Moving folders · Moving specific folders
Can I move my whole home folder to an external drive?
Short answer: We don't recommend it. Your home folder contains your Library — every app's settings and sign-ins — which Storage Studio never moves wholesale. Move the big folders inside your home folder instead; that frees most of the space without the risk.
We don't recommend it, and Storage Studio isn't designed to. Your home folder contains your Library — every app's settings, sign-ins and live data — which Storage Studio deliberately never moves wholesale, and your Mac would struggle to sign you in if the drive weren't there.
The better approach is to move the big folders inside your home folder: old projects, exports, media archives and large parts of Downloads, Desktop or Documents. That usually frees most of the space with none of the risk.