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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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078280
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2 months ago

Hi so I deleted the symbolic link I think? and It wouldn't run and I  got the error message attached (sims is already running). The format of the drive is Mac OS Extended (journaled). And I want all the data to be held on the external hard drive. 

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Bluebellflora
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2 months ago

078280​ 

Merged your posts into the master symlink thread. Please see the opening post. Near the bottom are a list of reasons why you may be getting the "already running" error. Check through them then come back if you still haven't figured it out.

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