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tillyteach_1998
6 years ago

I want to install the Sims 4 on my external hard drive

Hi,

I have a MacBook Air form 2019 as well as a powerful external hard drive. Origin is already on my hard drive, but when I want to install The Sims 4 on it, Origin just detect my internal hard drive. I tried to change the settings but the external hard drive is still not detected by Origin. I don't know what to do... Is anyone struggling like me?

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  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
    Hero+
    6 years ago

    @tillyteach_1998 

    What kind of drive is it? Do you know the connection and speed and whether it is SSD, Flash or traditional spinning HD? If you have a link that would help. It's important the connection speed is good enough for an external drive to launch the game from.

    These instructions should help you get the game on the drive:

    1. In Origin > Installs & Saves > Game Library Location click on Change Folder 
    2. In the left side click on Computer then double click on the '/' that appears next to a picture of your hard drive in the right side. You should see four folders in the right now - Applications, Library, System, Users.
    3. In the field at the bottom, where it says Directory, type in /Volume/[the name of your external] then hit Enter. For example, my external is called Backup and shows Backup when plugged in in Finder, so the file path is /Volumes/Backup.
    4. The window will disappear and reappear again but you may not see your external. That's ok, quit Origin then reopen it. You should get a Gatekeeper message popping up asking for Origin to have permission to access files on a removable volume. Just click Ok.
    5. Now repeat steps 1 to 3 and you should see the contents of your external in the window.

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