Install on external usb stuck at 49% preparing

Question

I play on a Mac via external hard drive. My EA folder is on a separate usb I use and has all my saves, mods, tray files etc on there.

Since the update I have had to buy another usb as I had little storage left on my Mac and my current usb has about 64GB left and I need at least 85GB.

Long story short I have tried time and time again to install the sims 4 app onto my usb and its always stays at 49%. I uninstall, change where the download goes and have tried two separate usb's. It just never seems to go past the preparing part and never goes past 50%.

Have I gone out and bought the wrong usb's? What could be the issue here?

bluebellflora · Answer

@SimSimmaGirl

Reformat the external drive in Disk Utility to APFS (make sure to use a different name for the drive), change the installation location in EA App to the reformatted drive and try to download again. Reformatting will wipe all data from the drive so backup anything important you may have on it.

Disk Utility https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/disk-utility/welcome/mac

deardiaryts4 · Answer

Thank you for the speedy response.I'll try this tonight and reply with an update.&nbsp;

bullworth_queen · Answer

@Bluebellflora this will do absolutely nothing other than waste hours/days/weeks of your time maybe.... who knows??
I already know this because my settings were formatted to these initially before my first download (including game download location) and just like thousands of angry gamers worldwide i cant access the game i paid for because EA has FORCED ME to upgrade to some app that I DID'T ASK FOR!! everything worked perfectly in Origin for almost 5 years... now i cant even START DOWNLOADING the goddamn game (11 days + counting)
the problem is the EA APP and nothing else... what a goddamn joke

bluebellflora · Answer

@Bullworth_Queen  What access does EA App and TS4 have in System Settings &gt; Privacy &amp; Security on your Mac and what is the installation location of both?

elisemc90 · Answer

I agree I am furious I JUST WANT TO PLAY FOR WHAT I PAID FOR

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