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Hi there, Thanks for having so many posts with suggestions to solve problems! I've sadly encountered one myself with the sims 3 pets (no issues previously to this expansion). It came up with the disc authorisation failure and after reading the post on this by BlueBellFlora I tried moving my the sims 3 folder from the directory to desktop and restarting the mac. Unfortunately now the game doesn't get past the blue screen after the launcher. Are there any other alternative solutions other then going via origins? Or do I have to uninstall everything and install again? I also don't want to skip the launcher unless that's the only option available.

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Please let me know. Any help is appreciated! The only fix for the disc authorisation error is to install through Origin. Uninstall Pets then download and install it via Origin. Hi, I'm having trouble with The Sims 3 on my mac, but I can't find a solution to the problem in the forums. Because I'm new to the forum I can't post a new thread, so I'm wondering what I can do to get help? I know I should stick to the threads topic, but I need help:( I think I might need to fix something as I've got a Macbook Pro from early 2015, but I don't know what to do or what to (potentially) install.

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I'm more than happy to post my Mac's description and elaborate more on the problem, but I don't want to take up too much place here:) Thanks in advance. Hi, I'm having trouble with The Sims 3 on my mac, but I can't find a solution to the problem in the forums. Because I'm new to the forum I can't post a new thread, so I'm wondering what I can do to get help?

I know I should stick to the threads topic, but I need help I think I might need to fix something as I've got a Macbook Pro from early 2015, but I don't know what to do or what to (potentially) install. I'm more than happy to post my Mac's description and elaborate more on the problem, but I don't want to take up too much place here Thanks in advance. Many of the known install issues are covered on the pages linked to on the first post on the first page of this thread. But go ahead and describe the issue you are facing if that's not enough, don't forget to include more info about your Mac such as which 2015 model (from About This Mac on the Apple Menu) and which version of OS X you are running. Chances are someone will be able to help or suggest an alternative. @BluebellFlora said: First of all, forget Origin.

You do not need it to play the game. Just launch the game by double clicking on the Sims 3 app in your Applications folder - Applications The Sims 3 The Sims 3. Secondly yes, your Mac is not compatible with the game because it has unsupported Intel graphics. If you want to try and get it working you must edit the graphics files. Instructions here. There's no guarantee it will work but the fact that you are still running Yosemite is in your favour:) Tried starting it from applications, and when I pressed play I got a message saying that the game couldn't start when it was running, what ever that means. I forgot to mention that every time I've tried to launch the game through origin I'm told that something is downloading and that it might affect the game, but I have no ongoing downloads.

Thanks for answers though:). I'm posting this comment here because this thread is the most wonderful and comprensive set of troubleshooting instructions I could have asked for. And I'm a lifeling mac user, so this is not the first (or tenth) deep dive into the forums.

Thank you to BlueBellFlora, Tremayne4260, and all of you who put in so much work to make my gaming experience possible again. There is one small problem that I never saw addressed, although the solution is probably obvious to people who are more computer literate than I. When I bought a new macbook pro a couple of days ago, seemingly every step of installing the Sims caused an issue. Most were solved by BBF's many troubleshooting guides, but I was still unable to download any content from the Sims store. Whenever I pressed the download button, I got the window screengrabbed in her 'downloading store content' guide and intended to follow the instructions not to touch anything.

Firefox opened another tab, as described, but another window asked me to choose an app to launch. Selecting the default 'The Sims 3,' with no icon to its left, gave me the 'unknown error occured' message whether the launcher was open or not. (I never had any actual game running.) Waiting for ten minutes did nothing. Manually choosing the sims3 app with plumbob icon from my applications folder gave me the same error. However, selecting the sims3Ambitions icon (the one which launches my game) worked fine, and everything proceeded smoothly from there. I know that this is probably simple, but I wanted to point it out for anyone who is stuck like I was. Parallels parallels desktop 9 for mac os. I wish EA actually cared about fixing its bugs.

But that would cost money that they then couldn't pay themselves. Of course, BlueBellFlora is probably smarter than their entire debugging team put together.

Thanks again. I'm posting this comment here because this thread is the most wonderful and comprensive set of troubleshooting instructions I could have asked for. And I'm a lifeling mac user, so this is not the first (or tenth) deep dive into the forums. Thank you to BlueBellFlora, Tremayne4260, and all of you who put in so much work to make my gaming experience possible again. There is one small problem that I never saw addressed, although the solution is probably obvious to people who are more computer literate than I. When I bought a new macbook pro a couple of days ago, seemingly every step of installing the Sims caused an issue.

