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Bluebellflora
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4 years ago

Re: No Sims 4 Folder MacBook

@fruitellaaaa

Have you launched the game through Origin yet? The Sims 4 folder is created in an Electronic Arts folder in your Documents folder after you launch the game for the first time.

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    Bluebellflora
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    4 years ago

    @fruitellaaaa 

    Please open Terminal and copy and paste the following command then hit Enter/Return:

    find ~ -type d -name "*The Sims 4*" 2>/dev/null

    After a little while it will return the results of the search. Please copy and paste the results in a post here.

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    fruitellaaaa
    4 years ago

    /Users/NAME/Applications/The Sims 4 Packs

    /Users/NAME/Applications/The Sims 4.app

    /Users/Name/Applications/The Sims 4.app/Contents/Resources/The Sims 4.app

    NAME@NAME-MacBook-Air ~ % 

    this is what it said when I copy paste that what you said. 

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    fruitellaaaa
    4 years ago

    played for a bit and I think it's the same thing as before

    /Users/NAME/Applications/The Sims 4 Packs

    /Users/NAME/Applications/The Sims 4.app

    /Users/NAME/Applications/The Sims 4.app/Contents/Resources/The Sims 4.app

    NAME@NAME-MacBook-Air ~ % 

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    4 years ago

    @fruitellaaaa 

    Yep looks the same. Did you save it?

    Launch the game and click on load game then hover over one of the households to see the file path:

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    4 years ago
    @fruitellaaaa

    Ok, they’re saving at least. Have you looked in the iCloud Drive > Documents folder? Not User > Documents. You should see iCloud Drive under iCloud in the Finder sidebar.
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    @fruitellaaaa

    Ok. Terminal is showing the correct location and the folder exists. Can you post a screenshot of the contents of your Documents folder?
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    fruitellaaaa
    4 years ago
    @Bluebellflora well I've found the sims 4 folder somewhere, but the problem is now that my mods don't work. my mods are placed in the right folder but they don't work in the game itself.
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    4 years ago
    @fruitellaaaa

    "Somewhere"? The game only looks in one place (Documents > Electronic Arts) for it and if it doesn't find it will recreate one.

    The Mods folder must be directly in the Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 folder, no sub-folder or renamed folder.

    They need to be unzipped/compressed and have the extension .package or .ts4script.

    CC/Mods should be enabled in the in-game settings.

    They must also be 100% compatible with the current patch level of the game.
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    4 years ago
    @fruitellaaaa

    Good luck then. If the Mods are correctly stored in the Mods folder the game will load them.

    If you manage to fix it please post back here with what worked so it helps others experiencing the same issue 🙂

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