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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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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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spookygirly64
3 years ago

Hi! this problem has also been happening to me. I followed all the instructions and have it linked to my hard drive in application settings. I also created a symlink. Unfortunately every time  I open sims it redownloads the whole application as well as all of my packs instead of pulling them from my hard drive.

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    Bluebellflora
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    3 years ago
    @spookygirly64

    Can you please provide a screenshot showing the game library location in Origin and of the base game and Sims 4 Packs folder on the external drive, showing the file path at the bottom of the Finder window.

    The symlink is completely separate from the game installation location and not relevant at this point.

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