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ameliaabaker
12 years ago

(MAC) Can I transfer my Sims 3 Game(plus expansions) to another computer?

i currently have a macbook pro laptop,that i have had for around 6 years. just got one of my dads old mac computer from work and i want to have all my sims 3 games and expansions on the new/old mac and use my laptop for work use only as the sims games make my laptop full, so when i had sims 2 i tryed transfering all my sims 2 games to a new computer when the old one broke and it dident work and i had to chuck the games out and i dont want this to happen again so how can i transfer all my sims 3 games and cusom content etc to the new mac my dad brought home ? please help me !!!

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  • ameliaabaker's avatar
    ameliaabaker
    12 years ago

    i have done that but origin only has my expansion packs listed not the base game. will that effect anything ? will i still be able to play sims 3 on the new/old mac?

  • cavvv28's avatar
    cavvv28
    12 years ago

    Are you sure the base game isn't hidden in the library? Check under the "Hidden" section.

  • ameliaabaker's avatar
    ameliaabaker
    12 years ago

    it is no where on orgin and it wouldent let me add it as one of my games to the sims 3 website either?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago
    @ameliaabaker wrote:

    it is no where on orgin and it wouldent let me add it as one of my games to the sims 3 website either?

    Do you have the base game on a disc? If so then you should be able to redeem the code within Origin. See if this helps:

    http://help.ea.com/uk/article/redeem-your-serial-code-in-origin/

    If you are entering the code correctly and it still won't redeem on Origin or register on the sims3.com website, you may need to contact customer services for assistance. Presumably the code did work once as you have the game on your laptop, so it's odd that it won't work now. Make sure that you are entering the right characters for example the number 0 can be confused with the letter O etc.

    Caspin

  • ameliaabaker's avatar
    ameliaabaker
    12 years ago

    i have the base game on the disk i have tried adding it to orgin and the sims 3 website with the correct code that is in the cd case and it says "this code is already used" its not effecting anything at the moment but im just wondering if it will be an issue that its not letting me add it to origin or sims 3 website for when i change my computer over ? thanks 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago
    @ameliaabaker wrote:

    i have the base game on the disk i have tried adding it to orgin and the sims 3 website with the correct code that is in the cd case and it says "this code is already used" its not effecting anything at the moment but im just wondering if it will be an issue that its not letting me add it to origin or sims 3 website for when i change my computer over ? thanks 

    If you want to change computer then this may be a problem as you may not be able to use that code again to redownload the game. You can contact EA customer services for help with this. They may be able to make the code functional again, or provide you with an alternative code.

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