Sims 2 MAC: how to install custom content
I am attempting to install custom content for the Sims 2 on my MacBook. The game, newly installed, runs perfectly. I used to play the Sims 2 on my PC, and when I downloaded custom content all I had t...
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@Tremayne4260 i have the same problem as cincygal419 but where is the sims2pack file at
@mattyedge696 , when you download CC for Sims 2, the CC (unless otherwise noted by the creator) should show as the following formats ("CC name.sims2pack" or "CC name.package"). When you have the Aspyr Package Installer program loaded make sure it points directly to your Downloads folder in your Sims 2 folder. The Sims 2 files for the Mac are hidden in your Library folder instead of in the Documents folder.
To find your Library folder, click on your Desktop, find the "Go" command at the top in the Finder, hold your cursor button over Go and press the Option key on your keyboard and Library will show when you do that. Scroll through the Library folders until you find one called "com.aspyr.sims2.appstore" and open the folder. You should see two files in there and open the Data File. From there, locate another file named "Library" and then in that file you should should find another Aspyr folder which when opened will reveal the Sims 2 folder (exactly like the original game and on the Windows side). From there check to see if you have a folder named "Downloads" and if you do not, simply create one. This is where all your CC and Mods will be stored.
My advice is to organize your CC into categories within this folder once you get it up and running.
If your CC has the ".sims2pack" extension, you will have to use the Package Installer to "uncompress" the file to now show the ".Package" extension. All CC in the game must have the ".package" extension to run.
Please let me know if this works for you.
so uh what should we do if com.aspyr.sim2.appstore doesn't have anything inside it at all? Like completely empty AND i've downloaded both the Body Shop and Package Installer?
@thenagan , have you started the game itself yet? If not, you need to start the game to allow the content of the folder to generate. Then you should see the contents.
Hello I was wondering if you could please help me. I have the sims 2 super collection (mac) and I did everything where I found the right folders and created a downloads one in the Sims 2 folder (never downloaded CC before). So i'm trying to use this custom skin i downloaded from modthesims, it ends in .package and i have both the body shop and the package installer, but I'm not sure what the next step is. I've enabled custom content in the game menu and ran it again but I don't see the skins at all. I'd really appreciate your help, thanks in advance!
@Tremayne4260 hey 🙂 i can't locate the com.aspyr.sims2.appstore file in my library? help?
@shrimpshlongg , you'll need to scroll through your Library until you come to a series of "com." files. It's somewhere under the "Container" folder.
Hello, I did all the steps with the folders but the stuff I have downloaded hasn’t gone to my game. What do I have to download or do in steps for me to get the CC? I have a Mac book air. Thank you in advance!!
i dont have that file type
@Lex_LittTTV , what file type?
Hello, I am a new user from TS2 on mac, I downloaded a few day ago. However, I met the same issue about adding cc inside the game. I read the previous pages from this post, and try to follow the provided location com.aspyr.sims2.appstore>...>(download) to put the CC (package file) over there. While I open the game, it detected the CC and I tick enable to show the cc but it didn't work after reopen it. What should I do? Thank you so much!
