Hello, I've had The Sims 4 on my mac for a while now but something has bothered me since the installation, the EA folder with all my saves etc is in my iCloud Documents folder, this is useful for transferring data to my PC but it's irritating as it makes the game take absolutely ages to start up (I'm guessing this is the issue) plus it would just be more convenient to have the folder actually on my Mac, if anyone could help me moving the location I'd appreciate it.
You need to change your preferences in System Preferences to save your game to your Documents folder located on your hard drive. I turned off saving to iCloud and everything now saves correctly to my Mac's hard drive. Once you change this, start up your game and allow a new Sims 4 folder to generate on your hard drive and then you can move your saved games from the Cloud to your computer. And yes, saving to the Cloud or another hard drive does slow down the response time of the game and can cause problems like corrupted game files much faster than if it is saved on your computer directly.
Hey! I was also having this problem. I figured out how to fix it. Go to system preferences, Apple ID, iCloud, then click iCloud Drive options..., and uncheck the box that says Desktop & Documents Folders. This will make you a new folder on your computer that says Documents. Instead of your documents automatically being uploaded to iCloud. So once you uncheck the box click done/save, and open finder and move your EA folder from your old iCloud folder to your documents folder. And when you load up the game it won't make a new one again in your iCloud it'll now use the one in the documents folder. I hope this helped! 🙂
I accidentlly moved all my sims files out into my iCloud Drive. I have done lots of research and problem solving and I have gotten my saved games, mods, and all of my custom content back in the game, but I still can't figure out how to get my library back. I have found all of the files for my library on my laptop and have them in my tray folder, but still every time I open my game they are missing! I have updated and repaired my game and they still aren't there. Anyone know what to do?
This just happened to me, May 2024. I don't understand. I added a couple of new mods, which are simple. I think the game updated and I go in there and hundreds of hours of gameplay is totally gone. I looked through your threads and haven't find anything that helped.
1. I have an older Mac.
2. I tried hitting "repair" didn't work.
3. I looked in my save folders, there are several saves there (up to 4?)
4. I do not have One Look.
5. I deleted the recently added mods to no avail.
6. I checked the Icloud settings, my Mac does not save Sims data to iCloud.
7. I checked how much space my Mac has, it has 93 gigs of space. Plenty.
8. I looked at the version, it ends in 12 something, not Legacy Version.
9. I am completely lost. Am I screwed?
