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IBRC2020

5 years ago

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Will sims 3 work on a 2018 MacBook Air? Because Sims 4 sure doesn't...

Hi I bought all the Sims 4 games thinking they'd work on my laptop but all of them make my laptop overwhelmed and I can only play a household for about 24 hours game play time before my computer runs...

mac

technical issues

puzzlezaddict
5 years ago
@IBRC2020 Sims 3 actually runs worse on Macs, and on lower-end hardware, than Sims 4. And it doesn't currently run at all on Catalina. There's an update coming out at some point to fix that; maybe check back in to see how the 64-bit version runs on Macs and consider buying TS3 at that point. But if you did it now, you might be wasting your money.

If you're having issues running Sims 4, you can ask for help in the Sims 4 Mac section.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/bd-p/The-Sims-Mac

Please make sure your computer can cool itself properly though. On top of the weak hardware, your laptop will throttle performance to protect itself when temperatures get too high. A cooling pad is cheap; a fan can be even cheaper, and elevating the laptop so air can circulate underneath is free.

puzzlezaddict

Hero+

5 years ago

@IBRC2020 Sims 3 actually runs worse on Macs, and on lower-end hardware, than Sims 4. And it doesn't currently run at all on Catalina. There's an update coming out at some point to fix that; maybe check back in to see how the 64-bit version runs on Macs and consider buying TS3 at that point. But if you did it now, you might be wasting your money.

If you're having issues running Sims 4, you can ask for help in the Sims 4 Mac section.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/bd-p/The-Sims-Mac

Please make sure your computer can cool itself properly though. On top of the weak hardware, your laptop will throttle performance to protect itself when temperatures get too high. A cooling pad is cheap; a fan can be even cheaper, and elevating the laptop so air can circulate underneath is free.