Re: Can't change install location on Mac OS Catalina
I can't find
The line we're looking for is this:
<Setting type="10" key="DownloadInPlaceDir" value="/Users/USERNAME/Applications"/>
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Hi,
I found that it wasn't listed in that order in my file, instead it was like this:
<Setting value="/Users/USERNAME/Applications"/ type="10" key="DownloadInPlaceDir"/>
When I changed this line to reflect the location on my external drive, it worked.
- @dazycrazybeauty Mine didn't have it in there either, but if you just add it in there at the bottom of the xml file it should work fine. It did for me. I also reversed a couple they "key" and the "type" so it would match the format of the rest of them. Like this:
<Setting key="DownloadInPlaceDir" type="10" value="/Volumes/EXTERNAL DRIVE/FOLDER NAME"/>
Although not sure the switch is necessary. I just did it for good measure. I tried all of this and It's still not working. I don't understand why origin hasn't fixed this yet since its clearly an issue for many
- @alleneuan Unfortunately, this did not work for me either. I tried both recommendations. If anyone figures this out, please post it!
- @Megl87 Update, I kept closing and reopening the origin local xml file int the edit text app until it looked exactly like @roakie88 did. When it was exact, I edited what needed to be edited for it to go onto my external hard drive. It ended up changing the location and working, so keep trying!
can you share what you edited it to? I'm having trouble making it work.
Thank you!
Nevermind! I figured it out!
My local.xml file was missing two lines! For anyone who is also missing it, this is what I typed!
<Setting key="DownloadInPlaceDir" type="10" value="/Volumes/easystore/Origin"/>
and the line with my MacOS username.
I can't either.
I wish origin would fix this. I would really like to be able to download games to the location I choose without having to edit code so that I can. It used to work. So why can't it again?
- I think this should be fixed already. It's annoying and Catalina was here for a while already. Not fixed even in beta. Don't say me it's hard please, there are many users on macOS who wants this fixed.
