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sydthesquid26
6 years ago
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Origin Mac creating New Electronic Arts Folder

Hello, I have attempted to move my game from my documents folder to an external hard drive. I followed these instructions: In Origin > Installs & Saves > Game Library Location click on Change Folde...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    6 years ago

    @sydthesquid26  How is your USB formatted?  You can find out by opening Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility), shoosing the USB in the left panel, and clicking the Info icon.

    If the USB is FAT32 (exFAT or MS-DOS (FAT)), that's why the mods don't work.  For reasons we don't quite understand, Sims 4 .package files read as corrupted when on a FAT32 external drive or USB.  Interestingly, Sims 3 .package files work fine, so it's not that the format is unsupported overall.

    You can reformat the USB, although you'll need to erase it to do so.  Mac OS Extended (Journaled) worked fine for me when I tested: the mods and custom content loaded and were usable in-game.

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puzzlezaddict
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6 years ago

@sydthesquid26  How is your USB formatted?  You can find out by opening Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility), shoosing the USB in the left panel, and clicking the Info icon.

If the USB is FAT32 (exFAT or MS-DOS (FAT)), that's why the mods don't work.  For reasons we don't quite understand, Sims 4 .package files read as corrupted when on a FAT32 external drive or USB.  Interestingly, Sims 3 .package files work fine, so it's not that the format is unsupported overall.

You can reformat the USB, although you'll need to erase it to do so.  Mac OS Extended (Journaled) worked fine for me when I tested: the mods and custom content loaded and were usable in-game.

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    Tay_Glizzy27
    5 years ago

    Im having the same problem! I did everything that he was telling u to do and its still not working. This may sound like much but could u make a small video for me on how u got yours to work?

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    puzzlezaddict
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    5 years ago

    @Tay_Glizzy27  I don't know who you're asking, but it's unlikely the other people in this thread will see your comment, and I don't make videos.  I can try to help though, if you explain the issue you're having and its context.  Please post a screenshot of any error message you get as well.

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