STOP Duplicating Football Manager graphic folders and use SYMLINKS to reuse FM23 graphics with FM24

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Check out our guide on how to use graphic packs across multiple versions of Football Manager using symlinks.

You can reuse faces, logos and kits from FM23 on FM24 or any version of FM and rather than copy graphics between versions of Football Manager you can use symlinks on both Windows and Mac.

Check out the written guide here: https://sortitoutsi.net/content/61273/how-to-reuse-graphic-packs-across-multiple-versions-of-football-manager-using-symlinks

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00:00 STOP Duplicating Football Manager graphic folders
01:18 Windows Instructions
06:44 Mac Instructions

If you want to carry on playing your current version of Football Manager alongside the new Football Manager 2024 then you can follow this guide to create a Symlink to your existing Graphics folders and use the single folder across multiple games.

Windows Commands
Make a new folder: mkdir "%HOMEDRIVE%/%HOMEPATH%/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/graphics"
Create a new link: mklink /J "%HOMEDRIVE%/%HOMEPATH%/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/graphics/faces" “%HOMEDRIVE%/%HOMEPATH%/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/graphics/faces"
Remove a symlink folder: rmdir "%HOMEDRIVE%/%HOMEPATH%/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/graphics/faces/"

Mac Commands
Make a new folder: mkdir ~/"Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/graphics"
Create a new link: ln -s ~/"Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/graphics/faces" ~/"Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/graphics/faces"
Remove a symlink folder: rm ~"/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/graphics/faces"

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