Hey folks! Is it possible to change the default local directory where all Anytype data files are stored (MacOS)? This is where the data is currently stored: /Users/exampleuser/Library/Application Support/anytype2

[image] Ayash4444: It should be a folder/space that you can put anywhere, even on a External SSD/HDD and open with Anytype. Similar to vscode. It will function exactly like that (on desktop at least). [image] Ayash4444: Especially for users who never want to sync to Anytype (which is a c…

Have a look here: https://community.anytype.io/t/-/994 There is a ‘workaround’ for windows, is think this would be also work under MacOS, i think you must make here a ‘hard link’

Hey @Ayash4444 , what do you mean it’s not closed?

It should be a folder/space that you can put anywhere, even on a External SSD/HDD and open with Anytype. Similar to vscode. Especially for users who never want to sync to Anytype (which is a coming feature), this makes a lot of sense. Even Anytype reopened this on March 4 because surely the sugges…

Thank you so much for the quick and clear response. I have applied the Local-only mode. It is still not clear to me however how do you apply the custom storage location? From what you shared it shows the accepted solution as This feature is currently in experimental state, we did not test it tho…

[image] Ayash4444: –user-data-dir=“D:\Anytype”` to the shorcut you are using to run the app. As mentioned by me in the other topic, that was a workaround from before we had this feature implemented. You will be able to choose the folder you want directly through the app. [image] Ayash444…

Thank you again for your reply. Where is the documentation on how to change directories or open a specific folder with Anytype? As that should be marked as the solution to this. And is there a feature request to have it work on mobile as well or should I post one?

Since this hasn’t been implemented yet, there is no documentation, but you will be able to find it here . You can create a feature request for mobile, if you wish.

@Ayash4444 re: your DM: Because it was not a bug, just an iterative feature. It’s now been better optimized. You need to allocate your storage location from the startup screen when setting up the Vault (fka Account). Our developers are currently working on a way to let you change the storage locati…

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Filip April 19, 2024, 4:40pm 10

It will function exactly like that (on desktop at least).

If you are thinking of local-only mode, then that was released a couple of months ago.

This topic was closed, and then re-opened because of a completely different reason. We were doing some forum maintenance.

This is the FR for custom storage location by the way: