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k3rm1t123
7 years ago
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Why does the Sims 4 take up so much space?

I have a Macbook Air 2015 and the Sims 4 application takes up over 25 GB. It is more than any application and really cuts into my Mac's available space. I'm not talking about the folder in documents, but the actual application in "applications". I don't know if they are the same thing but they apparently take up different amounts of GB.

I am wondering if there is anything I can do to reduce this number. Is it because of too many packs or custom content? Any help is appreciated.

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  • fons_garmo's avatar
    fons_garmo
    7 years ago

    Hi @k3rm1t123,

    Size on your Applications folder depends on you base game + packs installed. 25GB for The Sims 4 is normal, the game has so many assets and with lots of packs installed the game is huge. You can't do anything to prevent this, if you want to play The Sims 4 with all your packs installed the game needs that space. You can always install the game on a external drive to free up some space on your internal drive.

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  • fons_garmo's avatar
    fons_garmo
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago

    Hi @k3rm1t123,

    Size on your Applications folder depends on you base game + packs installed. 25GB for The Sims 4 is normal, the game has so many assets and with lots of packs installed the game is huge. You can't do anything to prevent this, if you want to play The Sims 4 with all your packs installed the game needs that space. You can always install the game on a external drive to free up some space on your internal drive.

  • j1lly14's avatar
    j1lly14
    6 years ago

    Hi I have the same problem! If I install the game onto an external hard drive would i have to transfer my saves and/or my custom content and mods as well? 

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    6 years ago
    @j1lly14

    Your Sims 4 folder which contains your saves/mods/tray etc. stays on your internal storage in Documents > Electronic Arts.
  • nyk0l3tt3's avatar
    nyk0l3tt3
    4 years ago

    I'm having a similar problem, except when I install my game, with NO data (i saved my save files and did a CLEAN install) it says 18.1 gb, great. That's fine, I have like 40gb free on my ssd. But after everything was installed, somehow I only had 1.08gb free???? How did it go from 18.1 to 39 gb???? Is it somehow doubling somewhere????????? I uninstalled immediately because that causes my computer to go VERY slow. 

    Thanks!

  • wattd0g's avatar
    wattd0g
    2 years ago

    Are you not familiar with common game space requirements... almost all modern games take around 25 to 150 gb 

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