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6 years ago

Can different users play Sims4 on the same MacBook?

Dear all, We have a family Macbook on which two of our kids like to play Sims4. As a parent I would like to monitor their screentime so I set up individual User Accounts for them. Setting them up w...

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HolyDonkey

6 years ago

@floorkoppejan Short answer... No.

floorkoppejan

6 years ago

@HolyDonkey hm, and the longer answer?

and is there any other way to realise what I have in mind?

Coley666
6 years ago
Different origin accounts or different user accounts?
They would have to use the same origin account or you would have to buy two copies of the game.
It shouldn't a problem therefore using different user accounts - they would just log in to the one origin account to play.
- floorkoppejan
  6 years ago
  @Coley666 just different user accounts. That it should not be a problem is what I expected, but I cannot make it work and I don't understand why not?
  
  @HolyDonkey told me it's not possible but then I would like to know why it doesn't work and how I could find some other way of doing this. It's two of my girls that both want their own families. They use the same account alright but I want to keep an eye on their screen time, that's all.
  - Bluebellflora
    Hero+
    6 years ago
    @floorkoppejan
    
    Moved your post to the Mac forum 🙂
    
    It absolutely should work provided they log into Origin using the same account the game was purchased through.
    
    Where is Origin installed? Macintosh HD > Applications or Macintosh HD > Users > [user account] > Applications?
    
    Same question as above but for the Sims 4 app.
    
    What is the error message you are getting?