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[MAC] Sims 4 won’t launch after latest update – EA App minimises and reopens
I’m on Mac (details below) and since the most recent Sims 4 update, the game will not launch at all. When I press “Play” in the EA App, the Sims 4 game opens briefly then minimises again, but the Sims 4 itself never launches. There’s no error message — it just loops back to the EA App. I’m fully up to date with both macOS and the EA App, and I have multiple packs installed. I’ve tried restarting my Mac, repairing the game in the EA App, clearing cache, creating a fresh Sims 4 folder in Documents, and even uninstalling/reinstalling the EA App. Nothing has fixed the problem. This bug occurs every single time I try to play. Before the update, the game launched normally with no issues. I play without mods/CC, and the issue persists regardless. I’ve also seen other Mac users reporting the same thing in the forums since the August/September 2025 update, so it seems widespread. Could you please confirm if this bug is being tracked and whether a fix is planned in the next patch? macOS Monterey Version 12,6,2 MacBook Air (13-inch, 2012) Processor: 18 Giz Dual-Core Intel Core 15 Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Graphics Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB Serial Number. FVFVH1HDJ1WK
Keyboard Shortcuts not working
I updated my Mac Mini to macOS Tahoe 26 this afternoon and when I went to play this evening, I realized that the speed up hotkeys (1, 2, and 3) were not working. “P” did not pause or play the game again… I didn’t change anything on my end, so thought it was strange. Anyone else?Time jumps backwards after traveling / Manage Worlds in every save
In all my saves, the in-game clock works normally until I travel, go into Manage Worlds, or reload the save. When I come back to the lot, the time jumps backwards by several hours (example: it’s 7 AM, I travel, and when I return it’s 3 AM). This causes my Sims to miss work and school because the game thinks it’s too early. Steps I’ve tried: – Tested with no mods and a brand-new save → bug still occurs. – Repaired the game several times. – Deleted cache files (localthumbcache.package). – Full uninstall/reinstall. – Bug happens on every save, not just one household. Expected Result: Time should stay the same when loading back from Manage Worlds, travelling, or restarting. Actual Result: Time resets to an earlier hour after travelling/Manage Worlds/reloading.
Unauthorised Video Card error on iMac
Hi everyone! So, I have Sims 4 on my imac and randomly my game crashed and all of my DLC redownloaded. My save files are still on my device but they're not in my game. When I open the game, it's like I've downloaded it for the first time -even though I haven't. Any advice in what to do? Thanks :)iMac updated using OpenCore causing Sims 4 issues
hi after updating my iMac with OpenCore to macOS Sequoia, the sims 4 stopped working properly. the game launches, but when I try to load or start. new save it crashes, the screen goes completely black and then closes. it seems the game does not recognize my AMD RADEON R9 M290X graphics card correctly. I already tried everything: reinstalling, repairing the game, removing all mods, clearing caches, updating ea app, but nothing worked. is anyone else experiencing this after sequoia? any ideas or fixes?
Two finger zoom not working
The past two weeks for some reason the two finger zoom will not work on my mac. I have updated my game, my computer, turned the mac on and off, checked my settings, deleted mods, repaired the game, deleted and redownloaded the game but the two finger zoom doesn't respond at all. Actually the game wont respond to any two finger gestures even scrolling in CAS or build/buy
My Progress is gone
Hi, My name is Katie, and I have been playing The Sims 4 since 2016. Today I updated my game, and it said it did not recognize my Video Card, so I restarted the game and went back into the game. I noticed that all my progress on my computer is gone, all my past play-throughs, buildings, families, everything. So I tried to repair it in the EA app, but nothing changed. It could be something on my end with my computer, but it hasn't had any issues in the years I have played on it. Is there anything I can do or suggestions? Thank you, Katie
