Sims 4 won’t launch from EA app

It's a MacBook Air (M1, 2020), running macOS Sonoma 14.6.1

I have checked for updates and my software is the most recent available.  

My storage is about half used.  I had downloaded a couple new kits the day before it stopped working again, but I used it that day with no problems.  

I have tried the game repair a couple of times.  

Starting to feel like it might be a bigger problem - I have noticed that a few posts are on here with the same problem since moving from Origin to the EA app, so maybe it's that?  

I am honestly at a point of giving up on it though - it is so frustrating.  

I have been having the same problem for a few weeks where when opening the Sims 4 from EA app, the game bounces in the dock, doesn't open and EA app opens back up.  

I have tried all the fixes, which don't work for a couple of days, but then will work.  Got it fixed earlier today, and now the problem is back again already.  

This is the text from my last crash file if that helps anybody:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><report><version>2</version><sessionid>778ab5914b208ee066d9ccdc</sessionid><type>crash</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4.15.macarm64</sku><createtime>2024-09-05 15:23:10</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.108.349.1220-1.300.000.189.Release</buildsignature><systemconfig></systemconfig><categoryid> 0xf81cdc</categoryid><stack> 0xf81cdc 0x413000000006c20 0x7a77800000076a30 0x6c39000000075d20 0x582b000000174194 0xbd0f800000150db0 0x8c09800000146d58 0x794f0000000143dc 0xa5740000006b093c 0x1e37000001200ea0 0x11e26d0 0x11a5c6c 0xe2238c 0x105dba4 0xe4c040 0xe4b6b0 0x6130 0x6484 0x4ca0 0x73144 0x41600000001073d8 0x6a6c000000107320 0x5847000000041678 0x432b0000000092c4</stack><threads></threads><screenshot></screenshot><memdump></memdump><contextdata>Client Session Time: 1.85<br />Num Save Errors: 0<br />Num Load Errors: 0<br />Current Game State: 0x0<br />LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1<br />Origin Version: 13,280,0,5793<br />Modded: False<br />SystemInfo: Mac OS X Version 14.6.1 (Build 23G93) GPU: Apple M1 macOS Metal driver 0.0.0.0<br />Architecture: arm64<br />(baseaddr) 0x1005b0000,'The Sims 4' 0x191b03000,'libsystem_pthread.dylib' 0x1919a0000,'libsystem_c.dylib' 0x1919a0000,'libsystem_c.dylib' 0x19be5a000,'Metal' 0x19be5a000,'Metal' 0x19be5a000,'Metal' 0x19be5a000,'Metal' 0x1e8d1d000,'AGXMetal13_3' 0x1005b0000,'The Sims 4' 0x1005b0000,'The Sims 4' 0x1005b0000,'The Sims 4' 0x1005b0000,'The Sims 4' 0x1005b0000,'The Sims 4' 0x1005b0000,'The Sims 4' 0x1005b0000,'The Sims 4' 0x1005b0000,'The Sims 4' 0x1005b0000,'The Sims 4' 0x1005b0000,'The Sims 4' 0x191b6b000,'CoreFoundation' 0x191b6b000,'CoreFoundation' 0x191b6b000,'CoreFoundation' 0x191b6b000,'CoreFoundation' 0x192cc0000,'Foundation'(/baseaddr)</contextdata></report>

This is with no mods and my save files removed.  I have also repaired the game through the app and done a manual repair twice.  I have plenty of memory on my MacBook, and the game and my IOS are up to date.  

Any help massively appreciated as I am about to just give up and forget the 100's of hours and £'s I've put in this game.  Thanks.  

Has there been any luck with this? EA support have been horrible and entirely unhelpful.

Hi. No, I’ve had no real answers. Tried all the usual fixes which sometimes help, but then the problem comes back a couple days later. EA have said they cannot help any further. 

I can even have it work in the morning and then I’ll go to play again that evening and it won’t open. 

Hi. Restarting doesn’t make any difference I’m afraid. Also, sometimes it won’t work in the morning and then will work later in the day. I’ve not been able to pinpoint anything that is causing it. 

in case it was a memory problem I have moved all my other files to an external hard drive but that hasn’t made any difference either. 

honestly I feel like I’ll just keep plodding on with it and use it when I can. I definitely won’t be buying any more packs though as it’s too disappointing to not be able to play them.