diff --git a/Change-model-locations-i.e.-external-disk,-shared-location-etc..md b/Change-model-locations-i.e.-external-disk,-shared-location-etc..md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..edb09a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Change-model-locations-i.e.-external-disk,-shared-location-etc..md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Sometimes it might be useful to move your models to another location. Reasons for this could be: +- Main disk has low disk space +- You are using models in multiple tools and don't want to store them twice + +The default model folder is `stable-diffusion-webui/models` + +## macOS Finder +- Open in Finder two windows e.g. `stable-diffusion-webui/models/Stable-diffusion` and the folder where your models are located. +- Press option ⌥ + command ⌘ while dragging your model from the model folder to the target folder +- This will make an alias instead of moving the models + +## Command line +- Let's assume your model `openjourney-v4.ckpt` is stored in `~/ai/models/` +- Now we make a symbolic link (i.e. alias) to this model +- Open your terminal and navigate to your Stable Diffusion model folder e.g. `cd ~/stable-diffusion-webui/models/Stable-diffusion` +- Make a symbolic link to your model with `ln -sf ~/ai/models/openjourney-v4.ckpt` \ No newline at end of file