#Download free ps4 games with usb install#
#Download free ps4 games with usb software#

#Download free ps4 games with usb install#

Press the вЂOptionsвЂ™ button and select вЂApplication install locationвЂ™ to set the target download location вЂ“ either вЂSystem StorageвЂ™ or вЂExtended StorageвЂ™.

Choose which location you want to download to вЂ“ either System Storage or your external HDD.

If you want to switch back to your PS4 internal storage for downloads (and back again to the external HDD), thatвЂ™s easy too: Once formatted, your external HDD will be set as the default download location as long as it remains plugged in. Installing games and apps (and adds-on) to your external HDD/internal storage Once formatting is complete, youвЂ™ll see a message confirming that itвЂ™s been successful and a small green light will appear next to the deviceвЂ™s name, letting you know itвЂ™s activated as the main storage location. ItвЂ™s also important to note that once youвЂ™ve formatted your external HDD to this specific PS4 format, you can only use it for PS4 games and apps вЂ“ you wonвЂ™t be able to store screenshots and video clips, saved data, Themes or any other types of media, documents, pictures on it, without re-formatting to its original state. YouвЂ™ll see a number of warnings that formatting your device will remove any previously installed data, so before you hit вЂOKвЂ™, make sure that thereвЂ™s nothing stored on the device that you donвЂ™t want to lose.

Select your external HDD, then choose вЂњFormat as extended storageвЂќ.

Go to the Settings menu from your PS4 home screen.

To prepare it for use with your PS4 youвЂ™ll need to format it to a special type to ensure it will work: Most storage devices will be a specific format out-of-the-box (usually FAT32/exFAT/NTFS/HFS). Note: There is no guarantee that all USB storage devices are compatible with your system. The most important thing to remember before you buy a new storage device вЂ“ or try to use one you already own вЂ“ is to make sure it meets the minimum requirements for use with your PS4: ItвЂ™s super easy to set up and use an external HDD with your PS4 or PS4 Pro, but before you get started, this guide may come in useful.

#Download free ps4 games with usb software#

As part of the PS4 system software 4.50 which went live this week, youвЂ™ll see that weвЂ™ve added the much-requested ability to download and store your games and apps on an external HDD storage device.