Adding Sims 3 to a 2017 MacBook Pro
Sorry if this has been answered before, but I can’t find a post specifically about this. I have The Sims 3 on my early 2011 MacBook Pro. It is installed with a pre 2012 disc and using Patch 1.67. I ha...
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"StephJ82;c-16406584" wrote:
I am really frustrated I have a mac book pro with MacOS High Sierra version 10.13.3 and I have tried Sims 3 everywhere (Origin, MacGameStore and from CD's) and nothing seems to work. Can someone please help me
Hi there. First of all, forget trying to do an install or play by way of discs or the MacGameStore. The discs will refuse to authenticate on any Mac OS from El Capitan forward and the game store's version specifically says that it is not compatible with Sierra or High Sierra (probably for similar reasons). Origin is the only method that works, when it does work.
The base game only should install that way as long as you don't have remnants of a prior install in place. Some of the EPs will be problematic and require extra steps to get through.
https://bluebellflora.com/sims-3-packs-not-showing-as-installed
Depending on the specs of your Macbook Pro though, the experience you are chasing down might not be a very good one. TS3 for Mac is a crippled version of its Windows sibling and once it actually is installed, can only use 2 GB of RAM no matter how much the player has installed. And some Macs have totally unsupportable processor/graphics card combos that put up more barriers where some players can never even get their games started up. If your system can withstand it and if you can stand having two systems to manage, bootcamping Windows and running the Windows version of the game instead might be a better option. Or finding a different computer to play it on.
What are the specs of your Mac -- model name/year, processor, RAM, graphics card from About This Mac off the Apple menu?
