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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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tommidani's avatar
tommidani
2 years ago

I keep getting the error message "Unable to start... The Sims 4 is already running" 

- make sure the external drive is correctly plugged in and mounted.

- check the game has permission to access the external drive.

- check Origin has access to the external drive.

hi! this is happening since this last update (15/12/23) and I wanna fix it, but how can I tell if the game/origin has access to the external drive? I know the game is located in the external drive, but not origin.

also the drive is plugged correctly 🙂

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Bluebellflora
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2 years ago
@tommidani

Game updates are not directly linked to the symlink as the game installation is completely separate to the Sims 4 folder.

System Settings/Preferences > Privacy & Security > Files & Folders
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    tommidani
    2 years ago

    ok i guess they have access, but the game still doesn't open

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      Bluebellflora
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      2 years ago
      @tommidani

      No idea. If you’re sure you successfully created the symlink maybe the best option would be to reverse it and start again.

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