simcity mac big sur
Hi, I cannot get SimCity to run on Mac Big Sur. It starts, when I click "Play", it crashes. Any tips? Keith
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@BlackjackWidowThank you I tried most of the self help options here, the Aspyr v from January doesn't work and I don't have the option (yet) to create an external bootable drive on Big Sur (I can create the disk but don't have the option in Big Sur), I tried running on Parallels in Windows and the game started but then soon crashed - definitely a ton of roadblocks this time around trying to get these to work
@grant2277 - Thanks for the feedback. It's really disappointing to hear that even the Aspyr version isn't working for Mac users now. As we've had reports from others that the Aspyr 64-bit version doesn't work in Big Sur, I think your best bet would be to file a support request with them. Since they did the work to convert to 64-bit for Catalina, there may be some tweaks needed for Big Sur. https://support.aspyr.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
In the meantime, I'll reach out to some Mac experts to see if they have any insights in this. Maybe there's a way to get your external bootable drive working on Big Sur. (In case you missed the link, here are step-by-step directions for Catalina: https://bluebellflora.com/running-32-bit-apps-after-macos-mojave/#requirements )
Have you tried contacting Aspyr? It's as if they don't exist anymore. I contacted them a month ago about the problem and haven't heard anything from them. Commented on Facebook posts which they have commented on themselves and haven't been acknowledged. I have a feeling they aren't really going to fix this any time soon, or even tell apple it doesn't work on Big Sur so Apple can update it on the store.
- I tweeted Aspyr a couple of days ago. They replied to open a support ticket on their site - https://support.aspyr.com/hc/en-us which I will do over the next few days.
After some digging around in the game files I discovered that it seems the game is expecting OSX but Big Sur is OS11. After I changed this to OS11 I then had the GPU below minimum spec. error message so, a little progress maybe?! Yeah - ticket 171787 filed with Aspyr, no response.