Game Crashing Randomly Without Warning
Basically exactly as the title says. My game has been randomly crashing without warning. It will just disappear off my screen immediately. Sometimes a crash report will pop up after and sometimes it won't. Everything will be running perfectly fine until this happens. The only other issue I've been having is that my gallery will sometimes not work properly but I can't figure out why. I hope this is helpful: Process: The Sims 4 [75041] Path: /Applications/EA Games/The Sims 4.app/Contents/MacOS/The Sims 4 Identifier: com.ea.mac.thesims4 Version: 1.0 (1) Code Type: ARM-64 (Native) Parent Process: launchd [1] User ID: 501 Date/Time: 2025-09-04 01:40:42.0158 -0400 OS Version: macOS 15.6 (24G84) Report Version: 12 Anonymous UUID: A928FE3C-DE64-7F41-4CBA-389A0BF17BA6 Sleep/Wake UUID: 61D04ADF-14A9-497C-8B2D-7E90AF78C511 Time Awake Since Boot: 1000000 seconds Time Since Wake: 4166 seconds System Integrity Protection: enabled Crashed Thread: 23 Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000011b66a448 Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x000000011b66a448 Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 11 Segmentation fault: 11 Terminating Process: exc handler [75041] VM Region Info: 0x11b66a448 is not in any region. Bytes after previous region: 5661769 Bytes before following region: 12164024 REGION TYPE START - END [ VSIZE] PRT/MAX SHRMOD REGION DETAIL __LINKEDIT 11b0ec000-11b104000 [ 96K] r--/rw- SM=COW /Applications/EA Games/The Sims 4.app/Contents/Frameworks/lib-dynload/postures/posture_specs.dylib ---> GAP OF 0x1100000 BYTES VM_ALLOCATE 11c204000-11d204000 [ 16.0M] rw-/rwx SM=PRV Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 The Sims 4 0x100743f70 0x1001d0000 + 5717872 1 The Sims 4 0x1006e3520 0x1001d0000 + 5322016 2 The Sims 4 0x1006e3520 0x1001d0000 + 5322016 3 The Sims 4 0x100748640 0x1001d0000 + 5736000 4 The Sims 4 0x1006c3f98 0x1001d0000 + 5193624 5 The Sims 4 0x100618bb4 0x1001d0000 + 4492212 6 The Sims 4 0x1006f2790 0x1001d0000 + 5384080 7 The Sims 4 0x100715220 0x1001d0000 + 5526048 8 The Sims 4 0x1007c1c20 0x1001d0000 + 6233120 9 The Sims 4 0x102095904 0x1001d0000 + 32266500 10 The Sims 4 0x1020fa504 0x1001d0000 + 32679172 11 The Sims 4 0x10124c8c0 0x1001d0000 + 17287360 12 The Sims 4 0x10144097c 0x1001d0000 + 19335548 13 The Sims 4 0x101251900 0x1001d0000 + 17307904 14 The Sims 4 0x1001d569c 0x1001d0000 + 22172 15 The Sims 4 0x1001d4788 0x1001d0000 + 18312 16 The Sims 4 0x1001d4764 0x1001d0000 + 18276 17 Foundation 0x1825aafcc __NSFireTimer + 104 18 CoreFoundation 0x180fbbc50 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_TIMER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 32 19 CoreFoundation 0x180fbb910 __CFRunLoopDoTimer + 980 20 CoreFoundation 0x180fbb44c __CFRunLoopDoTimers + 332 21 CoreFoundation 0x180fa1858 __CFRunLoopRun + 1848 22 CoreFoundation 0x180fa0a98 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 572 23 HIToolbox 0x18ca4327c RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 324 24 HIToolbox 0x18ca464e8 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 676 25 HIToolbox 0x18cbd1484 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 76 26 AppKit 0x184ec5a34 _DPSNextEvent + 684 27 AppKit 0x185864940 -[NSApplication(NSEventRouting) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 688 28 AppKit 0x184eb8be4 -[NSApplication run] + 480 29 AppKit 0x184e8f2dc NSApplicationMain + 880 30 dyld 0x180b16b98 start + 6076 Thread 1:: com.apple.NSURLConnectionLoader 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75c34 mach_msg2_trap + 8 1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e883a0 mach_msg2_internal + 76 2 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e7e764 mach_msg_overwrite + 484 3 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75fa8 mach_msg + 24 4 CoreFoundation 0x180fa2cbc __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 160 5 CoreFoundation 0x180fa15d8 __CFRunLoopRun + 1208 6 CoreFoundation 0x180fa0a98 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 572 7 CFNetwork 0x186cab2f4 +[__CFN_CoreSchedulingSetRunnable _run:] + 416 8 Foundation 0x18256aba8 __NSThread__start__ + 732 9 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 10 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 2:: com.apple.CFSocket.private 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e80c2c __select + 8 1 CoreFoundation 0x180fc8b30 __CFSocketManager + 704 2 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 3: 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e793cc __psynch_cvwait + 8 1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb80e0 _pthread_cond_wait + 984 2 The Sims 4 0x1003a73e4 0x1001d0000 + 1930212 3 The Sims 4 0x10093250c 0x1001d0000 + 7742732 4 The Sims 4 0x1003a65d4 0x1001d0000 + 1926612 5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 4: 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e7a158 __recvfrom + 8 1 The Sims 4 0x1008e9e88 0x1001d0000 + 7446152 2 The Sims 4 0x1003a65d4 0x1001d0000 + 1926612 3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 5: 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e791c8 __semwait_signal + 8 1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x180d556f4 nanosleep + 220 2 The Sims 4 0x101384d10 0x1001d0000 + 18566416 3 The Sims 4 0x1003a65d4 0x1001d0000 + 1926612 4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 6: 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e795e8 __munmap + 8 1 Simulation.dylib 0x30011488c 0x300000000 + 1132684 2 Simulation.dylib 0x300118288 0x300000000 + 1147528 3 Simulation.dylib 0x300117fdc 0x300000000 + 1146844 4 libsystem_c.dylib 0x180d6f944 __cxa_finalize_ranges + 480 5 libsystem_c.dylib 0x180d6f704 exit + 44 6 The Sims 4 0x10031efc0 0x1001d0000 + 1372096 7 The Sims 4 0x10031ec1c 0x1001d0000 + 1371164 8 The Sims 4 0x10031bd68 0x1001d0000 + 1359208 9 The Sims 4 0x10031be0c 0x1001d0000 + 1359372 10 The Sims 4 0x10031f09c 0x1001d0000 + 1372316 11 The Sims 4 0x10031efcc 0x1001d0000 + 1372108 12 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 13 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 7:: Client Job Thread 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75bb0 semaphore_wait_trap + 8 1 The Sims 4 0x1003a575c 0x1001d0000 + 1922908 2 The Sims 4 0x1003b1f28 0x1001d0000 + 1974056 3 The Sims 4 0x1003b1504 0x1001d0000 + 1971460 4 The Sims 4 0x1003acde8 0x1001d0000 + 1953256 5 The Sims 4 0x1003b3b7c 0x1001d0000 + 1981308 6 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 8 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 8:: Client Job Thread 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75bb0 semaphore_wait_trap + 8 1 The Sims 4 0x1003a575c 0x1001d0000 + 1922908 2 The Sims 4 0x1003b1f28 0x1001d0000 + 1974056 3 The Sims 4 0x1003b1504 0x1001d0000 + 1971460 4 The Sims 4 0x1003acde8 0x1001d0000 + 1953256 5 The Sims 4 0x1003b3b7c 0x1001d0000 + 1981308 6 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 8 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 9:: Client Job Thread 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75bb0 semaphore_wait_trap + 8 1 The Sims 4 0x1003a575c 0x1001d0000 + 1922908 2 The Sims 4 0x1003b1f28 0x1001d0000 + 1974056 3 The Sims 4 0x1003b1504 0x1001d0000 + 1971460 4 The Sims 4 0x1003acde8 0x1001d0000 + 1953256 5 The Sims 4 0x1003b3b7c 0x1001d0000 + 1981308 6 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 8 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 10:: Audio Job Thread 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75bb0 semaphore_wait_trap + 8 1 The Sims 4 0x1003a575c 0x1001d0000 + 1922908 2 The Sims 4 0x1003b1f28 0x1001d0000 + 1974056 3 The Sims 4 0x1003b1504 0x1001d0000 + 1971460 4 The Sims 4 0x1003acde8 0x1001d0000 + 1953256 5 The Sims 4 0x1003b3b7c 0x1001d0000 + 1981308 6 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 8 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 11:: JobThread-1 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75bb0 semaphore_wait_trap + 8 1 The Sims 4 0x1003a575c 0x1001d0000 + 1922908 2 The Sims 4 0x101f29758 0x1001d0000 + 30775128 3 The Sims 4 0x101f292a0 0x1001d0000 + 30773920 4 The Sims 4 0x101f28c04 0x1001d0000 + 30772228 5 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 12:: File System Device 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e793cc __psynch_cvwait + 8 1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb80e0 _pthread_cond_wait + 984 2 The Sims 4 0x1003a73e4 0x1001d0000 + 1930212 3 The Sims 4 0x1003d0e70 0x1001d0000 + 2100848 4 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 13: 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e793cc __psynch_cvwait + 8 1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb80e0 _pthread_cond_wait + 984 2 The Sims 4 0x1003a73dc 0x1001d0000 + 1930204 3 The Sims 4 0x1012e64bc 0x1001d0000 + 17917116 4 The Sims 4 0x1012e5710 0x1001d0000 + 17913616 5 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 14:: AudioSystem2 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e793cc __psynch_cvwait + 8 1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb80e0 _pthread_cond_wait + 984 2 The Sims 4 0x1003a73dc 0x1001d0000 + 1930204 3 The Sims 4 0x100b85e54 0x1001d0000 + 10182228 4 The Sims 4 0x100b820ac 0x1001d0000 + 10166444 5 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 15:: caulk.messenger.shared:17 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75bb0 semaphore_wait_trap + 8 1 caulk 0x18c52acc8 caulk::semaphore::timed_wait(double) + 224 2 caulk 0x18c52ab70 caulk::concurrent::details::worker_thread::run() + 32 3 caulk 0x18c52a844 void* caulk::thread_proxy<std::__1::tuple<caulk::thread::attributes, void (caulk::concurrent::details::worker_thread::*)(), std::__1::tuple<caulk::concurrent::details::worker_thread*>>>(void*) + 96 4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 16:: caulk.messenger.shared:high 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75bb0 semaphore_wait_trap + 8 1 caulk 0x18c52acc8 caulk::semaphore::timed_wait(double) + 224 2 caulk 0x18c52ab70 caulk::concurrent::details::worker_thread::run() + 32 3 caulk 0x18c52a844 void* caulk::thread_proxy<std::__1::tuple<caulk::thread::attributes, void (caulk::concurrent::details::worker_thread::*)(), std::__1::tuple<caulk::concurrent::details::worker_thread*>>>(void*) + 96 4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 17:: EAAudioCore Dac 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75bc8 semaphore_timedwait_trap + 8 1 The Sims 4 0x1003a5708 0x1001d0000 + 1922824 2 The Sims 4 0x1002758f4 0x1001d0000 + 678132 3 The Sims 4 0x100275d64 0x1001d0000 + 679268 4 The Sims 4 0x100272ab4 0x1001d0000 + 666292 5 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 18:: NetLib 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e791c8 __semwait_signal + 8 1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x180d556f4 nanosleep + 220 2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x180d5560c usleep + 68 3 The Sims 4 0x100250ba0 0x1001d0000 + 527264 4 The Sims 4 0x100243b30 0x1001d0000 + 473904 5 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 19:: SocketRecv 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e791c8 __semwait_signal + 8 1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x180d556f4 nanosleep + 220 2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x180d5560c usleep + 68 3 The Sims 4 0x10023a3b0 0x1001d0000 + 435120 4 The Sims 4 0x100243b30 0x1001d0000 + 473904 5 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 20:: caulk::deferred_logger 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75bb0 semaphore_wait_trap + 8 1 caulk 0x18c52acc8 caulk::semaphore::timed_wait(double) + 224 2 caulk 0x18c52ab70 caulk::concurrent::details::worker_thread::run() + 32 3 caulk 0x18c52a844 void* caulk::thread_proxy<std::__1::tuple<caulk::thread::attributes, void (caulk::concurrent::details::worker_thread::*)(), std::__1::tuple<caulk::concurrent::details::worker_thread*>>>(void*) + 96 4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 21:: com.apple.audio.IOThread.client 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75bbc semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 8 1 caulk 0x18c5472f8 caulk::mach::semaphore::wait_signal_or_error(caulk::mach::semaphore&) + 36 2 CoreAudio 0x183da70e0 HALC_ProxyIOContext::IOWorkLoop() + 5276 3 CoreAudio 0x183da5530 invocation function for block in HALC_ProxyIOContext::HALC_ProxyIOContext(unsigned int, unsigned int) + 172 4 CoreAudio 0x183f4f9f4 HALC_IOThread::Entry(void*) + 88 5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 22: 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e791c8 __semwait_signal + 8 1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x180d556f4 nanosleep + 220 2 The Sims 4 0x101200f80 0x1001d0000 + 16977792 3 The Sims 4 0x101709a84 0x1001d0000 + 22256260 4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 23 Crashed: 0 libpython370.dylib 0x17dc574e4 PyCallable_Check + 4 1 Simulation.dylib 0x300cd465c 0x300000000 + 13452892 2 Simulation.dylib 0x300096778 0x300000000 + 616312 3 Simulation.dylib 0x30000955c 0x300000000 + 38236 4 Simulation.dylib 0x300caef30 0x300000000 + 13299504 5 Simulation.dylib 0x3000a773c 0x300000000 + 685884 6 Simulation.dylib 0x30051d8e0 0x300000000 + 5363936 7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 8 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 24:: com.apple.NSEventThread 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75c34 mach_msg2_trap + 8 1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e883a0 mach_msg2_internal + 76 2 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e7e764 mach_msg_overwrite + 484 3 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75fa8 mach_msg + 24 4 CoreFoundation 0x180fa2cbc __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 160 5 CoreFoundation 0x180fa15d8 __CFRunLoopRun + 1208 6 CoreFoundation 0x180fa0a98 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 572 7 AppKit 0x184fe978c _NSEventThread + 140 8 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 9 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 25:: JobThread-1 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e75bb0 semaphore_wait_trap + 8 1 Simulation.dylib 0x300106f44 0x300000000 + 1077060 2 Simulation.dylib 0x300cba3bc 0x300000000 + 13345724 3 Simulation.dylib 0x300cb9f04 0x300000000 + 13344516 4 Simulation.dylib 0x300cb9868 0x300000000 + 13342824 5 Simulation.dylib 0x3001090bc 0x300000000 + 1085628 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 26:: File System Device 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e793cc __psynch_cvwait + 8 1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb80e0 _pthread_cond_wait + 984 2 Simulation.dylib 0x300109fbc 0x300000000 + 1089468 3 Simulation.dylib 0x30012f6dc 0x300000000 + 1242844 4 Simulation.dylib 0x3001090bc 0x300000000 + 1085628 5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 27:: File System Device 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e793cc __psynch_cvwait + 8 1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb80e0 _pthread_cond_wait + 984 2 The Sims 4 0x1003a73e4 0x1001d0000 + 1930212 3 The Sims 4 0x1003d0e70 0x1001d0000 + 2100848 4 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 28:: _UIMemoryLoad 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e793cc __psynch_cvwait + 8 1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb80e0 _pthread_cond_wait + 984 2 The Sims 4 0x1003a73e4 0x1001d0000 + 1930212 3 The Sims 4 0x102113e08 0x1001d0000 + 32783880 4 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 29:: File System Device 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e793cc __psynch_cvwait + 8 1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb80e0 _pthread_cond_wait + 984 2 The Sims 4 0x1003a73e4 0x1001d0000 + 1930212 3 The Sims 4 0x1003d0e70 0x1001d0000 + 2100848 4 The Sims 4 0x1003a6464 0x1001d0000 + 1926244 5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 30: 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e791c8 __semwait_signal + 8 1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x180d556f4 nanosleep + 220 2 Simulation.dylib 0x3005b73bc 0x300000000 + 5993404 3 Simulation.dylib 0x3001090bc 0x300000000 + 1085628 4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 31: 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x180e793cc __psynch_cvwait + 8 1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb80e0 _pthread_cond_wait + 984 2 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca7d68 PyThread_acquire_lock_timed + 328 3 libpython370.dylib 0x17ddd3088 acquire_timed + 120 4 libpython370.dylib 0x17ddd2da0 lock_PyThread_acquire_lock + 56 5 libpython370.dylib 0x17dd0bd48 _PyMethodDef_RawFastCallKeywords + 704 6 libpython370.dylib 0x17dc8d78c _PyMethodDescr_FastCallKeywords + 92 7 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca5fc0 