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Anonymous
9 years ago
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how can I transfer sims 4 from my macbook to an external hard drive?

I'm running low on storage in my macbook air and I have already moved all my music and pictures off of it and onto a hard drive. It still says start up disk is full. Is there a way that I can transfe...
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  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
    8 years ago

    @SamaraAmjad

    You can install the game on an external drive but not your user data in the Sims 4 folder as the game will always look in Documents > Electronic Arts for the data.

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armaniallthat
2 years ago

will I have to redownload all my expansion packs and such or will the packs folder also be transferred to the external drive?

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Bluebellflora
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2 years ago
@armaniallthat

The packs are in the Sims 4 Packs folder which needs to be in the same location as the base game.
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    armaniallthat
    2 years ago

    so if i uninstall my game and reinstall it to the usb, will the packs folder also move to the usb? if not how do i move it to the usb?

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      Bluebellflora
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      2 years ago
      @armaniallthat

      If you are uninstalling the game the Sims 4 Packs folder will also be uninstalled. When you reinstall the game, to whichever location you have chosen in Origin, the Sims 4 Packs folder will be recreated in that location, same as the base game.
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      armaniallthat
      2 years ago

      I have all 60 dlc and it takes up the rest of my laptops storage so I put game and game packs folder onto the usb but it was taking literal hours to load so I tried moving both the game and packs folder back but my laptop is saying it only has enough space for one. so im wondering if there's a way to create a symlink for the packs folder so that ill be able to play the game and use all the dlc while having the packs folder on an external drive

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        Bluebellflora
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        2 years ago
        @armaniallthat

        No there isn't. As explained in your previous thread that your new post has been merged into, the base game and packs need to be in the same location.

        If the game took literally hours to load this is a problem with your Mac/external drive/connection or a problem with your user data Sims 4 folder, maybe too many mods.

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