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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 ...

Hero+

3 years ago

@caitlinrheff

Maybe reverse the symlink and start again? Something either doesn't have access permission or isn't plugged in properly.

caitlinrheff

3 years ago

I deleted the symlink and then when I got to terminal to start the process again it says permission denied?

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