2

I am trying to copy files to an external HD on macOS Sequoia

The remote server (WebDAV) mounted via Finder -> Go -> Connect

The problem is that using sync, the local Machintosh HD runs out of space during the copy.

  • I tried to avoid caching or setting tmp folders to the external HD, but whatever I do, the space available on the local HD keeps going down during the copy.
  • The local HD went from 20GB free to 0.5GB during the file transfer, till all stopped because of it.

This is an example of the rsync command I use and my shell is zsh:

rsync -hvrPt --temp-dir=/Volumes/USB_DRIVE/tmp --max-size=1000M --no-partial /Volumes/dgk.data.uu.nl/research-***/***/***/*.fast5 /Volumes/USB_DRIVE/fast5_pass

--temp-dir --max-size and --no-partial were used to avoid clogging my local HD during the transfer, but it didn't work.

How can I transfer 500GB from a remote server to a USB drive without using the local HD space (only 20GB free)???

Improve this question
3
  • If you have, or can get, shell access to the server, use SSH transport in rsync instead of SMB. Commented Mar 27 at 14:12
  • Maybe you can use curl. See stackoverflow.com/a/1205115/2836621 Commented Apr 2 at 23:10
  • mmm... I would prefer using rsync Commented Apr 30 at 13:42

0

Reset to default

You must log in to answer this question.

Start asking to get answers

Find the answer to your question by asking.

Ask question

Explore related questions

See similar questions with these tags.