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Hi, I tried to move Motion Templates folder to an external drive with symlink (using terminal) but when I start FCPX the Motion Templates creates second folder so there are to same folder and it doesn't work. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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renamed folder to "Motion Templates.localized" it worked
Here is how I did it.
1) Draged the Motion Templates folder to an external hard drive
2) Deleted the original folder from Movies folder
3) Open Terminal
4) Type cd ~/Movie and press enter
5) Type ln -s ending with a SPACE but do NOT press enter
6) Drag the Motion Templates folder from the external drive onto the Terminal window.
Do NOT press enter yet
7) Type and press enter.
the command may look like this:
ln -s /Volumes/ExternalDriveName/Motion\ Templates.localized
Here is how I did it.
1) Draged the Motion Templates folder to an external hard drive
2) Deleted the original folder from Movies folder
3) Open Terminal
4) Type cd ~/Movie and press enter
5) Type ln -s ending with a SPACE but do NOT press enter
6) Drag the Motion Templates folder from the external drive onto the Terminal window.
Do NOT press enter yet
7) Type and press enter.
the command may look like this:
ln -s /Volumes/ExternalDriveName/Motion\ Templates.localized
There is a crucial argument missing. It should be like this
ln -s Motion\ Templates.localized /Volumes/ExternalDriveName/Motion\ Templates.localized
Still, I cannot try this to see if works, at least for a while.
what to type in number 7 something is lacking
Sorry, the correct version would be of the form below (in an earlier post I had written it incorrectly, but the OP seems to have understood what I meant) This is the right way:
ln -s /Volumes/ExternalDriveName/Motion\ Templates.localized Motion\ Templates.localized
thanks Luis yes for me it worked
Moving Motion Templates folder to an external drive? (Catalina)
