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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
    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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Bluebellflora
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2 years ago
@1nternetgrl

If you have problems reversing the symlink because the Electronic Arts folder is no longer there you can simply create a folder manually. The symlink is just looking for a specifically named folder, it doesn't care what is in the folder.

If Origin is still showing /Volumes/USB as the game library location you could trash the game installed locally on your Mac and hopefully you will still get the Play button in Origin which means it can see and load the game from the external.
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1nternetgrl
2 years ago

@Bluebellflora
Thank you so much omg😭 Origin has decided to install my EPs and other packs on my drive in a folder named "The Sims 4 Packs" and I have attached a ss of what it is doing. Should I be worried? Thank you so much again, I was fully ready to cry because I thought I wouldn't be able to play the sims again.

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