Most were solved by BBF's many troubleshooting guides, but I was still unable to download any content from the Sims store. Whenever I pressed the download button, I got the window screengrabbed in her 'downloading store content' guide and intended to follow the instructions not to touch anything. Firefox opened another tab, as described, but another window asked me to choose an app to launch. Selecting the default 'The Sims 3,' with no icon to its left, gave me the 'unknown error occured' message whether the launcher was open or not. (I never had any actual game running.) Waiting for ten minutes did nothing.

Manually choosing the sims3 app with plumbob icon from my applications folder gave me the same error. However, selecting the sims3Ambitions icon (the one which launches my game) worked fine, and everything proceeded smoothly from there.

I know that this is probably simple, but I wanted to point it out for anyone who is stuck like I was. I wish EA actually cared about fixing its bugs. But that would cost money that they then couldn't pay themselves. Of course, BlueBellFlora is probably smarter than their entire debugging team put together. Thanks again. Ha ha, I don't think I am but thank you for all your kind words. It's nice to know that some good comes from our years of collating/dissecting/testing/posting/ranting That's really useful to know that choosing Ambitions worked, especially as that is one of the problematic packs.

Did you have to copy files and folders around to fix the Unknown Error issue before downloading store stuff? @BluebellFlora said: That's really useful to know that choosing Ambitions worked, especially as that is one of the problematic packs. Did you have to copy files and folders around to fix the Unknown Error issue before downloading store stuff? I had to use your 'Sim 3 Packs not showing as installed' workaround after I downloaded Ambitions, and that let me play indefinitely (no mods or other EPs involved).

I also received the message that something was still downloading when I initially tried to install using the Sims 3 base game icon on Origin; I think someone mentioned that problem on this forum. The message didn't appear when I clicked on the Ambitions logo, though (the same one I used to download). This happened before I went anywhere near the store. When I tried to fix the store downloading problem, I first found instructions to go to my library/preferences and delete 'The Sims 3 Preferences folder, com.transgaming. Files (these files begin with this name type), ipatcher files, Cider Preferences folder'.

Which made no difference. Of course, I hadn't tried to manually select Ambitions. I also couldn't find any files with Cider in the name, which is a bit strange. Also, the files I deleted are back, and I just confirmed that I can still download off of the Sims 3 store by selecting Ambitions. I'm glad you're still around on the forums.

Not only for gamers with limited abilities like me, but because you deserve to know your hard work is still helping other people, even so long after the game's release. The Sims 3 is one of my favorite games, and I'm thrilled to be able to go back to it after an extended break. @igazor said: @puzzlezaddict - I'm going to step in here with something a bit off-topic, please excuse the interruption. But don't pay any attention to @BluebellFlora's modesty. We all love her and her brilliant undying devotion to helping players get through the special challenges this game presents as well as her comprehensive WAY beyond the call of duty documentation of everything over the years.

Even if many of us abandoned TS3 for Mac in disgust years ago in favor of a Bootcamp-based 'Let's just run this thing on Windows' solution.:) Oh I know how lucky we are to have someone around who has the talent to help AND cares enough to do so much. I've had plenty of mac-related problems over the years, and too often there's nothing and no one who can help, which is why I wanted to say thank you to @BlueBellFlora and @Tremayne4260. If you're all over nraas, then you've made it much more enjoyable for me to keep playing. I tend to want to build big families and get the kids married and with a child or two of their own before they move out. The games also last a lot longer than they used to. Funny thing, someone had to come in and clean up all of the accumulated errors that ended up borking every single save file before I could enjoy what I'd built. It is quite a nerdy hobby but I enjoy the challenge and helping people.

Is a rare breed - super knowledgable about macOS and Windows. I have to use a PC at work now, if you ever watched me use it you'd think I'd never used a computer before! The first computer I ever used was a Mac back in 1988/89.

(god I'm old). One of my Macs is boot camped but as I'm not using CAW anymore, and Sims4Studio has almost caught up with the PC version, it's fairly obsolete. Thanks for the feedback with Ambitions and store stuff Such a thread full of love. I don't know half of what you guys are talking about. They just let me hang out here and at NRaas cuz that's where the cool kids are.

They gave me a 'job' over there when it became obvious years ago that I wasn't going to go away and would keep trying to help players anyway. And I suspect that I am older than all of you put together (does the math real quick.okay, maybe not but something like that). It's simming that helps keep us feeling young.

that was around the year I got my first 'puter also, but alas it was an XT, or maybe it was an AT, IBM compatible. I can try to find it if anyone really wants it now, might be just a tad on the light side for simming though DOS itself was a pretty good game to play.

