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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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1nternetgrl
2 years ago
@Bluebellflora I've followed the instructions and everything worked until I relaunched Origin to check if it sent me the popup thingie, and it didn't😭 I changed the USB permissions to everyone can read and write and I also went into system preferences to give Origin full access of my thing, restarted my laptop and tried again and it still didn't work ☹️( I'm so sorry to hassle you with this but please help me😭😭😭
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    Bluebellflora
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    2 years ago
    @1nternetgrl

    What is the "popup thingie" and "my thing"? Please be really clear when providing info for technical issues 🙂

    Can you post a screenshot showing your Origin games library location, a screenshot of the Full Disk Access in Origin, and a screenshot of the contents of your external drive showing the game installed there.
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      1nternetgrl
      2 years ago

      @Bluebellflora


      Sorry, I meant the popup that asks for permission to access the files and "my thingie" as in my full disk access. I'll attach the screenshots below!

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        Bluebellflora
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        2 years ago
        @1nternetgrl

        Thanks. That isn't the game in the screenshot showing the contents of the external drive. That is Electronic Arts > Sims 4 folder that contains all your saves etc. Have you created the symlink for that?

        Are you getting a Download option in Origin for the game?

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