Sim 3 Re-install question

"SuzyCue72;c-17673456" wrote:

"MaMaTwinklebird;d-981811" wrote:
I have all the Cds for sim3 and they are in my origin too. What would be the best way to install them from cd or origin? Also how do I get my my world hidden springs on origin to register its on a cd? I have it on my page too but it not on my Origin. Hope I made since on the hidden springs :smiley:

@MaMaTwinklebird When you get tired of playing through Origin (which probably won't take long) you can just uninstall the game, also with the help of Origin, and install it from your disks instead, and then update to patch 1.67 with the Super Patcher.

@alanmichael1 I can't believe you actually recommended using Origin to someone who's got the disks?!? :s :s :s Don't you know that some people in fact go so far as to buy all their games again on Steam, or in some cases disks, just to get away from using Origin?? Ask igazor about it if you don't think that's true.

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I spent about $100 USD on disk replacing my digital copies just to skip Origin. :# Do I regret it? nope. Too many times I had packs uncheck themselves and that really messed with the save file I'm playing. Being able to skip the launcher is a huge bonus. I'm aware these things don't really bother some but for me, it was enough to track down sealed copies.

@igazor Are you talking about this comment?
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/the-sims-3-64-bit-amp-metal-release/m-p/9515276/highlight/true#M8367

Someone linked that to me the day it was posted. I'm still being realistic and won't entertain the idea until there's an official real post about it.
edit to add : It's nice of EA to give Mac users a much-needed update on the situation though. :)