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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 ...

1 year ago

hi! im trying to move my mods and cc to an external USB to free up space on my MacBook. How do I do this in the best and easiest way lol?

Bluebellflora
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1 year ago
@sophiemw_xo

You have to create a symlink. See the opening post on page 1.

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