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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
@pylest01

You should reverse the symlink on the old computer (best practice) then redo it on the new Mac. Yes, you should only need to do step 2 if there isn't already an Electronic Arts/TS4 folder the new machine.
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pylest01
2 years ago

Awesome! I did that and didn’t open the game until I created the symlink. Worked perfectly. I did not want to reverse the symlink, bc I would like the option to still play on my MacBook if traveling or something like that. 

Is that ok to do?

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    Bluebellflora
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    2 years ago
    @pylest01

    Yes but I would make sure the drive is plugged into the MacBook before you start up the machine. The OS will mount it and see the symlink straight away.
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      pylest01
      2 years ago

      Thanks for that info! I didn’t know that would happen, so thank you for telling me. 

      Your tutorial is the easiest one out there, and thanks for all that you do!

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