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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 EA App and there is no need to use a symlink for this. As ...
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puzzlezaddict
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12 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
12 months ago

thank you for replying. im on mac. 

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    Bluebellflora
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    11 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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