Move your meeting library

You can move your meeting library to another folder, for example into OneDrive or an Obsidian vault. MeetCap copies every file and checks it, then switches to the new location.

Move the library

1. Open Settings and click General.
2. Under Meetings, click Change next to Location.
3. Choose the new folder.
4. Check what will move, then click Move.

Settings shows the progress under Location, then how many meetings it moved. If the library has no meetings yet, MeetCap switches without asking.

Move Meeting Library

The notes and transcripts of 38 meetings, along with the people MeetCap knows and the glossary, will be moved to “seacen › OneDrive › Meetings”.

Recordings stay where they are on this computer. Other files in the old folder aren’t touched.

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What moves

• The notes and transcripts of every meeting
• The people MeetCap knows, and the glossary
• The library’s settings

Recordings stay where they are on this computer. Files in the old folder that aren’t part of the library stay there too.

Schedules that record into this library follow it to the new location.

Choose the new folder

The new folder can be empty, new, or already have other files in it, such as an Obsidian vault. The library goes beside those files, and nothing is overwritten.

MeetCap doesn’t move the library if:

• The new folder already has a file or folder with the same name as one being moved. Move that item somewhere else first.
• The new folder is inside the library.
• A meeting is being recorded or processed, or its minutes are being written. Try again when it’s done.

If anything goes wrong while moving, MeetCap stops, and the library stays where it was.

Use another library instead

If the folder you choose is already a meeting library, MeetCap asks whether to use it instead. Click Use This Library to switch.

The meetings in your current library don’t move. They stay in the old folder, and the two libraries aren’t merged.

If MeetCap can’t find your library

If the library folder was moved or renamed in Finder, or its disk isn’t connected, MeetCap says it can’t find your meeting library. Click Choose folder, then choose the library in its new location.

To move the library, use Change in Settings instead of Finder. MeetCap then checks every file and updates your schedules.

From Terminal

meetcap setup --move-library ~/Documents/Meetings
meetcap setup --move-library ~/Documents/Meetings --confirm

Without --confirm, MeetCap only says how many meetings would move, how much space they take, and the old and new locations. Add --confirm to move them.

To switch to a library that already exists without moving anything, run meetcap setup --library with its folder.

For a library in OneDrive or another cloud folder, see Files in the cloud.