trying to put sims 4 on external hard drive

[s0phva]

okay so i've basically ran out of storage because i only have a 256gb mac, so i got an external hard drive to put my stuff on, mostly my sims 4. i backuped my mods, tray, and saves, and then i uninstalled origin and ts4 because i had to take it out of my documents folder. i went to reinstall ts4 after uninstalling and reinstalling origin, and when i tried to change the location of the download, my hard drive wasn't an option. i know space isn't the problem considering it's 2tb and i just got it, so there's not much on it other than my mods. it's a laCie hard drive if that helps??

[s0phva]

okay so i've basically ran out of storage because i only have a 256gb mac, so i got an external hard drive to put my stuff on, mostly my sims 4. i backuped my mods, tray, and saves, and then i uninstalled origin and ts4 because i had to take it out of my documents folder. i went to reinstall ts4 after uninstalling and reinstalling origin, and when i tried to change the location of the download, my hard drive wasn't an option. i know space isn't the problem considering it's 2tb and i just got it, so there's not much on it other than my mods. it's a laCie hard drive if that helps??

[Bluebellflora · Accepted solution]

@s0phva

Did you try the solution in that thread I linked?

[Bluebellflora]

@s0phva 

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/-Can-t-find-External-Hard-Drive-in-Origin-MAC/m-p/868...

If you're running Catalina or later you need to make sure Origin has access to external disks. This will be in the form of a pop up message asking for permission. Make sure you grant it

[s0phva]

yeah i got the popup when i opened origin and accepted it, but it still didn't count as a location

[Bluebellflora · Accepted solution]

@s0phva

Did you try the solution in that thread I linked?

[s0phva]

didn't see it beforehand, but it worked, thank you!!