Sims 4 Packs wont download due to insufficient drive space on Mac

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Sims 4 Packs wont download due to insufficient drive space on Mac

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Im trying to download some expansion packs for my sims 4, I've set the download location to my usb flash drive (bc my macbook is full) which has 120gb of free storage however I get a message telling me to choose a new download location or free up storage, can anyone advise?

 

 

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Re: Sims 4 Packs wont download due to insufficient drive space on Mac

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Did Origin successfully change the library location to the external? Could you post a screenshot from Origin > Installs & Saves.

 

Open Disk Utility, select the external and see how much space is available on it.


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Yes I believe so.

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Re: Sims 4 Packs wont download due to insufficient drive space on Mac

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Whatever you have on that external drive is not the game. The base game alone is around 20GB in size. Run the Origin reset tool https://answers.ea.com/t5/Origin-Mac-Client-Technical/Clearing-Origin-cache-on-Mac-the-correct-way/m... then move the game to the hard drive from your internal drive and change the game library location in Origin. Or change the library location then download the game.

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

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