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Cannot store local cache on mounted volume (Mac)

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tilusnet
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I intend to store the cached copy of my IMAP emails on an external USB drive that appears as a mounted Volume on OS X. However Thunderbird does not allow me to select a path on the external drive.

I intend to store the cached copy of my IMAP emails on an external USB drive that appears as a mounted Volume on OS X. However Thunderbird does not allow me to select a path on the external drive.

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Zenos
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And you're sure the path won't spontaneously change?

I have just tried the nearest I can on this Windows machine; I went to the Local Directory setting on account settings, and I browsed to a USB-connected external drive and I was allowed to browse to subfolders.

I didn't go so far as to select a location, but it seemed to at least expose the hdd.

How much of this tallies with your experience?

I can try this again later today on Linux, which should be closer to the OSX way of doing things.

tilusnet
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It seems to be an issue only on OS X. It does allow me to browse the contents of the mounted volume, however when I select a location it just gets ignored in the text box.

Zenos
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It works ok here on LMDE; see attached image.