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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

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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      stunnamamii
      9 months 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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        Bluebellflora
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        9 months ago
        @stunnamamii

        The game installation via Origin/EA App is nothing to do with your user data folder and creating a symlink.

        I've merged your posts into the symlink thread.

        Trash that white file on the external drive as it is a broken symlink and start again. The symlinked Electronic Arts folder should be in your local Documents folder, not on the external drive. Your Electronic Arts folder containing your Sims 4 folder (your user data) should be on the external and then you create a symlink to it in the Documents folder. Looks like you have done it the wrong way round.

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