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cobysgg
3 years ago
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Does not support 32 bit games

just downloaded Spore on Origin to my 2020 M1 Macbook air and have found out that it doesn't support '32 bit' games. Is there any way to get around this using an external client or changing settings?...
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    puzzlezaddict
    3 years ago

    @cobysgg  No, unfortunately there isn't a way to fix this.  The newer versions of macOS, starting with Catalina (released in 2019), don't support 32-bit apps at all, and a 2020 Mac wouldn't run Mojave (2018) or earlier.  EA hasn't created a 64-bit version of Spore and may never do so.

    If you're desperate to play, you could install Parallels on your Mac and run Windows, then run Spore from there.  But you'd need to buy a standalone Windows license plus a Parallels subscription.

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puzzlezaddict
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3 years ago

@cobysgg  No, unfortunately there isn't a way to fix this.  The newer versions of macOS, starting with Catalina (released in 2019), don't support 32-bit apps at all, and a 2020 Mac wouldn't run Mojave (2018) or earlier.  EA hasn't created a 64-bit version of Spore and may never do so.

If you're desperate to play, you could install Parallels on your Mac and run Windows, then run Spore from there.  But you'd need to buy a standalone Windows license plus a Parallels subscription.

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