Download Sims 3 on Macbook Pro Retina without Disc drive?

@Zine05

You should be able to register the product code on Origin from the manual that came with your disc. Have you already registered your serial number under a different EA username perhaps? 

No I haven't :/

But I just called help.ea.com and they told me it's because my new Mac runs Yosemite and Sims 3 doesn't work with Yosemite.

Do you know if thats true?

@Zine05

It does work with Yosemite however, if you have the 13" MacBook Pro with the integrated Intel Iris graphics then I'm afraid it won't work:

The Sims 3 is not compatible on Macs which only have integrated Intel Iris graphics. If you would like to play the game on your Mac with these graphics you have to edit the GraphicsCards.sgr and GraphicsRules.sgr files. Instructions can be found here. Whilst this fix is working for some, unfortunately it doesn't seem to work for everyone.

It's quite amusing that they told you it won't work with Yosemite when it states in the system requirements it needs OS X 10.5.7 or later. Give the workaround a try, it's worth a go 🙂

I know right!

The problem only is that I have to get it on my Mac first which I can't ☹️ 

I finally called them again and now I got the game on my Mac. 🙂

I tried to run the game and it wont work. I tried to follow through you link and did as was told but that doesnt work either :/

It will only open up and then freeze and I cant do anything.

@Zine05

Do you have the 13" MacBook Pro with Intel Iris graphics? If so, did you edit both Graphics files and the Options.ini file?

Yes! It a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13”, primo 2015) with Intel Iris Graphics 6100 🙂

And i did edit in those files. The problem here is when i press open game. The main screen opens and the game freeze after so I have to turn my mac off :/

@Zine05

The problem is because your graphics card isn't supported. I've just read on another post that someone with the Intel Iris can play with the base game and WA but adding additional EPs and SPs makes it unplayable.