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Bluebellflora
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2 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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2 years ago

@aliciammr

The Sims 4 folder that contains your saves and other user data is a completely separate entity to the game installation location in Origin.

The only way to move the Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 folder is to create a symlink. Further explanation and links to guides in the opening post on page 1 of this thread.

If you want to move the game installation only to an external drive, that link is also in the opening post on page 1.

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aliciammr
2 years ago

I was looking at your instructions but I have a question. when using terminal..how do I find out the following info: where can I find it on my Mac.

  • My Mac user account/Home directory has full Administrator rights and is called test
  • My computer name is TouchBarMBP

thank you

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    Bluebellflora
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    2 years ago
    @aliciammr

    That’s an explanation of my setup showing why my Terminal window shows test@TouchBarMBP. It is for illustrative purposes only.

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