2 x SIM 4 games on macbook pro - they can view/delete others content/items!?!
Help...... I've bought two games for my daughters and they can see and delete each others stuff. How do I stop/restrict this.
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@ISKC2009
That's really helpful 🙂 It seems like they are using the same Sims 4 folder where the saves and other user data are stored. This is located in Users > [User] > Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sim 4. Do they share an iCloud account and have iCloud Drive enabled on both Mac user accounts? That would account for the same Sims 4 folder being used on both accounts.
That's really helpful 🙂 It seems like they are using the same Sims 4 folder where the saves and other user data are stored. This is located in Users > [User] > Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sim 4. Do they share an iCloud account and have iCloud Drive enabled on both Mac user accounts? That would account for the same Sims 4 folder being used on both accounts.
Do they share an iCloud account and have iCloud Drive enabled on both Mac user accounts? That would account for the same Sims 4 folder being used on both accounts.
I've definitely not set them up their own iCloud accounts as they're still only young. I don't even think I have one iCloud Drive on my Mac, unless it will be my one?? Where would I find this out, and how can I sort it out so they have their own SIMs 4 folders.
Sorry I can imagine you might be rolling your eyes right now 😂
- @ISKC2009
lol! You can check in System Preferences > iCloud, see if iCloud Drive is enabled to store your Documents folder in the cloud. Make sure to check on all the accounts. I dont have icloud drive active, as I already use Amazon for photos etc.
It says when looking at the option for upgrading to iCloud, that after upgrading - documents in icloud will only be available on devices with yosemote or iOS 8.
I dont have an iPhone, nor does anyone else in the family.
Is there another way of having two libraries or do I have to do it using iCloud Drive.
Ok. We can check where their saves are coming from. You'll need to do this in both of their Mac user accounts:
Launch the game and click on load game then hover over one of the households to see the file path:
Try and use the same saved game to check in each account.
Just had a thought, I wonder if they are uploading their sims to the gallery and downloading them into each of their games?
When doing load game the same families are in each of their games.
I've attached it.
Those screenshots are from their separate Mac user account logins on your Mac? Or from your user account? It's only showing one user account.
Let's do a search of your whole Mac, including all user accounts, for The Sims 4 and see what comes up - Open Terminal (Applications > Utilitites) and copy and paste the following command then hit Enter/Return:
find / -type d -name "*The Sims 4*" 2>/dev/null
It may take a while as it is looking everywhere. Once it has returned all the results please copy and paste them here. Feel free to change the usernames of the Mac user accounts if you don't want them showing but please keep them consistent 🙂
Document attached - name changed to mickey mouse.
- @ISKC2009
Thanks. Unfortunately it hasn't picked up results from the other user accounts (I think I probably have my permissions set up differently). Do the same on their accounts. This is what you're looking for:
/Users/mickeymouse/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4
That is where the game stores the saves and other user data too. You seem to be running Legacy Edition so the game will instead store the data here:
/Users/mickeymouse/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4 Legacy Edition
but in their own user accounts. If you don't get returned results then maybe they are using yours?
