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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 EA App and there is no need to use a symlink for this. As ...
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stunnamamii's avatar
stunnamamii
2 years 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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2 years 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
    2 years 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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      2 years 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?
      • stunnamamii's avatar
        stunnamamii
        2 years ago

        Yes I think so ! When I did the process of transferring my sims data onto the hard drive I was able to move the electronic arts file onto the USB folder through a command you had on the website. It’s just that my sims game won’t launch and I have no clue what to do to fix that … any suggestions would be really helpful!! Thank youuu 🤞🏻

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