Origin cant choose install location

[TurtleBouy]

Hey guys, I found another solution, if anyone's curious. One one of my hard drives, I made a folder for Origin titled Origin. What I didn't know is that Origin looks for a specific folder name, in my case, "Origin Games", so I went to another drive where it was trying to install to, and copied the Origin Games folder (its empty for me, cause I just started using it) and pasted it inside the Origin folder in my first drive. Hopefully that wasn't confusing.

[My4ccount]

Seriously dude TurtleBouy your solution worked for me. Thanks man!

[Fir3Fly1995]

I am running OS X Catalina (10.15.2) and the option doesn't even click and the Origin application freezes. I just want to install a game to my external drive because my mac doesn't have enough internal storage. I have to Force Quit the app to get it to run, yet it ran fine on my old mac (It could only run up to El Capitan)

[puzzlezaddict]

@Fir3Fly1995  Run the Origin reset tool:

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/origin/origin/how-to-reset-origin-on-mac/

and then try this:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/Can-t-change-install-location-on-Mac-OS-Catalina/td-p...

If the line in the file doesn't exist, you'll need to add it yourself.

[Fir3Fly1995]

@puzzlezaddict I tried the full combo. That was fine so I removed enough data for the game to fit on my drive and it still won’t install. I have 54GB of free space and it needs 15GB of space and is demanding 1.9GB of space. I have requested a refund and deleted Origin from my Mac. If anyone is able to help me out, then I would appreciate it and will cancel the refund and my displeasure of Origin.

[UwU_sookdis]

i know its been years since u posted but wanted to say thanks just helped me alot

[Valeria527]

Should I do it with all of the files in my computer or just the program files (x86)?

[DEVVV-thefire]

it works

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[CndnCorgi]

@TurtleBouy This was the solution for me! Thanks!

[PFindersDomain]

@simmerTJtheGreat This worked for me, just check the folder and sub folders have read/write access.