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6 years ago

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The Sims 3 and OS Catalina

I haven't gotten The Sims 3 to work on my MacBook Pro (early 2015) since the new OS updates. I first deleted the old game since I hadn't played since maybe 2016 and the game wouldn't open. After relo...

mac

technical issues

puzzlezaddict
6 years ago
@karoliiinas The current version of Sims 3 is a 32-bit app, and Catalina is 64-bit only, which is why you haven't been able to install it. There's no way around this problem. But EA has announced a 64-bit-compatible version of Sims 3 for macOS, due to be released some time in early 2020. Here's the full announcement:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/An-announcement-for-The-Sims-3-players-on-Mac/td-p/8271641

In the meantime, unless you have access to another computer or are willing to install another operating system on your Mac, you unfortunately won't be able to play.

jalynnvang

5 years ago

I just downgraded my version of OS Catalina to OS Mojave and was able to download Sims 3 on Origin and play!! I followed this youtube video that i'll link below. You will need a flash drive thats at least 8 GB tho.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XyBpIM6rhA

The second video im going to link you to will fix the last step if it won't let you install mojave on ur disks.

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP6KKazdRoI

Everything worked for me

Enjoy 🙂