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ludouk1
12 years ago
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[MAC] Sims 3 won't start!

I have had Sims 3 on my Mac for some time, and it has always started up fine. However, I recently installed the Sims 3 Starter Pack, reinstalling the Sims 3, and now whenever I try to open any of my ...
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    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Hi

    When you reinstalled, did you first cleanly uinstall previous versions?

    When you uninstall TS3 games on your Mac using the uninstaller, the game leaves behind stray files and isn't completely removed from your computer. These files may conflict with future installations. It is best to completely remove them. BluebellFlora's website provides a guide on how to do this:

    http://bluebellflora.com/the-sims-3-on-a-mac/how-to-do-a-clean-uninstall-and-reinstall-on-a-mac/

    After cleanly uninstalling, install the base game and patch it up to date. If you cannot update via the Launcher, download and apply the latest cumulative manual patch (called the superpatch) for Mac.

    Check that your game works properly. Then install any EPs and SPs that you own, in order of release date.

    Also, are you using Origin? If so, are you sure that your download and installation were OK? Origin downloads become corrupted quite often.

    Caspin

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iconicals
10 years ago
I was randomly reading through the sims3 pets booklet with the code and it said while opening game click applications and click the icon and I did and it actually worked because it would never usually open

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