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2 years ago

Broken Packs After Switching To External Drive

I have a MacBook Pro that was running low on storage and I had a Seagate drive so I transferred my game onto it. The game loads and all but everything from my packs is broken. Cas items turn my sims ...

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2garikasa2

2 years ago

It says it is Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled) does that make a difference?

Bluebellflora

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2 years ago

@2garikasa2

Yes it may do. The standard is not case-sensitive. Apple have a page here explaining the differences https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/disk-utility/dsku19ed921c/mac

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