This is essential if your C: drive is a small SSD and you want LM Studio to live entirely on a large HDD/SSSD.
: You can manually copy the publisher folders from the old directory to the new one. LM Studio expects a specific folder structure: ~/models/publisher/model-name/file.gguf . change lm studio download directory
: If you use multiple tools like Ollama or ComfyUI, you can point them all to a shared external drive to avoid duplicate multi-gigabyte files. This is essential if your C: drive is
If you have already downloaded models and don't want to mess with settings or re-organize files, you can use a Directory Junction (Symlink). This makes the computer think a folder is in the old location, but it actually lives on a different drive. change lm studio download directory