Re: Can different users play Sims4 on the same MacBook?
@floorkoppejan Short answer... No.
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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.
- @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. - @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? - @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?
