1. How to change the AirDrop destination folder on Mac If you’re a big user of the AirDrop feature on iOS and macOS, you probably know that when sending files from a mobile device to your Mac, the files are automatically saved to your computer’s Downloads folder.
2. Open the “Safari” web browser on the Mac if you have not done so already Pull down the “Safari” menu and choose “Preferences” Go to the “General” tab and then look for the “File Download Location” section and click on the Downloads dropdown menu Choose “Other” to change the downloads destination in Safari.
3. Follow these steps to move your Downloads folder on Mac OS to another location: 1. Create New Downloads Folder Go to the location where you want your new Downloads folder to be and create a folder named “Downloads“.

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Since the Downloads folder is the default download destination in Mac, you may want to know how to quickly access it. Below are some of the fastest and easiest ways to get to the folder and access your files. How to create a folder on a Mac computer Approach #1. Navigate to the desktop of your Mac.

You can easily change the Downloads folder location on Mac OS X.

Why Move Downloads Folder?

There may be different reasons why people want to move their Downloads folder location.

These days many of the Apple Macs come with solid state drives (SSD) which are not as large in volume/capacity as the hard disk drives (HDD) used to be. For example, the standard Macbook Pro Retina comes with 256GB of SSD space. Some of that is used for the operating system and then you are left with very little for photos, downloads, files, apps, etc.

As a result of new Macs with smaller internal storage, you may want to move your Downloads folder to another volume such as an external drive, flash drive or SD card connected to your Mac. Yes, you can move your downloads folder permanently to another volume like this.

How To Move Mac OS Downloads Folder

Follow these steps to move your Downloads folder on Mac OS to another location:

1. Create New Downloads Folder

Go to the location where you want your new Downloads folder to be and create a folder named “Downloads“.

For example, I have an external drive plugged into USB where I want the Downloads folder to be. So I find my external drive in Finder and create a new “Downloads” folder there.

2. Copy Existing Downloads Over

If you want to keep your existing downloads, you’ll need to copy it over.

Simply use the Finder app to drag and drop the contents of the existing Downloads folder to the new Downloads folder.

3. Delete Old/Default Downloads Folder

In order to create a symbolic link in step 4 below, you’ll need to delete the old/default Downloads folder in Mac OS. It may not be possible to delete the old/default Downloads folder in Finder directly due to permissions on the folder so you’re better off doing it in the Terminal using sudo command.

Open the Terminal app and type the following command followed by your password for your account:

Note that this deletes your old/default Downloads folder with all it’s contents.

4. Create Symbolic Link

Next you’ll create a symbolic link from the default Downloads folder in Mac OS to the new one in the other location.

Open the Terminal and type the following command:

Note that command creates a link (ln command) between a target and source directory. The -sparameter creates a symbolic link.

Be sure to change /Volumes/My Passport 1/Downloads/with the absolute path to your new Downloads folder you created in the new location. In my case, Mac OS gave my external drive the path /Volumes/My Passport 1/and then I add the /Downloads/part to the path in the command. The backslashes in the path is simply to escape the spaces in the folder name of the external drive.

If you’re not sure what the path to the new location is and you’re using either an internal or external storage, you can use the Disk Utility app in Mac OS to determine the mount point.

Mac OS Downloads Folder Moved!

That’s it, you’re all done moving your Mac OS Downloads folder.

The symbolic link you created in step 4 will ensure that any applications putting downloads in the old location ~/Downloadswill go to the new Downloads folder in the new location so that you don’t have to go and edit the Downloads folder in individual applications.

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The 'default directory' is the directory into which Vuze will automatically place the downloaded data files when a new torrent is opened.

By default, Vuze generates the value for the default directory option at initial setup. The value will be the subdirectory 'Vuze Downloads' placed into your OS user profile home directory.

• In Windows Vista and 7 that usually corresponds to C:Users<YourUsername>DocumentsVuze Downloads
• In Windows XP it usually corresponds to C:Documents and Settings<YourUsername>My documentsVuze Downloads
• Note: leaving that directory inside your Windows user profile may lead into a growing Windows user profile, and that may cause trouble especially in a corporate environment. Consider manually creating a new directory outside your user profile, e.g. C:VuzeDownloads.

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However, if you have downloaded nothing yet or the default settings have got deleted for some other reason, and the setting is now empty, it may cause trouble for you in certain circumstances.

As the Web UI (Swing or HTML) opens torrents remotely, this configuration value must be specified in order for the 'server' side to be able to open the torrent.

• Go to Tools -> Options -> Files and set the 'Default directory' option.
• Also check the option 'Automatically download to default directory'

• set 'Use default data dir' true bool
• set 'Default save path' '/path/to/use' string

Read the Azureus FAQ

Change Download Folder On My Mac