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Re: Mac EA app - "Something went wrong" - Error EC:106 on EA app for Mac

@loooryglooory 

Sorry, one more thing to try - could you go into Macintosh HD > Users. Do you have a root folder in there? If so, in there does it look something like this?

Edit 21.05.24 - Trash the Library folder in the screenshot (I trashed root but others may not be so keen).

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  • loooryglooory's avatar
    loooryglooory
    1 year ago

    The last Folder was empty. No .plist files at all. Trashed the whole root folder but still the same issue.

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    Bluebellflora
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    1 year ago
    @loooryglooory

    Which folder are you referring to when you say "the last folder was empty"?

    Right click on the EA App > Show Package Contents > Contents > Applications. Could you post a screenshot of the contents of that folder?
  • loooryglooory's avatar
    loooryglooory
    1 year ago

    Sorry, I meant the "installer data" folder. This was completely empty, where you seem to have two .plist files.

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    1 year ago
    @loooryglooory

    Thanks. Can you double click on the EABackgroundAgent app to open it and then open Activity Monitor to check it's running. The EABackgroundService process should automatically run too. If they are then try to open EA App.
  • loooryglooory's avatar
    loooryglooory
    1 year ago
    @Bluebellflora Background Agent runs for a short time, but Background Service isn't automatically. After a short time, background agent stops running.
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    Bluebellflora
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    1 year ago
    @loooryglooory

    Ok. Double click on EABackgroundService too as well as the EABackgroundAgent. When they are running try to launch the EA App.
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    Bluebellflora
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    1 year ago

    @loooryglooory 

    Thanks for trying. Maybe it's something to do with the EABackgroundAgent. The contents of Macintosh HD > Users > Shared > Electronic Arts > EA App > background agent.ini on my Mac (I've replaced the numbers with X's):

    BackgroundAgentPort=XXXXX
    BackgroundAgentPid=XXXXX

    I think this is your issue as the App isn't creating the file. Pid is the process ID in Activity Monitor. I don't believe these numbers change although they are unique to the machine.

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    1 year ago
    @loooryglooory

    It's late for me now but if you come across anything else please let us know 🙂 You could try setting up a new user account on your Mac and launching EA App in that account.
  • loooryglooory's avatar
    loooryglooory
    1 year ago

    @BluebellfloraChecked again, now I have the background agent.ini file. The content is the same as yours.

    I will try tomorrow if another account could run the app. Thank you for your help! 🙂

  • Daarkarrow's avatar
    Daarkarrow
    1 year ago

    Hey, wanted to share that I'm facing the same problem.

  • kylavz's avatar
    kylavz
    1 year ago

    I've also been having the same problem for a month now and I still can't find the solution. I have a Macbook Pro Retina 13-inch, early 2015. I don't know if it has anything to do with it, help I want to play the Sims!

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