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Anonymous
10 years ago
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[MAC] bought sims 4 on origin wont install

hi i bought the Sims 4 on my mac through origin.

It downloaded 100% but it wont install now,

i have tried everything past articles about this problem said

and i am getting really annoyed.

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  • Hi @sims4player3334,

    Can you give us more info about your Mac? 😕mileyhappy:

    Click on the Apple icon in the top left corner of your desktop and select About This Mac. Please provide the following information (you may need to click on "More Info" depending on what operating system you're running:

    - Operating System (Version)
    - Mac model
    - Processor
    - Memory (RAM)
    - Graphics

    - Are you running any antivirus?
    - Do you have Time Machine/Spotify/Dropbox or similar running?

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago
    Approved

    Mac OS Xversion 10.6.8

    MacPro4.1

    2.66 GHz

    Quad core intel Xeon

     3GB 1066 MHz DDR3

    Not sure about graphics

    Not running antivirus

    I do have dropbox but it was not running at the time of download.

    No Time machine or Spotify

    Thank you

  • fons_garmo's avatar
    fons_garmo
    Hero (Retired)
    10 years ago

    @sims4player3334

    The Sims 4 needs to run on OS X 10.7.5 (Lion) or higher. You have to update OS X in order to play the game correctly.

    EDIT: you also need, at least, 4 GB of RAM to play The Sims 4. Here you have the minimum system specs for OS X:

    MINIMUM SPECIFICATION

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    OS: Mac OS® X 10.7.5 (Lion)

    PROCESSOR: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz Processor or better

    VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 320M, 9600M, 9400M,ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro or better. Video RAM of 256MB or better.

    MEMORY: 4GB RAM

    HARD DRIVE: 10 GB of Hard Drive space

    INPUT: Keyboard and Mouse

    ========
    XP = "Thank you!" / "¡Gracias!"
    "Accept as solution" = "This solved my problem!" / "¡Esto ha solucionado el problema!"