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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

@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.

z7zax3jmeh8r

3 years ago

@Bluebellflora Oh thank you so much, I didn't look closely enough!

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