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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's avatar
Bluebellflora
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8 months ago

@SimSimmaGirl 

First screenshot - looks like the base game app cannot be found or launched by the OS. Why is it in an Electronic Arts folder and what is the exact location of that folder?

Second screenshot - what is the exact location of this symlink? The full file path please.

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DearDiaryTS4
Rising Novice
8 months ago
@Bluebellflora Hello, the BG has been downloaded onto an external hard drive. If im honest im not sure why it is in the EA app folder. I am currently able to launch the game and everything seems to be working fine.

However re-creating the symlink is the issue... I have responded on more detail regarding that. Id also like to thank you for your help thus far! Much, much appreciated 🙂

The previous symlink I had was reversed as my game was not launching. But it was on my external hard drive.

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