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Title: Storing blockchain in folder other than /Users/user/Library/Application Support Post by: akahanky on July 17, 2013, 05:23:07 PM I have recently downloaded Bitcoin-Qt.app for Mac and subsequently the blockchain. My startup disk is not very large and I would rather store the blockchain on another internal drive in my computer.
I have not been successful in doing so yet though after having read about using symbolic links and configuration files and datadir=<path> flags. Using any of the mentioned methods has only led to Bitcoin-Qt either recreating the Bitcoin folder in Application Support or not syncing at all. I have not found any solid help for Mac users (most of the help that I found involved people who are running Linux or Windows and explain how to do it for their OS and state that "it will be very similar for Mac"). Anyone out there who can point me to some useful info or tell me what I should be doing? Thanks. Title: Re: Storing blockchain in folder other than /Users/user/Library/Application Support Post by: akahanky on July 22, 2013, 10:34:28 PM bump
Title: Re: Storing blockchain in folder other than /Users/user/Library/Application Support Post by: worldlybedouin on July 23, 2013, 11:08:33 PM I'm not sure how it's done on a Mac, but here's how it works on a Windows machine.
Typically it's all stored under C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin However, my C: is a small SSD and the databases from BTC and LTC were filling it up fast! So I learned there is a command line paramter (-datadir=) which allows you to redirect the folder to a new location...so I created a short cut like this: Code: bitcoin-qt.exe -datadir=F:\BitcoinData The -datadir= optoin on the executable allows it to store the block chain data there. I'm guessing the same command line argument exists for Mac as it does for Linux/Windows clients. The above still leaves my wallet.dat on my C: drive but the blockchain database stuff is all on my F: drive instead. Hope this helps. Title: Re: Storing blockchain in folder other than /Users/user/Library/Application Support Post by: zvs on July 24, 2013, 02:58:12 AM I'm not sure how it's done on a Mac, but here's how it works on a Windows machine. Typically it's all stored under C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin However, my C: is a small SSD and the databases from BTC and LTC were filling it up fast! So I learned there is a command line paramter (-datadir=) which allows you to redirect the folder to a new location...so I created a short cut like this: Code: bitcoin-qt.exe -datadir=F:\BitcoinData The -datadir= optoin on the executable allows it to store the block chain data there. I'm guessing the same command line argument exists for Mac as it does for Linux/Windows clients. The above still leaves my wallet.dat on my C: drive but the blockchain database stuff is all on my F: drive instead. Hope this helps. yeah, in /users/xxx/AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin in the bitcoin.conf file datadir=X:\Blah the only file in my appdata/roaming/bitcoin is my bitcoin.conf file the wallet.dat and everything else goes into whatever the datadir is bitcoin-qt might be different, I only use bitcoind Title: Re: Storing blockchain in folder other than /Users/user/Library/Application Support Post by: DannyHamilton on July 24, 2013, 03:22:31 AM OP states:
- snip - I have not found any solid help for Mac users (most of the help that I found involved people who are running Linux or Windows and explain how to do it for their OS and state that "it will be very similar for Mac"). - snip - Receives 2 responses: I'm not sure how it's done on a Mac, but here's how it works on a Windows machine. - snip - - snip - yeah, in /users/xxx/AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin - snip - bitcoin-qt might be different, I only use bitcoind LOL :-\ Title: Re: Storing blockchain in folder other than /Users/user/Library/Application Support Post by: toffoo on July 24, 2013, 03:52:22 AM Maybe try entering something like this at the Terminal prompt:
Code: /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt -datadir=/full/path/you/want/ and let us know if that works for you. The bitcoin wiki mentions that you can set command-line options with a bitcoin.conf file, but not the -datadir option (because the bitcoin.conf file needs to be in the datadir directory), so you need to do this one as a command-line option. Running GUI executables with command-line options on Mac is not exactly straightforward, but see if this command works. Title: Re: Storing blockchain in folder other than /Users/user/Library/Application Support Post by: timwizard on July 24, 2013, 08:01:42 PM I'd use the ln command. Something like
ln -s /where/you/want ~/Users/user/Library/Application Support/Whereeveritusuallyputsit |