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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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9 months ago
@stunnamamii


Are you having issues with the game installation on an external hard drive? Or creating a symlink to store the Electronic Arts folder on an external hard drive?
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stunnamamii
9 months ago

I’m having trouble with the game installation on the hard drive and getting sims to launch. I tried your steps on the website but still nothing /: in my USB file I have the electronic arts file, the sims game and the sims packs. Am I missing something ? Was I not supposed to add something to the folder ? I’m just so confused lol

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    Bluebellflora
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    9 months ago
    @stunnamamii

    What Electronic Arts file and what USB file are you referring to? You cannot place anything inside a file because it is just that, a file. Do you mean a folder? And if so, what is the exact location of this folder? And do you mean a USB drive? Please make sure to be very precise as it makes helping a lot easier and gets you back into your game quicker.
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      stunnamamii
      9 months ago

      Apologies, yes that’s what I meant. I attached a photo of what my USB folder looks like, does it look right ? I also attached a photo of the disk utility on my computer incase you needed to see that 

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        Bluebellflora
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        9 months ago
        @stunnamamii

        Thanks. So you're not referring to the game installation, you're attempting to create a symlink for the Electronic Arts folder that contains your user data in your Documents folder, is that correct?

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