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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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Bluebellflora
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9 months ago
@Mya5848

Correct. It will say no file or directory because there is no folder called Electronic Arts. If you successfully created that backup there should be no problem, simply remove the _bkp from the folder name and the game should load it.
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Mya5848
Rising Novice
9 months ago

The game is loading now but its loading it from my Documents and I want it to put it back on my external drive and having it run fully from there but now its saying permission denied. I went to Privacy & Security>Files and Folder and the EA app Sims and Terminal all have access and it still won't allow me to move it.

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    Bluebellflora
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    9 months ago
    @Mya5848

    Please post a screenshot from System Settings showing the Sims 4 permissions.
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      Mya5848
      Rising Novice
      9 months ago

      Ok no problem.

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        Bluebellflora
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        9 months ago
        @Mya5848

        You need to click the arrow next to the Sims 4 to show what is enabled.

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