@devgriff98 wrote:
Origin will now let me play, I thought there may possibly be a delay between origin recognising the drive as it was initially coming up with download.
Yep, that is exactly right. It's always better to open a Finder window and let the OS load the files and folders on the drive before opening Origin, even if the drive is never unplugged.
Yes, you always need Origin to run the game. It will have opened before when you double clicked on the game app and then automatically minimised.
The only benefit of having the game on an external drive is storage space on your Mac. It's still using the same CPU and GPU to run the game. What are the connections on the external drive and your Mac? Are you using an adapter on either connection? Are you using an SSD/Flash drive or old style spinning HDD?
