![]() Once you are happy with the command, open Terminal and copy and paste it from the Word/Text document into the Terminal window so it looks like this but with your own information.Mv X ~/Documents/Electronic\ X Arts X /Volumes/EXTERNAL\ XDRIVE/Game\ XUser\ X Data/ Mv ~/Documents/Electronic\ Arts /Volumes/EXTERNAL\ DRIVE/Game\ User\ Data/Īnd with the black X denoting the spaces: For example, if your EXTERNAL DRIVE has a folder called Game User Data and you would like the Electronic Arts folder to be within this folder the command would look like this: If your Electronic Arts folder is to be nested within another folder on the external you must state this clearly in the command. Note that the directory file paths are separated with forward slashes / and file and folder names with multiple words are separated with backslashes \ Mv X ~/Documents/Electronic\ X Arts X /Volumes/EXTERNAL\ X DRIVE / To show you where the spaces are, I have entered a black X in the command below (for illustrative purposes only): Mv ~/Documents/Electronic\ Arts /Volumes/EXTERNAL\ DRIVE/ ![]() However, if your external is called EXTERNAL DRIVE you have to introduce backslashes before the spaces in the name (like Electronic Arts in the Documents folder): Mv ~/Documents/Electronic\ Arts /Volumes/EXTERNAL/ For example, if your external is called EXTERNAL the command would be: Replace USB with the name of your external drive.Mv ~/Documents/Electronic\ Arts /Volumes/USB/ Open a Word or any text document and copy and paste the following command (where mv means move and the tilde ~ indicates your home directory) into the document. The first thing we are going to tell our Mac to do is move the Electronic Arts folder from the Documents folder to the external drive.Step 1 – Moving the Electronic Arts folder to the external drive: I would recommend reading through these instructions at least once in full before applying the workaround so you are familiar with Terminal and any error and warning messages that pop up during the process.If needed, use Disk Utility to reformat the drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or APFS: Plug in your external storage device and check it is properly mounted in Finder or on your Desktop, depending on your Finder View settings. ![]()
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