Macs and I didn't really bond with each other until a few years later, and I still have my first one right here though for sentimental reasons I'm not really willing to part with it as easily.

Click to expand.I would love a 13' or 14' retina Air, if however they don't do that and the reports/rumours are wrong (which i doubt as it's Mark Gurman) then i would get a 12' MacBook once they have been given the spec update. You might have a point tho, the 12' MacBook hasn't been updated yet and neither has the none touch bar MacBook Pro, what if Apple intend to remove both of them and introduce a new MacBook Air. On the flip side to that tho i can see them keeping the MacBook around, when Steve Jobs announce the MacBook Air back in 2008 he talked about the line-up of MacBook (obviously it was a different version back then) he then went on to say how the Air was positioned in between the MacBook and the MacBook Pro.

Apple might simply add a new MacBook Air and do exactly the same. Click to expand.Yea i think if the report is correct (from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg) it will be a nice upgrade, retina display and thinner bezels will make it look more modern at least. Not sure what the specs of the machine will be but it would be nice for it to sit somewhere in-between the MacBook and the MacBook Pro in terms of specs. As for the keyboard i'm not sure what they will do, if they are going all in on the new design (especially with it being fixed with gen 3) then they might put the butterfly inside the new Air, this would allow them to make it thinner i think which is something they could do. Personally i would like the Air to get a retina display and thinner bezels and be available in space grey. I'm waiting to see what happens before i update my 2011 MacBook Pro, if i'm not satisfied with the new Air then i will have to choose between the MacBook and the MacBook Pro.

I would love a 13' or 14' retina Air, if however they don't do that and the reports/rumours are wrong (which i doubt as it's Mark Gurman) then i would get a 12' MacBook once they have been given the spec update. You might have a point tho, the 12' MacBook hasn't been updated yet and neither has the none touch bar MacBook Pro, what if Apple intend to remove both of them and introduce a new MacBook Air. On the flip side to that tho i can see them keeping the MacBook around, when Steve Jobs announce the MacBook Air back in 2008 he talked about the line-up of MacBook (obviously it was a different version back then) he then went on to say how the Air was positioned in between the MacBook and the MacBook Pro. Apple might simply add a new MacBook Air and do exactly the same. Historically, Apple does not ever build what the masses 'want'. Their whole M.O. Is to build what they think we need.

This may not always be true, but it is also undoubtedly true that they are most definitely do not have a product category for every type of user like Samsung does or Dell does. This almost always leads to products that 'disappoint' because they are not what large swaths of customers envision. Because I think Apple is really sticking to their new designs, I think the old air with a retina screen drop-in replacement will not happen, nor will a hybrid half-old, half-new design be revealed. I can't recall a time when what the vast majority of people want was fulfilled, so there's no reason to think that they will be this time around. It's been six years hoping, so the smart money would be to give up hoping at this point.

Time would be better invested in lobbying for a much better redesigned chassis for the MacBook Pro 2019. I too want a retina air and that's it. If they want to cram a 14' screen and keep the exact same external casing, I'm fine with that too. I'm almost positive though that they will not do that. It'll be the nontouchbar MacBook Pro from 2016 that will be the new air is my guess, or at least a computer that is 90% identical to that machine. No one would be complaining if the newest gen MacBook Pros were designed well. People would be applauding the lowered price point of the 13' nontouchbar MacBook Pro being reassigned to the role of the air in the lineup.if only it was a well-designed computer.

That's the real problem here: people do not want the six year old Air design per se. They only want it because Apple still has not come up with a better design than the six year old air's chassis, and the current chassis is a regression as declared by basically everyone. The Macbook Pro non-TB of 2016 is NOT a rebadged Macbook Air. The 2016 MBP nTB is missing:.

magsafe. SD card slot.

USB-A ports. price There's more to a Macbook Air than simply a light notebook capable of running macOS. It's a package deal.

It is a case where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Some look at the lack of a retina display and no other benefit it offers matter. For those who want a fast, light macbook with a retina display, yes. The Macbook Pro is it. And they can buy that today. For the rest of us who want/need what the current Macbook Air offers, our days are numbered.

I think that the 'new' Macbook Air will be nothing more than the current retina Macbook with some internal tweaks and a $1000 starting price. Click to expand.I agree.

Bobonete stand up comedy video : free dvd converter for mac. I love the current MBA, but there is little chance it will return in it’s present incarnation with MagSafe, existing ports, etc. You might be correct that Apple will simply offer a lower cost rMB with 128GB SSD storage as their entry level laptop. They might also rebrand the nTB MBP. In order to implement the new membrane keyboard, they will need to mess around with the lower case, so perhaps, Apple will simply implement a wedge shaped lower case with improved keyboard reliability and call it the new MacBook Air. It would have the same display, ports, processor, etc.

