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My Mac is glitching, lagging, and running so slow I can't play
raemariek
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Hello! Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
I don't know much about computers so I need assistance. The game takes forever to load, and often time when it does load the loading music is either playing during the game, or there is no volume. The pinwheel of death pops up every few moments and then I loose hours at a time in the game. In addition, the computer takes forever to recognize I have selected something.
Yes I have mods and CC but I have tried to play without them and it makes no difference. I also have tried repairing the game/ un-instaling it/ and have a new sims 4 folder load, but nothing has helped. I also own all of the EP, SP,GPs and noticed this issue becoming much worse after downloading CL.
PLEASE HELP I AM DESPERATE!!!
I don't know much about computers so I need assistance. The game takes forever to load, and often time when it does load the loading music is either playing during the game, or there is no volume. The pinwheel of death pops up every few moments and then I loose hours at a time in the game. In addition, the computer takes forever to recognize I have selected something.
Yes I have mods and CC but I have tried to play without them and it makes no difference. I also have tried repairing the game/ un-instaling it/ and have a new sims 4 folder load, but nothing has helped. I also own all of the EP, SP,GPs and noticed this issue becoming much worse after downloading CL.
PLEASE HELP I AM DESPERATE!!!
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Version 10.11.6 (15G1108)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)
2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Macintosh HD
NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB
@BluebellFlora Thank you for responding!
Those bits in red are why your game is laggy and unresponsive. Your Intel Core 2 Duo processor is only just above minimum requirements for the game, your NVIDIA graphics isn't very powerful either and your RAM is the minimum required. Upgrading to 8Gb RAM may help a bit, it's very easy to do yourself or maybe someone could do it for you?
In the About this Mac window, can you click on Storage and see how much room you have left on your hard drive?
Resetting the games graphics back to default settings should also help a bit - Go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 and drag the Options.ini file to the Trash. Load up your game and see how it is. If it's still laggy then go into the graphics options in game and lower them all then restart your game.
Sorry for taking so long to respond, I just started a new job and I am exhausted when I get home. I really appreciate you taking the time to help me:-) I have 109.86 GB free of 319.21 GB
The longer you play on a lot, and the more stuff they collect the worse the problem will get.
Try a single Sim on a starter lot. If it runs easy peazy you know for sure it's time for an upgrade.