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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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8 days ago
alyssaswan14  wrote:

but i of course have the electronic arts folder on my documents on my laptop with the folder with the little arrow

Do you mean you created a symlink to store the Electronic Arts/The Sims 4 folder on an external drive?

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alyssaswan14
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8 days ago

yes i do mean that!

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    Bluebellflora
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    8 days ago

    alyssaswan14 Ok.  If a new Electronic Arts/ The Sims 4 folder is being created when you launch the game it means the symlink is broken. Can you post a screenshot showing the symlink Electronic Arts folder in the Documents folder please.

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      alyssaswan14
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      8 days ago

       

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        8 days ago

        alyssaswan14 Great. If you double click on that folder to open it where does it take you? Please post a screenshot. And then open the folder and please post a screenshot of the contents.

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