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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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onlyjanessa1's avatar
onlyjanessa1
6 months ago

I cant figure out how to change the save folder on EA. I can change the download folder but it still default saves to old location.

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puzzlezaddict
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6 months ago

@onlyjanessa1  There is no way to specify the location of your saves or other user data within the EA App.  Moving this data needs to be done on a system level.  Does your computer run Windows or macOS?  There are guides for each, but they're quite different.

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    onlyjanessa1
    6 months ago

    thank you for replying. im on mac. 

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      Bluebellflora
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      6 months ago
      @onlyjanessa1

      Your only option is to create a symlink to store the TS4 folder in a different location. See the opening post on page 1.

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