Moving Files to External Hard Drive
Hey! I play on Macbook. I ran out of space with all of my cc & mods on my mac, so I moved everything to an external hard drive. I physically moved the files to the hard drive and then went into Origi...
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@TheShelbla
You can't just move the Sims 4 folder containing your saves and Mods to the external and hope it works, the game doesn't know you've moved it so just creates a new folder in the default location - Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4. You need to create a symlink. This is a little tricky to do and requires using Terminal which can cause issues with your Mac if you don't know what you're doing but instructions are here if you're interested - https://bluebellflora.com/saving-your-sims-4-folder-to-an-external-drive/
You can't just move the Sims 4 folder containing your saves and Mods to the external and hope it works, the game doesn't know you've moved it so just creates a new folder in the default location - Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4. You need to create a symlink. This is a little tricky to do and requires using Terminal which can cause issues with your Mac if you don't know what you're doing but instructions are here if you're interested - https://bluebellflora.com/saving-your-sims-4-folder-to-an-external-drive/
