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@FairyGodMother - It is quite different on a Mac. The 1.69 Patch that ties digital versions to Origin and the Launcher and provides all this mess about online vs. offline but not staying offline is Windows only.
You aren't missing much by not having a disc drive, none of the Mac operating systems from El Capitan forward (macOS 10.11 and higher) can authenticate the TS3 discs anymore so Mac installs have to be Origin now unless one is still on Yosemite or prior. But Origin for Mac is not required to launch the game once it's installed nor does it take control like on Windows.
Just a word of warning if I may. If you stay current with your macOS, the one we are running right now is Mojave (10.14) and that's the last one that will run TS3 for Mac at all. When Catalina (10.15) comes out in a couple of months, that's it the game is over, last one out turn off the lights because Apple is dropping the ability to run 32-bit applications entirely. If you are still running an older OS or are planning to stay on Mojave or earlier, then of course this warning doesn't apply.
I have to hand it to folks who are still running the Mac version of the game, though. Its built-in 2 GB limit on RAM usage drove me right up the wall and nearly ruined my long-running ongoing game years ago when Pets and Seasons came out, before the rest of the EPs were even released. That's where I made the switch over to the Windows version by way of Bootcamp, since at least that version can address almost twice as much RAM and my game gets so complicated and my worlds stuffed full of sims that I need that in order to continue in the way I choose to play. :)
You aren't missing much by not having a disc drive, none of the Mac operating systems from El Capitan forward (macOS 10.11 and higher) can authenticate the TS3 discs anymore so Mac installs have to be Origin now unless one is still on Yosemite or prior. But Origin for Mac is not required to launch the game once it's installed nor does it take control like on Windows.
Just a word of warning if I may. If you stay current with your macOS, the one we are running right now is Mojave (10.14) and that's the last one that will run TS3 for Mac at all. When Catalina (10.15) comes out in a couple of months, that's it the game is over, last one out turn off the lights because Apple is dropping the ability to run 32-bit applications entirely. If you are still running an older OS or are planning to stay on Mojave or earlier, then of course this warning doesn't apply.
I have to hand it to folks who are still running the Mac version of the game, though. Its built-in 2 GB limit on RAM usage drove me right up the wall and nearly ruined my long-running ongoing game years ago when Pets and Seasons came out, before the rest of the EPs were even released. That's where I made the switch over to the Windows version by way of Bootcamp, since at least that version can address almost twice as much RAM and my game gets so complicated and my worlds stuffed full of sims that I need that in order to continue in the way I choose to play. :)
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