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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 ...

2 years ago

okay thank you so much! again just to make sure i wouldn’t have to redo the symlink, just uninstall my game and reinstall it on my internal drive?

Bluebellflora

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2 years ago

@andreaxvix

Please read the symlink guide. You will have to either reverse the symlink or trash it (the folder with the little arrow). The guide is comprehensive and covers how to reverse the symlink.

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