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twistytoes
6 years ago

Directing Sims 4 to previous game saves on Mac

I had Sims 4 running for my daughter on a Mac but with no individual user accounts, but then I re-formatted it and created individual user accounts for all family members. The Electronic arts forder, containing all the saves from games played was located in the Documents folder and I copied this off. The problem I have is that while on my user account (Admin) I have a Documents folder and when I place the Electronic Arts folder in this, the game works perfectly, remembering all the saves from previous games, on my daughter's standard (non-admin) user account, there isn't a Documents folder and although I've copied the Electronic Arts folder into her user account, the game can't seem to find it so it isn't using the information from all her previous games. How can I direct the game to "see" the Electronic Arts folder within her user account so she can get back all the work she's done in previous games?

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  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    6 years ago
    @twistytoes

    The Sims 4 folder has to be in the Documents > Electronic Arts folder. There must be a Documents folder somewhere in her user account. By default it should show in the Dock on the right side. Once you've found it you can then copy over your Sims 4 folder for her.
  • twistytoes's avatar
    twistytoes
    6 years ago

    Thank you, and you're correct, that's exactly where it has to be, as when I put it that location on my (admin) account the game works perfectly. The trouble is I'm having difficulty locating a Documents folder in any of the standard accounts. I'll keep looking - thank you🙂

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    6 years ago

    @twistytoes 

    Let's check. Open Terminal and c/p the following command and then hit Enter/Return:

    find / -type d -name "*Documents*" 2>/dev/null

    It will come up with a load of results of folders called Documents in your user account but the last few results should be the Documents folders in the other user accounts. This will verify whether she actually has one.

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