call_function + 676 8 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca3188 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 23752 9 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca6d0c _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName + 2856 10 libpython370.dylib 0x17dd0b03c _PyFunction_FastCallKeywords + 260 11 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca5f84 call_function + 616 12 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca3188 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 23752 13 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca6d0c _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName + 2856 14 libpython370.dylib 0x17dd0b03c _PyFunction_FastCallKeywords + 260 15 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca5f84 call_function + 616 16 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca3188 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 23752 17 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca6d0c _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName + 2856 18 libpython370.dylib 0x17dd0b03c _PyFunction_FastCallKeywords + 260 19 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca5f84 call_function + 616 20 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca3188 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 23752 21 libpython370.dylib 0x17dd0b594 function_code_fastcall + 120 22 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca5f84 call_function + 616 23 libpython370.dylib 0x17dca3188 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 23752 24 libpython370.dylib 0x17dd0b594 function_code_fastcall + 120 25 libpython370.dylib 0x17dd0c070 _PyObject_Call_Prepend + 140 26 libpython370.dylib 0x17dd0b1f4 PyObject_Call + 156 27 libpython370.dylib 0x17ddd3b54 t_bootstrap + 76 28 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb7c0c _pthread_start + 136 29 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b80 thread_start + 8 Thread 32: 0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b6c start_wqthread + 0 Thread 33: 0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b6c start_wqthread + 0 Thread 34: 0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b6c start_wqthread + 0 Thread 35: 0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b6c start_wqthread + 0 Thread 36: 0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180eb2b6c start_wqthread + 0 Thread 23 crashed with ARM Thread State (64-bit): x0: 0x000000011b66a440 x1: 0x000000011b66a440 x2: 0x0000000300e7564f x3: 0x0000000fffffc088 x4: 0x0000000000000000 x5: 0x0000000001f78a40 x6: 0x000000000000006e x7: 0x000000017d616768 x8: 0x1810f621d2338c9d x9: 0x1810f620af52fc9d x10: 0x0000000000000002 x11: 0x0000010000000000 x12: 0x00000000fffffffd x13: 0x0000000000000000 x14: 0x0000000000000000 x15: 0x0000000000000000 x16: 0x000000017dc574e0 x17: 0x000000017d617000 x18: 0x0000000000000000 x19: 0x000000017d616e48 x20: 0x0000000300e7564f x21: 0x000000011b66a440 x22: 0x0000000000000002 x23: 0x0000000300fc5bd0 x24: 0x000000017e09d240 x25: 0x0000000300fc5bd0 x26: 0x00000000db89ff23 x27: 0x00000000811c9dc5 x28: 0x0000000300fa1000 fp: 0x000000017d616e00 lr: 0x0000000300cd465c sp: 0x000000017d616dd0 pc: 0x000000017dc574e4 cpsr: 0x60001000 far: 0x000000011b66a448 esr: 0x92000007 (Data Abort) byte read Translation fault Binary Images: 0x1001d0000 - 0x1025d3fff com.ea.mac.thesims4 (1.0) <a1626936-c039-3d39-8d6b-3bcd8f9b3816> /Applications/EA Games/The Sims 4.app/Contents/MacOS/The Sims 4 0x102d1c000 - 0x102e73fff libActivation.dylib (*) <5a5a0755-4508-3342-ad2b-758f2c1962cf> /Applications/EA Games/The Sims 4.app/Contents/Frameworks/libActivation.dylib 0x104fbc000 - 0x104fc7fff libobjc-trampolines.dylib (*) <a3faee04-0f8b-3428-9497-560c97eca6fb> /usr/lib/libobjc-trampolines.dylib 0x10d1b8000 - 0x10d84bfff com.apple.AGXMetal13-3 (329.2) <b303b4e8-5f17-39b8-8505-326aaf870f39> /System/Library/Extensions/AGXMetal13_3.bundle/Contents/MacOS/AGXMetal13_3 0x1749ac000 - 0x174ae7fff com.apple.audio.units.Components (1.14) <351a431e-1520-3b3b-bb1e-f034da294ecd> /System/Library/Components/CoreAudio.component/Contents/MacOS/CoreAudio 0x300000000 - 0x300ef3fff Simulation.dylib (*) <291eb41d-efee-3ea2-833f-2faf9edb65dd> /Applications/EA