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Bluebellflora
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3 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
@ZephyOhYeah

The game installation via Origin is completely separate to where the Sims 4 folder with your saves etc. is stored. If you want to store the Sims 4 folder on the external drive you can only do so by creating a symlink. See the opening post on page 1 of this thread for further explanation.
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ZephyOhYeah
2 years ago
@Bluebellflora Thanks for the response! I followed the instructions on making the symlink and everything looks the same as yours! The only issue is that there is still no The sims 4 folder. I cant install any mods to my game with no folder right? Is there any way to get it back? I deleted it previously because it wasn't working on my hard drive. Thanks!
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    Bluebellflora
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    2 years ago
    @ZephyOhYeah

    What do you mean there is no folder. If you've successfully created the symlink, and it looks like my setup in the screenshots, then you have an Electronic Arts/Sims 4 folder. You will have had the Electronic Arts/Sims 4 folder, whichever one you chose to create the symlink for, when you moved it and set up the symlink......

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