Where are containers stored, and can I relocate them to an external drive?

[LittleHouse75]

Hi there — I’m experimenting with Apple’s new container system on a base Mac Mini M4 (256 GB internal storage) and would like to store containers on an external 1 TB NVMe drive instead.

This seems like a common use case, but I can’t find any documentation or configuration options showing where containers are actually stored. I’d be happy using symlinks or adjusting paths manually if needed, but I’m not sure which directory to target.

Could anyone clarify:
• Where the container system stores its containers and images by default?
• Whether it’s currently possible (or advisable) to move them to another drive?

Thanks for any guidance — and for the fantastic work on this project!

[afbjorklund]

They are stored under ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.container

[LittleHouse75]

Thank you @afbjorklund ! For now, I'm just symlinking the buildkit folder therewithin to my external NVME. We'll see how it goes...