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?
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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?
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 🙂
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I know right!
The problem only is that I have to get it on my Mac first which I can't ☹️
