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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 Origin/EA App. As internal storage gets smaller we're forced ...
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lima13bean
Seasoned Rookie
10 months ago

Hey sorry to bug you again, 

Earlier this year you helped me put my Sims 4 on an external hard drive (and I am eternally grateful 🙏). But now it's having troubleshooting problems, saying "Unable to start: the Sims 4 is already running". Do you have any advice? I'm kinda afraid to mess up the symlink and everything. 

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    lima13bean
    Seasoned Rookie
    10 months ago
    @Bluebellflora Hey so I did did everything it says to on the guide under "Unable to start... The Sims 4 is already running" but I am still getting the error. I checked and double-checked that everything has permission and is mounted properly but I've been having no luck. Is there anything else I could do maybe?

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