Using External HD to store my library

Tony Bleything
Tony Bleything Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in Books and Courses Forum

I'm using a macbook air and it has limited disk space (120 gb).  My Verbum library is pretty significant (37GB) so I would like to store it on my external HD.  I do this for my iTunes and iPhoto by moving the libraries to the external hd and then direct the app to go to the external hd when opening.

Any idea if and how I can do this with my verbum data?

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  • JAL
    JAL Member Posts: 625 ✭✭

    Welcome to the forums Tony. Your question has been asked many times, most recently: Placing resources on an external hard drive?

    Installing Verbum/Logos libraries to external storage is not supported by Faithlife and is routinely discouraged/disparaged in the community forums.

    Search with Google using the following search string to find other examples: site:community.logos.com external

    I use a 2010 MacBook Air with a large Logos library installed to an USB attached MicoSDXC card in Windows 8 on a 25GB BootCamp partition.

    This works well for me: https://community.logos.com/forums/p/94527/657149.aspx#657149

    I also use an eight inch WinBook tablet with a small Logos library installed to a 32GB USB 3 Samsung Fit flash drive in Windows 10. This also works well.

    I do have an installation on an i7 workstation which is nice. I use the tablet and MacBook for Logos most often.

    "The Christian mind is the prerequisite of Christian thinking. And Christian thinking is the prerequisite of Christian action." - Harry Blamires, 1963

  • Tony Bleything
    Tony Bleything Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/810491#Comment_810491

    I've followed the directions, to what appears to me, exactly.  Yet I am getting an error message (see the terminal screen).  Each time I try to open verbum, my computer creates a new folder on my HD instead of going to the new folder on my External HD. 

  • Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)
    Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :) MVP Posts: 23,165
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/831420#Comment_831420

    Tony Bleything said:

    I've followed the directions, to what appears to me, exactly.  Yet I am getting an error message (see the terminal screen).

    Welcome [:D]

    Noticed symbolic link command is missing spaces to delimit option and separate parameters, which results in illegal option error instead of creating symbolic link.

    My personal MacBook Air variant of using fast USB storage is placing my Resources folder on USB, which leaves all application database files on internal storage.  My Resources folder is four times larger than available internal free space.  Hence, my Logos application has 20% of storage internally and 80% externally with minimal risk of USB interface issues.

    My external volume xLogos has three folders with files in the Resources folder:

    Data/ResourceManager/Resources

    With Logos application closed and indexer not running, had moved Resources folder from internal storage to USB

    Used a terminal window to navigate to ResourceManager folder on internal storage:

    cd ~/Library/"Application Support"/Data/*/ResourceManager

    ls -l Res*

    * Verify Resources folder did not exist

    ln -s /Volumes/xLogos/Data/ResourceManager/Resources

    ls -l Res*

    * Verify symbolic link: Resources -> /Volumes/xLogos/Data/ResourceManager/Resources

    Added Relocate your Resources folder to Logos Wiki with reference to this thread.

    Keep Smiling [:)]

  • Andy Rhodes
    Andy Rhodes Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/831507#Comment_831507

    I want to copy everything to the external hard drive. But I get this error after running the "ls" command in terminal.

    ln: illegal option --/

    then some choices below. 

    I made sure all the spelling was correct. The old folder was Logos4. I moved it to my external hard drive, My Passport for Mac. Iy new folder is called Logos8

    Andy Rhodes

  • Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)
    Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :) MVP Posts: 23,165
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1121713#Comment_1121713

    Andy Rhodes said:

    I want to copy everything to the external hard drive.

    Welcome [:D]

    Curious about rationale for placing everything on an external hard drive ?

    Logos (& Verbum) are resource intensive applications that have indexing performance improvements for Solid State Disk (SSD). Older hard disk technology notably reduces responsiveness. Logos Help Center (LHC) includes:

    Many months ago experienced a number of Logos crashes while using USB external SSD for Resources folder, which happened with newer macOS showing external SSD volume had disconnected (surprise). Hence, concur with Faithlife about USB lacking reliability for application use.

    Andy Rhodes said:

    But I get this error after running the "ls" command in terminal.

    Logos Wiki Using the Forums includes: 

    Keep Smiling [:)]

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