Move recordings to an external drive
Free space on your Mac by moving recording audio to a drive you connect. Your transcripts, summaries and meeting list stay in Recordstead.
Connect the drive
Section titled “Connect the drive”- Connect the external drive to your Mac.
- Open Settings… (⌘,) › Storage › Recordings storage. Click Choose…, or Manage… if you already have a destination.
- In Destinations, choose Add destination… › External volume….
- Give it a name, click Choose… to select a folder on the drive, then click Save.
- Select this destination to make it active for future moves.
Move a recording
Section titled “Move a recording”Right-click a meeting that still has local audio. Open Recording and choose the move command that names your drive.
Keep the drive connected until the transfer finishes. Recordstead checks the external copy before removing the local original.
Your result: the meeting stays in Recordstead and its audio lives on the drive. Keep the drive connected when you want to listen to it.
If the transfer fails
Section titled “If the transfer fails”Check that the drive is connected and has free space, then retry. A failed copy does not remove the local original. If the copy succeeded but local cleanup failed, Recordstead reports that separately; space is freed after cleanup succeeds.