Playing Sims off of a USB - will it work?
The Sims application and documents folder is taking up the majority of my disk space (I'm playing on a macbook air). I was recommended by a technician to see if I could put it onto a USB and then pla...
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@SpeckledCricket
Yes, you can easily move the game to the external then in Origin go to the Application Settings/Preferences > Installs & Saves and change the game library location to the new location. If you're running Catalina you will need to make sure Origin has Full Disk Access in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy.
For the Sims 4 user data folder it's a little trickier. You will need to create a symlink - https://bluebellflora.com/saving-your-sims-4-folder-to-an-external-drive/
Yes, you can easily move the game to the external then in Origin go to the Application Settings/Preferences > Installs & Saves and change the game library location to the new location. If you're running Catalina you will need to make sure Origin has Full Disk Access in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy.
For the Sims 4 user data folder it's a little trickier. You will need to create a symlink - https://bluebellflora.com/saving-your-sims-4-folder-to-an-external-drive/
Okay, thanks! I’ll look into that :-)
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