Adding Sims 3 to a 2017 MacBook Pro

"Annikaperi;c-16170464" wrote:
I have not been able to try the game yet on the new computer because I have to locate the rest of my discs in the storage shed after moving. I guess some people have been needing the discs even to download from Origin, although I will definitely need your fix for some of the EPs.

You don't need any discs to download from Origin but you do need the product codes. If you already have the games installed on a Mac you can find the codes using Terminal.

"Annikaperi;c-16170464" wrote:
I have been wary of Bootcamping my Mac. I know everyone does it, but no one in my family has done this, and no one at Apple will tell me that yes, it is 100% safe. I do have one friend that says yes, it does seem like something we should not do (put Windows operating system on our Mac), but has done it for the same reason — he has a favorite game.

I have boot camped more Macs than I can remember and never had an issue. I've also removed the partitions and repartitioned hundreds of times and it's been fine. You should ALWAYS back up your Mac though, or any computer for that matter, if you are partitioning the drive. Of course a drive can always become corrupted but you don't need Boot Camp/Windows for that to happen. When your Mac has partitioned and boots up in Windows for the first time to finish the install you will have to reformat the partition again because the format is incorrect. This is normal and easy to do. Of course no one at Apple will tell you it is 100% safe because you are installing a 3rd party product on your Mac, they will say the same about any software that isn't from Apple :)

"Annikaperi;c-16170464" wrote:
Loving the new MacBook Pro, although the new keyboard is taking some getting used to — very light touch, no satisfying click on the trackpad, and I keep hitting the touchpad by mistake.

I've turned off haptic feedback and force click in System Preferences as I hate it! I love the new keyboard but yes, it does take a bit of getting used to.