One specific save is not loading - file name issue
Having the same issue after updating MacBook pro, but I have two of my save files, but missing the one I use the most
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I last played sims about two maybe three weeks ago and have updated since playing. I started up my game hoping to see my three save files as I usually do, however only two of my save files appeared, with the save I use most being completely gone. I've tried repairing the game, starting up a completely new game and everything was fine but my save was still gone. I only use mccc which I tried taking off but nothing changed, I also thought it may be a storage issue but my storage on both my Mac and Icloud has a lot of space. Help would be appreciated!
Model: M3 Macbook Pro
Year: 2023
MacOS Version: MacOS Sequoia 15.5
Memory: 18 GB
Storage: 494.38 GB (Using 252.27 GB)
Copy/paste this search command in Terminal then hit enter/return:
find / -type f -name "*Slot_*" 2>/dev/nullAfter a while the command prompt will reappear when it has finished searching. Please copy/paste the search results in a post here.
Here's the Results:
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver4
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver3
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 8.ver1
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver2
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 4.ver1
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 5.ver1
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 10.ver1
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 9.ver1
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000004.save
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver4
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver3
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 2.ver1
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver2
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 3.ver1
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver0
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver1
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver0
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 2.ver3
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 6.ver1
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver1
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000004 2.save
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000004.save.ver0
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 7.ver1
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000004.save.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver4
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver3
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 8.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver2
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 4.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 5.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 10.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 9.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000004.save
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver4
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver3
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 2.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver2
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 3.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver0
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver0
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 2.ver3
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 6.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000004 2.save
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000004.save.ver0
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 7.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000004.save.ver1
MacBook-Pro:~ ollycusick$
Great, thanks!
These saves will load:
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000004.saveThese are backups of the corresponding save files:
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver0
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver2
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver3
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000002.save.ver4
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver0
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver2
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver3
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save.ver4
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000004.save.ver0
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000004.save.ver1
This save will not load because the OS has added a space and appended the number 2 into the file name. This will be because you cannot have duplicate files with the same name in the same folder, most likely due to being prompted to replace or create a copy of an existing file and choosing create a copy, or iCloud syncing with a delay, or some other syncing:/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000004 2.save
These are backups that have the number appended by the OS due to the same reasons as above. If you want to restore this Slot_00000003.save simply remove the space, the number, then the verX so the save is in the correct format for the game to read it:
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 2.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 4.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 5.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 6.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 7.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 8.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 9.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 10.ver1
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 2.ver3
/Users/ollycusick/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/saves/Slot_00000003.save 3.ver1
