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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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Bluebellflora's avatar
Bluebellflora
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3 years ago
@KingFlashGrant

Have you opened your game since moving the folder? It is recreated every time you launch the game if there isn't a folder already there.

If it's empty then trash it and do Step 2.

If it's not empty then save any data you want to keep and move it to another location then do step 2 IF the folder containing the data you want your game to load is on the external drive.

I'm not sure there is any further help I can give you now. Follow the steps properly and you'll be fine.
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KingFlashGrant
3 years ago

Should I keep trying or give up

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    Bluebellflora
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    3 years ago
    @KingFlashGrant

    It’s up to you. You have all the instructions you need, I’ve explained in my previous post what you need to do if there is an Electronic Arts folder in the Documents folder.
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    KingFlashGrant
    3 years ago

    Last question and I will leave you alone when I put in my  first command there should be no EA folder in documents 

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