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Bluebellflora
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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. As internal storage gets smaller we're forced to use ...
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4 years ago

@Chan_Chan2597

Is that the letter I or the letter L at the beginning? If you copied and pasted the command from my instructions it should be an L. It looks like an I to me.

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Chan_Chan2597
4 years ago

@Bluebellflora 

its an “i” , I changed it to an “L” and it says no such file or directory in terminal.

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    Bluebellflora
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    4 years ago

    @Chan_Chan2597 

    can you please copy and paste the command you’re entering here again.


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

    @Chan_Chan2597

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

    @Chan_Chan2597

    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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      Chan_Chan2597
      4 years ago

      @Bluebellflora 

      yes, the first one I put in was:

      mv ~/Documents/Electronic\ Arts /Volumes/Gaming\ Hard/

      This moved my EA folder from documents to my hard drive. Then I used this for step 2:

      ln -s /Volumes/Gaming\ Hard/Electronic\ Arts ~/Documents/

      using a L in the front. That’s where I keep getting the error message saying there’s no such directory. 

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      Chan_Chan2597
      4 years ago

      @Bluebellflora 

      Here's the results of the search:

      /Library/Application Support/Origin/LocalContent/The Sims 4

      /System/Volumes/Data/Library/Application Support/Origin/LocalContent/The Sims 4

      /System/Volumes/Data/Users/chan/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Desktop/The Sims 4

      /System/Volumes/Data/Users/chan/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4

      /System/Volumes/Data/Users/chan/Applications/The Sims 4 Packs

      /System/Volumes/Data/Users/chan/Applications/The Sims 4.app

      /System/Volumes/Data/Users/chan/Applications/The Sims 4.app/Contents/Resources/The Sims 4.app

      /System/Volumes/Data/Users/chan/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4

      /System/Volumes/Data/Users/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4

      /System/Volumes/Data/Volumes/GAMING HARD/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4

      /System/Volumes/Data/Volumes/gaming hard drive/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4

      /Users/chan/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Desktop/The Sims 4

      /Users/chan/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4

      /Users/chan/Applications/The Sims 4 Packs

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

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

      /Users/chan/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4

      /Users/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4

      /Volumes/GAMING HARD/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4

      /Volumes/gaming hard drive/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4

      chan@Chantels-MBP ~ % 

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