Box Drive: Change cache location
It would be really awesome to allow the box drive cache location to be placed somewhere other than C:\Users<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Box\Box\cache, say on on a separate volume that doesn't consume space on C: (boot / application drive). Ideally I would like to place it on my second ssd D:
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Anonymous
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adding another vote on this request to be expedited . I agree with the comment below, changing the mouth location via Registry edit is a half-baked solution. If Box can make this request happen sooner it will be a true winner, but at this moment I have to give up on Box and witch to the alternatives which allow me to share folder in my second local drive.
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Anonymous
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Wow, I cannot believe that no progress has been made with this. It's great that the folder location can be changed in Windows via Registry Edit. But without being able to change the cache folder, whats the point? Either allow your PAYING customers to adjust cache & folder or don't give anything. I hate a half working solution like this.
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Dave Hyzy
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Please accelerate this request. It is impossible to take advantage of the "Make Available Offline" function, which is critical to my use of Box Drive, and I am sure many others.
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Anonymous
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Yes please! This would be a tremendous help. We are reverting back to box sync on some machines to get around this issue.
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Anonymous
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Please help us with this case asap!!!! This is just unacceptable, that this request is open since 1,5 years.... :/ This is absolutely sad that i have to move away from box... The only option is to switch back to Box Sync, but this is also not a real option.... Please put this on highest priority!
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Anonymous
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if you are running Box Drive on Mac, you may create a symbolic link to point the cache folder to a different location.
the default cache location is : /Users/XXXXXXXX/Library/Application Support/Box/Box/cache
I did :
cd /Users/XXXXXXXX/Library/Application Support/Box/Box
mv cache/ cache_old
ln -s /Volumes/Another_Bigger_Faster_Volume/Box_Drive/ cacheit seems to be working.
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Anonymous
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Please do this asap. It's keeping our teams from being able to use the product.
What is the reason for this? It makes no sense, and it would help us if someone could explain why you made this decision.
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Brandon
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Yes please! We are in this exact same situation. Seems like quite an oversight! Please add the ability to choose the cache location. I need a large amount of data available offline, as I'm often in the field without an Internet connection, but I don't want it filling up my system drive. I have a separate internal drive on my laptop specifically for this purpose. Box Sync did this quite successfully, no issues. If we're being forced to Box Drive, it should at least include the same functionality of the program it's replacing. Otherwise your customers are losing the ability to do what they need. It's a step backwards, not forwards. Seems like such a simple fix!
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Jacki Graham
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Nope...that just changes location, NOT cache. Anyone found a way to change the CACHE location????????????
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Anonymous
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This would be incredibly helpful. As a system admin I deal with a lot of machines that have separate boot and storage drives (faster for video editing to use ALL the throughput.)
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Anonymous
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It is very easy to change the location of the local cache in Google File Stream. Box will need to implement this functionality soon if they want to stay competitive. In the meantime, I will be using Google File Stream for work that involves large data files.
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Anonymous
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I check back every 6 months or so to see if there has been any progress on this... still no. What a joke. Thanks for nothing Box team :-(
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David Fiol
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Back to Box Sync until this issue is addressed....
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Anonymous
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It is insane that this hasn't been resolved yet. I would never EVER use Box if my company didn't force the issue. Just stupid.
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Ridder Haspels
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Is there a time line on when this will be implemented? Would be great of this was possible!
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Anonymous
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I'll add my voice to this request. When I reboot my system, it becomes virtually unusable for about 5-10 minutes whilst the C: drive is at 100% use as Box resyncs itself. Having the files on the D: drive would allow the resyncing, yet the C: drive would be free to launch and run other applications without the delay..
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Anonymous
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Is this still ¨under consideration¨ ?
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randy.arseneau@gmail.com
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It's ridiculous that this can't be corrected - it's a simple, rational, absolutely logical and necessary feature. Even if it was implemented as an "at your own risk" registry hack, that would suffice.
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Anonymous
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Unbelievable that this has not been addressed yet. Why on earth is the user not allowed to change the default cache location??? As many have described here, my IT dept default partitions C to be only programs and so it is quite small. This is extremely frustrating.
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Anonymous
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Was forced off Box Sync to this stupid, stupid Drive product. Tired of waiting for a "feature" that was part of the original product. Need the files offline but NOT on my boot disk. I cannot use the product "online" as I'm in Australia and the servers are god-knows where so it's slooooow. Won't be using Box anymore. YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO YOUR CUSTOMERS.