diff --git a/Setting-Up-Storage.md b/Setting-Up-Storage.md
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--- a/Setting-Up-Storage.md
+++ b/Setting-Up-Storage.md
@@ -188,7 +188,11 @@ region = us-east-1
 See here for full instructions: https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_mount/
 
 ```bash
-# run this long-running command to mount the remote volume containing data/archive
+# transfer any existing data to the remote mount
+rclone sync --fast-list --transfers 20 --progress /opt/archivebox/data/archive archivebox-s3:/data/archive
+
+# then run this to mount the remote volume as local FUSE filesystem
+mv /opt/archivebox/data/archive /opt/archivebox/data/archive.localbackup
 rclone mount --allow-other --uid 911 --gid 911 \
              --vfs-cache-mode=full --transfers=16 --checkers=4 \
              archivebox-s3/data/archive:/opt/archivebox/data/archive