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5 years ago

sims 4 won't open, installed on external hard drive

I have downloaded sims 4 to my external hard drive (I use Mac book pro 2020 to play) but it won't open, it only pops up in the bar but then closes after a few seconds. It has worked before but then s...

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Bluebellflora

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5 years ago

@ronjamaria96

I only needed you to try the new Sims 4 folder 🙂

Are you getting any error messages?

Have you tried running the Origin reset tool? https://help.ea.com/en-gb/help/origin/origin/how-to-reset-origin-on-mac/

In System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Files & Folders, does Origin have access to external drives?

ronjamaria96

5 years ago

I tried that to and its still not working ☹️

Bluebellflora
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5 years ago
@ronjamaria96

And your System Preferences settings?
- ronjamaria96
  5 years ago
  @Bluebellflora Any spesefic system preferences you need to see?
  - Bluebellflora
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    5 years ago
    @ronjamaria96
    
    In my previous post above I asked about the Origin permissions in Files & Folders 🙂

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