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6 years ago

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[WORKAROUND] 11.17.20 patch - game won't stop loading

I play on a Mac - My game did today’s update to fix the crashing and now it won’t load at all! Was waiting up to 10 mins and it was just stuck on the loading screen. I took off all my mods and still ...

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ZapGun4Hire
6 years ago
In the Origin app, right-click on the gear icon next to the Play button and select "Repair".

puzzlezaddict

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6 years ago

@TREXMSLI Great, I've merged your posts into the master thread for this issue in macOS. Please try repairing the game in Origin: open your game library, right-click on the Sims 4 icon, and select Repair.

inelly421

6 years ago

Thank you! This worked great

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