the Library folder in your home directory. And as Apple does let you locate your home directory anywhere you want, I think that is where you find your solution.

A.