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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 ...

2 years ago

thank you for replying. im on mac.

Bluebellflora

Hero+

2 years 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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