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Bluebellflora
4 years agoHero+
@TriniJanee
Is the Electronic Arts folder in your Documents folder showing as an alias? Or is it showing as a normal folder? (Step 2, No. 3 here https://bluebellflora.com/saving-your-sims-4-folder-to-an-external-drive/ )
Is the Electronic Arts folder in your Documents folder showing as an alias? Or is it showing as a normal folder? (Step 2, No. 3 here https://bluebellflora.com/saving-your-sims-4-folder-to-an-external-drive/ )
TriniJanee
4 years agoNew Novice
@Bluebellflora Shows up as an alias
- Bluebellflora4 years agoHero+@TriniJanee
And are there save files in it? Something has gone awry in the command not only because your saves aren't loading but also because the message you're getting back from Terminal is telling you it doesn't exist.
Can you post a screenshot of the alias showing the file path in the bottom of the Finder window and also the folder you moved to the external, again showing the file path? And a copy/paste of the Terminal commands you used.- TriniJanee4 years agoNew Novice
Yes, when I click on the alias files it does brig me to the External drive and shows all my save files, mods, etc.
Terminal command used to create symlink were:
mv ~/Documents/Electronic\ Arts /Volumes/JJ/
ln -s /Volumes/JJ/Electronic\ Arts ~/Documents/
- Bluebellflora4 years agoHero+@TriniJanee
Bigger pics would help 🙂 but from what you've posted it looks like you have iCloud Drive enabled and storing your Docs folder. The symlink is for the Documents folder directly on the Mac, not stored in iCloud Drive. See this master thread - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/READ-FIRST-Saves-CC-Mods-or-Library-items-disappeared/td-p/10242133
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