As the current 128 GB nTB MBP, so they might be able to sell it for $1,100 - $1,200. As another curve ball, Apple seems to believe that the iPad is really the new entry level laptop. I think it’s going to be very interesting to see what Apple do in this space! It may not be at the September keynote like some people have pointed out but this year I think we will see an updated Air. My 2011 MBP broke the other day so at the moment I’m using a mixture of my iMac 2012 at home along with my iPad Pro 12.9”, while it can do a lot of laptop things I’m simply not a fan for tasks that I spend most of my time doing, like writing for long periods of time.

I’m waiting to see the updates Apple give the Mac this year before making my final decision. If the new Air doesn’t impress me and they don’t update the 12” MacBook very much then I think it’s the 13” MacBook Pro with Touch Bar for me. What I want to see Apple do vs. What Apple actually does are two different things.

What's hard to square is what they will do based on past precedent because just about everyone acknowledges that Apple needs to simplify its notebook line-up. My wishes: Discontinue the 12-inch MacBook, 13-inch MacBook Air, and 13-inch MacBook Pro without Touch Bar. What they will introduce: New 13-inch MacBook (maybe even still using MacBook Air branding).

Two USB Type-C ports, slim bezels, 720p (or better FaceTime camera), good speakers, headphone jack, same battery life as the MacBook Air. 128GB SSD, 8GB RAM, 2.3 pounds, entry price of $999. Controversial items will likely be: 3rd gen. Butterfly keyboard and using a Y-series fanless Intel processor vs. U-series Intel processor.

I think that the issue with a 13' MacBook with your specs is the price. For $999, no one is going to buy the pro in my opinion. I think 95% of people do not need 4 physical cores and 98% don't know the difference, as that would be the only advantage of the 13' 2018 mbp. 2.3 pounds is a meaningfully lighter carry everywhere computer and significantly lighter than the 3.02 pound mbp. I think many people would consider the 13' MacBook that you describe as a superior computer regardless, but especially superior b/c of the price. There is a very real effect of lessened expectations when pay less money and higher ones when you pay more.

The astronomical price of the pros makes it really hard for anyone to be super dazzled by Apple level happy with the purchase, which seems to be the bar that most people have internally set for Apple products. $999 for a retina air replacement, however, is cheap enough for most (it's not THAT much more than a comparable windows laptop) to be a Toyota of a laptop that people won't obsess over slightly scratches, slight imperfections. It'll be a good workhorse for most and beater laptop for the rich. Click to expand.In my mind the Pro has always been a hard sell compared to the Air, because the CPUs in them are so close in power. And that was when there was a $300 price difference, now that Apple is keeping the $1799 price for the 13 inch Pro it's even worse. The class of CPU the Air replacement should get is a quad.

It is more than what most people need. But it's what is available. If this new computer really does get a quad 15w U-series cpu, retina screen, and a low price. I don't know what makes the Pro worth the price jump.

I can do without those things. In my mind the Pro has always been a hard sell compared to the Air, because the CPUs in them are so close in power. And that was when there was a $300 price difference, now that Apple is keeping the $1799 price for the 13 inch Pro it's even worse. The class of CPU the Air replacement should get is a quad. It is more than what most people need. But it's what is available.

If this new computer really does get a quad 15w U-series cpu, retina screen, and a low price. I don't know what makes the Pro worth the price jump. I can do without those things. Click to expand.in 2015 the 13' Air was £849 while the base 13' Pro was £999 - for £150 you got Iris graphics (the real benefit of the 28W TDP being it allows this to actually be meaningly more powerful than HD graphics); 8GB RAM standard over 4; Retina; the thinner bezel design and all in a casing the was negligibly thicker, very slightly heavier and actually had a smaller footprint - it was almost insane to buy an Air at that point.

I think this is why Apple have moved the Pros up - likely we will see a real distinction coming in - Retina in the Air but no P3, probably a HD graphics solution, 128GB storage where the pro will begin at 256, 4 thunderbolt ports whereas the Air will likely have two or will continue with the current port selection but the TB2 replaced by a single USB C or TB3. I'd predict the 13' pro might get a modest price drop when the nTB is killed so you'd have the Air starting at $999, and the Pro starting at $1,599 or so. For the extra $600 you get the above benefits making the Air easily the better option for most consumers, while pros will go with the pro for the wider colour, extra power and more flexible IO for their work.