Changing position of iCloud Drive folder

Sorry for my english. I want to know if it's possible to change the position of iCloud Drive folder in a different volume (not startup volume).

Sorry for my english. I want to know if it's possible to change the position of iCloud Drive folder in a different volume (not startup volume).
The iCloud Drive documents are stored in your user library in your Home folder.
~/Library/Mobile Documents
The safest way to move this folder to an external drive would be to move your complete home folder to the external drive. That would be no problem on a Desktop computer, but cumbersome on a portable Mac, where you may not always want the external drive connected. 
See:  http://macs.about.com/od/diyguidesprojects/qt/Move-Your-Home-Folder-To-A-New-Loc ation.htm 
(but ignore the adds on that page).

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