Games/The Sims 4.app/Contents/Frameworks/Simulation.dylib 0x17dc04000 - 0x17deeffff libpython370.dylib (*) <7820f5ce-1ba5-3120-be9e-8c592088dabc> /Applications/EA Games/The Sims 4.app/Contents/Frameworks/libpython370.dylib 0x30e9a8000 - 0x30e9b3fff _socket.dylib (*) <a7f5af30-2092-3dc1-ab4e-2ad8c75a27c8> /Applications/EA Games/The Sims 4.app/Contents/Frameworks/lib-dynload/_socket.dylib 0x11de28000 - 0x11de2bfff select.dylib (*) <347bdeb1-2ef7-3b05-82ac-dfc79b46f290> /Applications/EA Games/The Sims 4.app/Contents/Frameworks/lib-dynload/select.dylib 0x11e180000 - 0x11e183fff _scproxy.dylib (*) <dedfb296-17c8-3cb6-a50e-788bb322f3b8> /Applications/EA Games/The Sims 4.app/Contents/Frameworks/lib-dynload/_scproxy.dylib 0x166624000 - 0x166627fff _posixsubprocess.dylib (*) <b93b964a-3c41-3e73-b370-37337ec4dfdd> /Applications/EA Games/The Sims 4.app/Contents/Frameworks/lib-dynload/_posixsubprocess.dylib 0x32933c000 - 0x329527fff constraints.dylib (*) 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4.app/Contents/Frameworks/lib-dynload/unicodedata.dylib 0x182517000 - 0x18330059f com.apple.Foundation (6.9) <b9a92060-f21e-3ecf-9ded-94a65c68a6f4> /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation 0x180f26000 - 0x181464fff com.apple.CoreFoundation (6.9) <8d45baee-6cc0-3b89-93fd-ea1c8e15c6d7> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation 0x18c980000 - 0x18cc86fdf com.apple.HIToolbox (2.1.1) <1a037942-11e0-3fc8-aad2-20b11e7ae1a4> /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/HIToolbox 0x184e8b000 - 0x18631be3f com.apple.AppKit (6.9) <860c164c-d04c-30ff-8c6f-e672b74caf11> /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit 0x180b10000 - 0x180bab577 dyld (*) <3247e185-ced2-36ff-9e29-47a77c23e004> /usr/lib/dyld 0x0 - 0xffffffffffffffff ??? (*) <00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000> ??? 0x180eee000 - 0x180ef5e0b libsystem_platform.dylib (*) <fd19a599-8750-31f9-924f-c2810c938371> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_platform.dylib 0x180e75000 - 0x180eb0653 libsystem_kernel.dylib (*) <6e4a96ad-04b8-3e8a-b91d-087e62306246> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x186a57000 - 0x186e20a5f com.apple.CFNetwork (1.0) <45ad6442-531d-3e9a-967e-b3aa0d01f24f> /System/Library/Frameworks/CFNetwork.framework/Versions/A/CFNetwork 0x180eb1000 - 0x180ebda47 libsystem_pthread.dylib (*) <d6494ba9-171e-39fc-b1aa-28ecf87975d1> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x180d48000 - 0x180dc9243 libsystem_c.dylib (*) <dfea8794-80ce-37c3-8f6a-108aa1d0b1b0> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_c.dylib 0x18f05d000 - 0x18f06be97 libz.1.dylib (*) <fd078c6f-b196-3ef4-a464-36d3f6dbf918> /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib 0x18c529000 - 0x18c550ddf com.apple.audio.caulk (1.0) <42085f32-42e2-3f11-b0b4-0343137b5f72> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/caulk.framework/Versions/A/caulk 0x183bb4000 - 0x1842e539f com.apple.audio.CoreAudio (5.0) <52c7f0a2-f403-391b-9b0d-ce498eff4d7e> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreAudio.framework/Versions/A/CoreAudio VM Region Summary: ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=1.7G resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=1.7G(100%) Writable regions: Total=4.3G written=3098K(0%) resident=2666K(0%) swapped_out=432K(0%) unallocated=4.3G(100%) VIRTUAL REGION REGION TYPE SIZE COUNT (non-coalesced) =========== ======= ======= Accelerate framework 128K 1 Activity Tracing 256K 1 CG image 64K 4 ColorSync 528K 27 CoreAnimation 528K 31 CoreGraphics 32K 2 CoreUI image data 864K 6 Foundation 16K 1 Image IO 192K 12 Kernel Alloc Once 32K 1 MALLOC 1.6G 63 MALLOC guard page 288K 18 STACK GUARD 56.6M 37 Stack 32.7M 37 VM_ALLOCATE 2.6G 226 __AUTH 5372K 684 __AUTH_CONST 75.9M 925 __CTF 824 1 __DATA 27.5M 924 __DATA_CONST 29.2M 949 __DATA_DIRTY 2762K 335 __FONT_DATA 2352 1 __INFO_FILTER 8 1 __LINKEDIT 621.1M 18 __OBJC_RO 61.4M 1 __OBJC_RW 2396K 1 __TEXT 1.1G 971 __TEXT (graphics) 1264K 1 __TPRO_CONST 128K 2 mapped file 246.6M 27 page table in kernel 2666K 1 shared memory 992K 18 =========== ======= ======= TOTAL 6.5G 5327
Game crashes when viewing the house from a certain angle
