UI Issues, Black Boxes on UI in Cas and Map View

To start, I know virtually nothing about programming, but I’ve run into some issues with my sims game in the past and usually, with the help of a few forum posts, I can muddle my way through to a solution. Unfortunately I’ve tried just about EVERYTHING I could find but still can’t find a fix. I downloaded a baby crib mod which was obviously broken when I tested it in game. I removed the broken mod from my game, but when I loaded it back up, the background of Home Screen which is usually white had turned black and my entire mods list had been highlighted in black as well. All the buttons were covered by black boxes and there were small black squares littering the UI. In map view, some if not all of the lots were covered by a black shape representing the building or entirely covered by a black square. 

Screenshots of my specs have been attached as well as screenshots of the game showing the issue. I've also been running my game from a 240GB external hard drive since January and I haven't had any problems with my game until now. I’ve had these issues for the last 6 days or so meaning they showed up prior to the latest High School patch. I’m pretty sure the broken crib mod is the culprit, but it has long since been removed from my game. I also recently updated my Mac to Monterey 12.5 about a week ago, but seeing as my game is run from an external I’m not sure if this would cause any issues. 

I’ve tried just about everything I’ve come across:

• Removing the mods folder
• Deleting the localthumbcache file
• Repairing the game through origin
• Turning off origin in game
• Removing the save folder and generating a new one
• Removing the Sims 4 folder and generating a new game
• Uninstalling and then reinstalling the game 
• Uninstalling and then reinstalling the origin app
• Deleting the Sims 4 file from the Sims 4 package contents and repairing the game through origin
• Restarting my computer 

I’m not quite sure what else to do, but if someone could point me in the right direction I’d appreciate it!