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cbollettieri
5 years ago
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MacBook makes me redownload the sims every time the hard drive is removed

So every time I eject my hard drive and then put it back in, Origin makes me redownload the sims 4 (its downloaded onto the hard drive). This is extremely annoying especially considering the wifi whe...
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  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
    5 years ago
    @cbollettieri

    If it's installed on an external drive you always have to make sure you have that drive plugged in before opening Origin too.
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Bluebellflora
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5 years ago
@cbollettieri

It shouldn't be downloading again, but rather checking the install and repairing it. This takes time and bandwidth and aways happens after you have unplugged the drive, nothing you can do to fix it as it isn't broken, it's a verification process. The only way to stop it is to either not unplug your drive or install on your internal drive.
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cbollettieri
5 years ago

That’s what it did at first, it repaired it- which I expected. But then it started downloading again. Not sure why, but I’m redownloading it onto the internal drive this time!

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    Bluebellflora
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    5 years ago
    @cbollettieri

    If it's installed on an external drive you always have to make sure you have that drive plugged in before opening Origin too.
    • gloriaheroin's avatar
      gloriaheroin
      3 years ago

      Hello, I also have the same issue for the first time after transferring my game on my external hard drive (using all the great info from this forum, thank you so much!!).

      So just to make sure I understood correctly: the hard drive needs to be plugged in before opening Origin to avoid it redownloading the whole thing? Or will it happen everytime? I also have terrible wifi at home sadly, and it takes ages to redownload and I don't want to do this every time I want to play ☹️

      Thank you!

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        Bluebellflora
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        3 years ago
        @gloriaheroin

        Yes! If you load Origin and the drive isn't plugged in it will change the game library location to the default location of ~/Applications. It will therefore find no game there so will re-download it.

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