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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

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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Bluebellflora
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2 years ago

@DrixDrizz

Trash the localthumbcache.package file and rename your Mods folder to something else, like Mods2 or similar. Then try to load the game.

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    DrixDrizz
    2 years ago

    I renamed the folder and it still stop loading & tell me not responding once the plumbob stop spinning it disappears 

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      Bluebellflora
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      2 years ago
      @DrixDrizz

      It doesn’t look like the symlink has been created, there is no arrow in the corner of the Electronic Arts folder but there is on another folder called ?….

      Navigate to the local Sims 4 folder, open it, click on the arrow next to the saves folder and please post a screenshot.
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        DrixDrizz
        2 years ago

        Here’s the SS of the save files 

        idk how the symlink saved like that when I thought I did each step right. 

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