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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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DrixDrizz's avatar
DrixDrizz
2 years ago

Hi, I can't seem to get my symlink and mods folder on my external drive to register each other-- when I double click the symlink its telling me the original cannot be found.

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Bluebellflora
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2 years ago
@DrixDrizz

You don’t double click a symlink. A symlink is an instruction to a file path that, once created, is automatically run.
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    DrixDrizz
    2 years ago

    That’s what I meant the path way was broken. It kept saying it couldn’t complete because the original item for mods can’t be found. 

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      Bluebellflora
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      2 years ago
      @DrixDrizz

      Can you copy/paste everything from Terminal here please.
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        DrixDrizz
        2 years ago

        I ended up starting over before you replied I found your yt vid. Now I can’t get the game to pass the loading screen before it says sims 4 not responding under forced quit 

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