Seems to have been fixed at some point, specific game patch/macOS update unknown:
- Glitchy lines across the whole game screen - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/CURRENT-ISSUE-Game-has-glitchy-lines-across-the-whole-screen/m-p/8439920#M23911
- CAS cursor glitch when try to grab Sim - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/PARTIAL-FIX-Sims-4-CAS-cursor-glitch/m-p/6027932#M7813
- Origin/game loading issues in macOS 11 Big Sur - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/macOS-11-Big-Sur-and-the-Sims-4/td-p/9491705
- Macs with M1 chips crackling audio - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/Audio-Cracking-Popping-When-Loading-or-Music-is-Playing-M1/m-p/9797831#M41524
- Glitchy lines across bottom part of the game screen - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/CURRENT-ISSUE-Glitched-lines-across-UI-in-bottom-part-of-game/m-p/8440281#M23942
- 2020 27" iMac crashing - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/Sims-4-keeps-crashing-on-2020-iMac-27/td-p/9522077
- Game crashes specific to macOS 12 Monterey - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/macOS-Monterey-and-new-Sims-4-update-crashing-problems/td-p/10942620
- Game will not launch or immediately quits after the 18 April patch which introduced native support for Apple silicon equipped Macs - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/-CURRENT-ISSUE-Vanilla-game-doesn-t-launch-after-18-April-Apple/td-p/12486615
- Cannot move game library location to external drive in Origin > Installs & Saves (macOS Catalina and later versions only) - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/Can-t-find-External-Hard-Drive-in-Origin-MAC/td-p/8682280
- Mac mini using 24" display resolution issues https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/-M1-Mac-mini-display-resolution-issues-after-closing-game-in/td-p/12495177
Fixed in the second January 2023 patch, 1.95.207.1230:
- Can only Force Quit game in macOS 13 Ventura - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/CURRENT-ISSUE-Upgraded-to-Ventura-can-only-Force-Quit-the-game/td-p/11995841
Fixed in the August 2022 patch, 1.91.186.1230:
- CAS/BB/Live mode Camera not working as expected - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/CAS-Build-mode-live-mode-camera-being-weird/td-p/10850231
- Build/Buy mode catalogue scrolling lag - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/build-amp-buy-mode-delayed-scroll/td-p/11624327
Fixed in the July 2022 patch, 1.90.358.1230:
- Shadow lines/artifacting on objects and surfaces in direct sunlight on Macs with AMD GPUs - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/Graphical-glitch-on-Macs-running-Catalina-with-AMD-graphics-card/m-p/8675311#M26662
- Severe system lag when game is minimised - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/Sims-4-causes-severe-system-lag-not-in-game-lag/m-p/8689242
Fixed in the June 2022 patch, 1.89.214.1230:
- 2019 Intel 16" MacBook Pro issues - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/NEED-INFO-Problems-playing-Sims-4-on-the-16-quot-MacBook-Pro/m-p/8750583#M27203
Fixed in the December 2020 patch, 1.69.57.1220:
- Eternal loading screens since 17.11.20 patch https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/11-17-20-patch-game-won-t-stop-loading/td-p/9751934
- Empty world select screen https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/No-residential-lists-showing-on-main-screen/td-p/9752330/jump-to/first-unread-message
Fixed in the November 2020 patch, 1.68.154.1220:
- Crashing, freezing, glitching issues on Macs with AMD Vega GPUs - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/CURRENT-ISSUE-Freezing-possible-system-lockup-on-Macs-with-AMD/m-p/9578876#U9578876
