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Hero+

3 years ago

🛠️ Creating a symlink in macOS to store the Sims 4 folder on an external drive

➡️ This is not to be confused with installing the actual Sims 4 game on an external drive. The game installation location is determined in EA App and there is no need to use a symlink for this. As ...

4 years ago

@Bluebellflora Hi, i understand that this post is from a couple years ago but i am having the same problem as the original user. I do not want to pay for more iCloud storage just because Sims 4 is taking up so much.
I looked at the link you attached and i was wondering if there is any other way to change the location without having to store The sims 4 in an external drive or in iCloud?
Thank you.

Bluebellflora

Hero+

4 years ago

@carowave1

No unfortunately not if your internal storage is getting full. You can create the symlink for any location though, it’s just a matter of getting the file path correct.

sunnygrl83
4 years ago
I am having the same problem as the original poster. I tried following the Windows instructions and it said there was a syntax error. Any ideas?
- Bluebellflora
  Hero+
  4 years ago
  @sunnygrl83
  
  This is the Mac forum. Windows forum is here https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/bd-p/The-Sims-4
  - wandermel
    Newcomer
    3 months ago
    Bluebellflora Hello, Im currently trying to make it so my game puts my saves in google drive so i can access my most recently updated saves from multiple devices. I'm trying to follow instructions with the path to google drive but terminal is responding "operation not permitted" and "permission denied." I literally just got this laptop so there's no other admin, and there aren't any popups asking for my permission. Is it a lost cause cause google drive is different or something? im doing "mv ~/Documents/Electronic\ Arts /Volumes/GoogleDrive-myemailatgmaildotcom/" (thats the name my computer gave me when copying it's pathname in finder)