Hello 🤗 I have been busy building and I realised that the game always crashes when I view the house from a certain angle. I never had this issue before. I run the game on a MacBook. Below, I've attached the LastCrash file, in case anyone understands what it says: why is my game crashing? Many thanks in advance! 💚
Lots not saving properly
Mac, Sequoia 15.5 When attempting to save my game in The Sims 4, the game appears to save normally without errors, but no progress is retained. After closing and reopening the game, all progress is gone, and the save file reverts to a previous state. Expected Result: The game should retain progress and load the updated save. Actual Result: No progress is saved; the game loads the older state as if no save had occurred. Troubleshooting Tried (Didn't fix the issue): Repaired game via EA App Removed all mods/CC (tested in a clean mods folder) Removed all mods affecting the Data/Delta Folders Deleted all cache files Restarted Mac Tried all variations/options of saving the game Tried installing the newest 5th-September Update Tried turning off the iCloud Settings "Desktop & Documents Folder" and "Optimise Mac Storage", then renaming the "The Sims 4" Folder under Documents to trigger generating the same, but a new, clean folder/game. (This did fix my issue for like 5 minutes, now I'm having the saving issue again) I always load back into the game at the same location, place a base game bush, load out, and then reload the save. It always disappears. The issue isn't with the bush mesh, though, since only the newly placed one is deleted, and this also happens with entirely new interiors, different lots/types of progress, etc. Additional Notes: The game does not display any error message during the save attempt The Issue persists across multiple sessions and attempts The Issue started occurring upon installing the August 2025 Update
Severe lag when Sim turns on computer or TV.
Happens instantly. I can't visit other sims houses because the moment they turn the tv on my frame rate drops to around 30 or even 20. I read that other Mac users were having this issue, so maybe it's specific to Mac? Not sure what's causing it. I do not play with mods or CC. I've reinstalled the game almost 3 times to see if it messed up during the installation somehow. Same thing every time. & For reference, I am playing on a MacBook Air M4 16GB laptop.Game deletes all households in save once moving
I made a new household and when we had to choose the first place to move into it showed the loading screen and then showed the world options again but this time my household was gone and when I went into manage household I noticed all the npc households were empty. I tried to recover the save from when it was glitched yet but I would eventually just do the same thing again. Genuinely don't how to fix it, other saves still work but I spent way too much time making this one.
Unable to use coffee machines /tea pots
Hello ! I've been noticing this lag for a while but it's really starting to annoy me : anytime my sim tries to pour a drink from a coffee machine or a tea pot (or even from the moonshine bottles from the basemental mod), my game crashes. I have tried the 50/50 method, it led me to a cc file from heybrine, it seemed to work, but now it crashes again. Also, it crashes so fast I don't even receive the LE file to send on discord :( please help a girl out !! my sims need their coffeeWhen I enter into build mode and place one thing, my game freezes.
After the most recent patch, I have been trying to play my save file and I am trying to add on another room. I go into build mode and place a new wall, and that works fine. But then, I try to add onto it, or change it in any way, and it doesn't place or change. I then decided to go into live mode, but my game will not unpause, and is stuck on "paused". I also tried saving and exiting, but the game froze and will not let me do anything after that point. I do have mods installed, but it is not any of my mods, I removed my mods folder and then tried again, and it did the same thing. I've tried restarting my laptop as well, but nope. I fear it's a game glitch. Does anyone know a work-around or how to get this to stop? Or do I just hope they fix it in a patch?
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