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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 and there is no need to use a symlink for this. As ...
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Chan_Chan2597's avatar
Chan_Chan2597
4 years ago

@Bluebellflora 

I was able to figure it out. I must have been having issues with spacing. All I did was copy it directly from the instructions and use the name is the hard drive where USB is. It’s working perfectly now. 

Thank you so much for your patience and expertise, I really appreciate it!

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Bluebellflora
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4 years ago
@Chan_Chan2597

Great! Spaces are one of the most common problems which is why I recommend to copy/paste the command - I know it works 100% because I tested it myself 🙂 substituting the L for an I is also very common.

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