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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
@princesskiaaa_

No. The game installation (base game + Sims 4 Packs folder) which is downloaded from Origin is completely separate from the Sims 4 folder that contains your saves, mods etc.

The game installation does not require the symlink.

The Electronic Arts/The Sims 4 folder requires the symlink.
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princesskiaaa_
3 years ago

Okay I am going to try and wipe my hard drive and see if I can try the symlink again. I honestly just want to move my entire game Origin and all to my hard drive because sims is the only game I play on there anyway.

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