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How install games in other HD?

It's possible install the games in other Hard Disk? (in MacOsX).
I have CrossOver Game for MacOsX in Applications Folder, but I need to save the games in other Hard Disk.
How I make it?

Thanks

Yes. This topic has been covered multiple times by now I believe so I will now quote Ken Thomases

Ken's instructions to create a UNIX level "alias" that will basically point to your bottles on an external... I've tried it. Works great.

"It requires a small amount of work at the command line in
Terminal. Here's what you can do:

  • Quit CrossOver if it's running
  • If you have an existing set of bottles in ~/Library/Application
    Support/CrossOver, you should move that folder to your external
    drive. Otherwise, you should just create a folder named "CrossOver"
    wherever you like on your external drive. If you have an alias there
    instead, you should delete that.
  • Open Terminal
  • At the command line, type "ln -s " (that's lowercase-L, lowercase-
    N, space, dash, lowercase-S, space). Do not press the Return key yet.
  • Drag and drop the icon for the CrossOver folder from its new
    location into the Terminal window
  • Drag and drop the icon for the Application Support folder into the
    Terminal window
  • At this point, your command line should look something like this
    (all one line):

ln -s /Volumes/MyExternalDrive/Some/Folders/CrossOver /Users/
YourUserName/Library/Application\ Support/

Of course, you will have different stuff instead of
"MyExternalDrive", "Some/Folders", and "YourUserName".

  • Now, press Return. That will create the symbolic link. In the
    Finder, it will look the same as an alias to a folder.

If you now run CrossOver, it will create its support files, including
bottles, in the folder on your external drive.

We are looking into the possibility of letting you specify the
location of bottles as a preference setting in CrossOver. The
current behavior follows Apple's guidelines, but we have received
requests similar to yours. In the meantime, using symbolic links
should let you accomplish what you want."

if this is still confusing I can try to explain it more thoroughly...

hope this helps

-Dave

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