Game save files not on saves folder?
Had to wipe my Mac hard drive and now I can't find 5+ years' worth of progress saves. They should be in the saves folder in The Sims 4 folder which I have backed up on My Passport for Mac, and they a...
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These saves are on the Desktop in folders you have created. The game doesn't look there so they are being ignored:
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/gpbfurlanetto/Desktop/other/stuff/The Sims 4./saves/Slot_00000002.save
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/gpbfurlanetto/Desktop/other/stuff/The Sims 4./saves/Slot_00000001.saveIs there a way the game can access them from iCloud so they don't take up so much space
No. The game only reads your user data from the Sims 4 folder inside an Electronic Arts folder in the Documents folder:
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/gpbfurlanetto/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4If the game cannot find a Sims 4 folder it will create a new one. And if you keep moving out that newly created Sims 4 folder it will keep creating a new one each time you launch the game. It cannot read data from iCloud.
You can get a decent external drive and play from that by creating a symlink. Or you can try and free up space on your Mac and keep the data in the Documents folder.
Gotcha. But these two files you mentioned c&p'd are a couple new ones I created after everything ws wiped out. What I'm trying to understand still is if there's a way I can transfer or copy the old ones from iCloud, which is where I understand they ended up. I tried c&ping them all into the actual computer folder, but they didn't show up on the game itself. Is there a way I can run the game still using them? If so, am I just copying the ones titled "saves/Slot_00000002.save" from iCloud or...?
Yes, you c/p them from iCloud into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > saves. But if you're running out of space that won't be possible.
So I tried c/p'ing the iCloud saves folder into the computer files (I fully replaced the save folder, too), but somehow even though the files are there, they don't show up in the game. Is there anything else you can think of?
Could you post a screenshot please of your Sims 4 folder. It needs to look exactly like mine below with the file path clearly visible at the bottom of the Finder window (View > Show Path Bar if it isn't already showing) and please have the saves folder open showing the save files with their full file name visible.
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