But a small typo/application update in your post might have given you issues. etresoft has a great recommendation to just move the existing directory to your User Temporary (Tmp) directory.
Inside the Vudu directory you should create another directory called Local Store, this is your new download location.As you have done, I would use the directory/folder name Vudu.
This link works like an alias or Windows shortcut and in this instance it will make the V2G application see one location when it is actually targeting something else.
Objective: You want to change the download location for Vudu-to-Go (V2G) files on your Mac from the default location on the local HD to somewhere else like an external drive. So, don't be shocked if this isn't all accomplished in one or two slick Terminal commands, because for most people that can be too much and again I want this to apply to as many people as possible - I will only use Terminal where it makes sense. I will also try to combine both the use of Terminal (which can be intimidating) and normal OS functions to make this work for a broad audience AND I will explain a little about what the Terminal commands are doing to help illustrate where others might be having problems. But in case you haven't or others want to know, here it goes. These commands will work, but there were some small typos/application changes from your original post that caused problems (maybe you have overcome these). If anyone could give some advice on this that would be awesome! Sorry if I've posted this to the wrong forum, in which case you could direct me to the correct one, but I wanted this to go somewhere where people with the knowledge to answer would read.Įtresoft did a great job giving the direction.
I've tried:īut I don't think it worked because I tried downloading another movie and it is going into the old folder.
So my question is, if I want to redirect the download location of these movies to this external drive from where they currently download to what must I do? On my drives list, this external drive is named simply "Transcend" and I've created a folder there called "Vudu" that I want them to download to. I've read somewhere a guy said you could change it in Windows with a symbolic link using a mklink command. I want them to download on a Transcend drive I have in the SD card slot (used for extra storage). They download to the \Users\username\Library\Preferences\\Local Store\ (do i put a space in between Local and Store if there is a space in the actual folder name or does the terminal not accept that? and also do I space my username if it is my first and last name with a space in between or do it as one word?) Ok so I've got this Vudu To Go app (for cloud storage movies I can download and stream) and I know where they download to which is a problem for most people.