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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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7 months ago
@ScarlettRhett

But if you have no internal storage available how can you copy the Mods folder over from the external drive? There won't be any space for it. You should really just create the symlink and store the whole Electronic Arts folder on a good quality fast drive.
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ScarlettRhett
7 months ago

@Bluebellflora 

Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely going to create symlink later, I just don't have the time right now and don't want to rush it and accidentally make a mistake that messes up my game haha.

I just couldn't use my mac at all since it was so full so I was trying to clear up storage so I could use it to essentially clear up storage for the game 🙂 

It seems like I've regained "control" of my computer so I can transfer some files around, but it's good to know that I could potentially just copy paste that folder if need be

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