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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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8 months ago
@tommidani

Check in System Settings that the game has full access to the document folder and external volumes.

Does the symlink in your Documents folder look like a white page or a normal folder with the little arrow in the corner? If a white page trash it and redo the symlink.
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tommidani
8 months ago

@Bluebellflora 

Just redid the symlink! It worked! Thank you so much you're a godsend

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