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blahlahblah
3 years ago

sims 4 lagging on mac

Hi! 

I just purchased another expansion pack and now my game is lagging a lot. The sims are taking forever to do things and not even moving at times. This was never an issue before. I don't know what I can do to play the game normally. I've played it for years now on the same mac and I have never had this issue. Is it the game that is not working well? 

I have only a couple of expansions packs. I already repaired the game and it's still the same. It's impossible to play like that. 

This is my mac's info: 

Version 12.0.1

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

Processor 2.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7

Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Graphics Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

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  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    3 years ago

    @blahlahblah 

    Follow these steps to launch a new clean game and see if it still lags with a brand new save. Do not copy any of the contents of your current Sims 4 folder to the newly created one yet  - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/READ-FIRST-Sims-4-Mac-Help-Guides-and-Troubleshooting/m-p/4612394#M163

    How much storage is available on your Mac? About This Mac > Storage.

    Check the bug forum too. If your lag isn't caused by ageing hardware (possible) it may be the usual simulation lag that is often reported and an ongoing issue https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/bd-p/The-Sims-4-Bugs

  • blahlahblah's avatar
    blahlahblah
    3 years ago

    Hi! Thanks for replying. I have 250 GB in total and still have 39.62 GB available. Would I need more storage? I will launch a clean game and see if it works. However, I don't have a lot saved and I never use mods or anything like that. Thanks for the help! 

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    3 years ago
    @blahlahblah

    Nah, ~40GB free is fine. Always helps to close any other apps running and background apps like music streaming or storage when you play. I've found that anything Google related such as Chrome or Drive uses up vast quantities of RAM - they're VERY greedy! So if your 16GB RAM is being all used up and the machine is using lots of virtual memory on the hard disk this will definitely affect game performance.

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