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Mac Shared cache question

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Werner Fletcher
Subsidy H.R.S.
Xagenic Freymvork
#1 - 2015-12-03 20:01:13 UTC
Hi all,

I know this must have been asked a million times, so I'll ask one more time because I am a Mac noob! :)

I want to install and run EVE from an external drive, but also have the shared cache on the external. I can't seem to change the location in the launcher, it's greyed out...

Can anybody please guide me to get the whole game and cache onto an external drive? I would be forever in your debt.

Thank you very much!
Werner Fletcher
Subsidy H.R.S.
Xagenic Freymvork
#2 - 2015-12-06 19:43:59 UTC
Hello? Anybody home? P
Gustav Thiesant
Doomheim
#3 - 2015-12-07 22:34:16 UTC
I have this exact same request, but it is not possible. For some reason, the Mac cache location is not customizable. This is a problem because my 128 GB SSD is getting full, and a big chunk is the EVE cache (it was about 25 GB until I reinstalled the other day, and now it is only 2.2 GB). I'd very much like to move it to an external device (probably a USB3 memory stick).
CCP Snorlax
C C P
C C P Alliance
#4 - 2015-12-15 17:36:56 UTC
This is on my todo list for the new launcher, but I can't promise when I'll get to it.

CCP Snorlax - Software Architect - Team RnB - @CCP_Snorlax - http://ccpsnorlax.blogspot.is/
T3abag
Cutting Edge Incorporated
#5 - 2016-01-11 15:08:56 UTC
CCP Snorlax wrote:
This is on my todo list for the new launcher, but I can't promise when I'll get to it.


+my vote, this needs to happen. My work MacBook is filled up with like, work stuff, EVE needs to be completely on an external.

That said, will symlinking the shared cache directory work? In theory, I don't see why not but figured I'd ask before I bork something...
Anovanov
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#6 - 2016-01-24 14:43:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Anovanov
Bonjour à tous,

Désolé, mais absolument aucune envie de vous parler anglais.

C'est inadmissible: la version Mac est tellement fuckée que c'est pas une histoire de todo list.

J'ai longuement hésité avant de poser une grosse gueulante mais sincèrement, changer de métier ou arrêter le développement portage sur OS aux vues des conséquences pour les utilisateurs.

Le pire, c'est pas que ce ne soit pas une distribution en l'état!
Vus nécessairement les problèmes remontés à votre support et les dégâts, je parle bien de dégâts occasionnés c'est à la limite du criminel dans le sens d'intentionnalité de nuire et de malveillance.

Je suis vraiment super en colère pour les données perdues, le temps perdu, et au final voir qu'à ce point vous n'êtes ni professionnels , ni compétents, et alors que vous vous en contre foutez de votre base utilisateurs.

Il est devrait être obligatoire une grosse mention soit des seules spécifications stables sur OS soit un gros warning au moment du téléchargement.

Voilà, j'ai finis mes remontrances, mais sincèrement, il n'y pas de quoi être fier les gens de chez CCP.

Rendez public votre base tickets et les statistiques et après, on parlera de compréhension de vos usagers.

o7
CCP Snorlax
C C P
C C P Alliance
#7 - 2016-01-24 15:13:57 UTC
T3abag wrote:
CCP Snorlax wrote:
This is on my todo list for the new launcher, but I can't promise when I'll get to it.


+my vote, this needs to happen. My work MacBook is filled up with like, work stuff, EVE needs to be completely on an external.

That said, will symlinking the shared cache directory work? In theory, I don't see why not but figured I'd ask before I bork something...

I don't see any reason why symlinking wouldn't work, but I haven't tried it personally.

CCP Snorlax - Software Architect - Team RnB - @CCP_Snorlax - http://ccpsnorlax.blogspot.is/
T3abag
Cutting Edge Incorporated
#8 - 2016-02-12 16:11:56 UTC
CCP Snorlax wrote:
T3abag wrote:
CCP Snorlax wrote:
This is on my todo list for the new launcher, but I can't promise when I'll get to it.


+my vote, this needs to happen. My work MacBook is filled up with like, work stuff, EVE needs to be completely on an external.

That said, will symlinking the shared cache directory work? In theory, I don't see why not but figured I'd ask before I bork something...

I don't see any reason why symlinking wouldn't work, but I haven't tried it personally.


Open a terminal and do the following.

$ cd /Users/[your user name]/Library/Application\ Support 
$ mv EVE\ Online [destination]
$ ln -s [destination]/EVE\ Online "EVE Online"


Replace [your user name] with your user name, and [destination] with wherever you want to move the shared cache to. In my case, I put it in the Games folder of my My Book, so the mv and symlink looked like this:


$ mv EVE\ Online /Volumes/My\ Book/Games
$ ln -s /Volumes/My\ Book/Games/EVE\ Online "EVE Online"


Hope this helps folks. I don't use EVE on my work Macbook much, but I tried this out and it seems to work just fine, and i gained back a bunch of needed space.