Re: Moving Sims 4 to external hdd
The game installation and where her user data such as saves, mods etc. are stored are two completely separate things.
By default Origin installs the game to ~Applications but as you've discovered, you can change this in Origin Preferences fairly easily.
The game only recognises the user data if a symlink is created linking the desired location of the folder to the alias in the default location which is Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 https://bluebellflora.com/saving-your-sims-4-folder-to-an-external-drive/
