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floorkoppejan
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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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?
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floorkoppejan
6 years ago
@Bluebellflora Thanks! I'm new here, didn't know where to post it.

The message I'm getting is an 'initialization error'. I took a screenshot but I still have to find out how I retrieve that on my own account.

I checked it and Origin is installed on MacHD>Apps but Sims4 is installed on MacHD>Users>[user account]> Apps, so that could very well be the problem!

How do I resolve this? Uninstall from the user account and install on MacHD>Apps directly I suppose?

And will their current games still be available after uninstalling and re-installing?

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