Playing Sims 4 on External HD Mac
BluebellFlora, Thank you for being so helpful to many people. I followed your website instructions very carefully for the symlink to my external hard drive that I formatted APFS beforehand. I gave...
Forum Discussion
- Game installation location and the TS4 user data folder are two completely separate entities.
- Which Sims files, game installation or the TS4 user data folder?
- No but there are two distinct posts:
- Installing the game on an external - https://bluebellflora.com/2020/11/26/external-drive-not-showing-in-origin/
- Storing the Sims 4 user data folder on an external - https://bluebellflora.com/saving-your-sims-4-folder-to-an-external-drive/
- The Sims 4 Packs folder is automatically installed with the base game and contains all the DLC. If you move this folder to a different location Origin won't think you have any DLC installed and will prompt to re-download
🙂
@Bluebellflora
2. Both the game installation and user data folder, if both are successfully transferred onto the external SSD.
So, as long as I transfer my TS4 user data to the external HD, I can uninstall the game from my internal drive and reinstall the TS4 onto the external SSD without having to start over?
2. Both the game installation and user data folder, if both are successfully transferred onto the external SSD.
So, as long as I transfer my TS4 user data to the external HD, I can uninstall the game from my internal drive and reinstall the TS4 onto the external SSD without having to start over?
You don't delete the TS4 user data folder. Part of the process of creating the symlink is moving it to the external. An alias is created in the default location.
You can drag and drop your Sims 4 game and Sims 4 Packs folder from the Applications folder onto the external and then follow the steps to tell Origin where your game library location is, no need to re-download. There is a risk the installation may corrupt if moved this way but if it does, just re-download after changing the installation path in Origin.
So, as long as I transfer my TS4 user data to the external HD, I can uninstall the game from my internal drive and reinstall the TS4 onto the external SSD without having to start over?The TS4 user data is not linked to the location of the game installation, they are two separate entities.
