@ad1991 The "can't find the server" error is probably unrelated: many of us have the same error and can play just fine.
Please try repairing the game in Origin: open your game library, right-click on the Sims 4 icon, and select Repair. If that doesn't help, move your entire Sims 3 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, and test again.
Thanks for the reply but didnt work - both repairing and moving to desktop...
Im starting to think it could be that im on the MacOS beta?
I like to make life hard for myself....
EA StaffYep, that Update button is just vestigial. Ignore it. We meant to remove it, but ... Ooops.
As far as being on Beta Big Sur is concerned, yeah, it's been a rocky road (the Big Sur beta, that is - lots of things changed under the hood that are causing compatibility problems). Shouldn't be a problem here though. Works for me.
@ad1991 I do know that Sims 3 works on the latest Big Sur beta, so that alone shouldn't be the issue.
Please restart your computer, sign into Origin, put it in offline mode, and try to launch the game. Don't open any other apps on your computer.
If that doesn't help, please post the full specs of your Mac, including OS build, as described here:
