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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
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3 years ago
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And the exact command you’re entering please. Also a screenshot showing the contents of the external drive in Finder with the path bar visible at the bottom of the Finder window.
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    Bluebellflora
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    3 years ago
    @z7zax3jmeh8r

    Thanks. Is your game successfully launching from the external? The game library location in Origin is showing /Volumes/sims4drive? I’m asking these two specific questions to make sure the Mac is properly accessing the external and successfully launching the game. Sometimes people move/install the game to the external but didn’t correctly change the Origin game location so it’s still launching from the Applications folder.
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    Bluebellflora
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    3 years ago

    @z7zax3jmeh8r 

    Also, your command is wrong. You haven’t correctly copied and pasted from my guide as there is no Volumes in the file path.

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