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Have you tried toggling between fullscreen and windowed mode?
What graphics card does your Mac have?
Turn all your graphics settings to low and enable laptop mode.
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
Processor (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory (4Gb 1600MHZ DDR3)
Graphics (Intel HD 4000 1536MB
Operating System (OS X Yosemite 10.11.2)
PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE HELPPPPPPP.
You can't. Apple don't support Rosetta anymore which was needed to play Sims 1 on Intel Macs, which you have. If you are on Twitter I'd suggest Tweeting https://twitter.com/AspyrMedia and pleading with them to release it in the App Store
You could always install Windows in Boot Camp or in a virtual machine on your Mac and then install the Windows version. That's how some of us have done it but it does mean you have to buy a copy of Windows and a Windows copy of the game.
The Sims and The Sims 2 games don't run due to being PowerPC. The Sims Stories games and some later Sims 2 games though are Universal rather than PowerPC and could work. The Sims 2 and The Sims Stories have been released as The Sims 2: Super Collection and The Sims 2 Stories, respectively, that do allow running on newer Macs although their requirements are higher than the original games.
That will be good for Mac users. It could be possible to re-release the game on both Windows and Mac since both versions of the game seem identical in content. I doubt if any Windows Sims game earlier than The Sims 3 will be re-released on Origin or other stores since The Sims 2 and The Sims Stories (AKA The Sims 2 Stories) games have since been removed as of July 2013 and late 2012, respectively, and EA hasn't released The Sims at all on Origin. Aspyr has already released The Sims 2 and The Sims Stories (The Sims 2 Stories) but there's still no confirmation about the PC versions. If you want to play The Sims 2/The Sims Stories on PC or a Mac with Windows, purchasing the DVD copies is necessary.
I would agree with @BluebellFlora about Aspyr re-releasing The Sims. The Sims 1 games are so darn expensive and you have to pay a lot of money to get The Sims. For example on Amazon US, a new copy of The Sims Complete Collection on PC is $120 new and $25 used); Mac version is $143 new and $40 used. Releasing it for Mac and PC (if possible) could help players get The Sims very easily. The Sims seems to be the opposite because last time I checked on Amazon, The Sims 2/Sims Stories games are more expensive on PC than on Mac, The Sims are more expensive on Mac than on PC.
Also in addition to the Rosetta removal that she mentioned, The Sims also has problems with PCs that have Windows 10 as well as Vista through 8.1 if you have the security update installed. Attempting to run it will cause the game not to run at all. Here's the video showing The Sims not running on Windows 10.
iMac, late 2013
Processor: 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 1024 MB
Software: OS X 10.9.5 (13F1096)
Is my computer no longer supported?
Does anyone know what might be causing this?
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That looks horrible! What Mac do you have? Click on the Apple logo, top left corner of your desktop then About This Mac. Please provide the information in the pop up window (NOT including the serial number) - Version, Model, Processor, Memory, Graphics.
Are you playing with CC/Mods? If so, have you tried the game without them to see if the problem persists?
OS X El Capitan
Version 10.11.1
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
Processor 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Startup Disk Macintosh HD
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB
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Your Mac also has an NVIDIA 650M 512Mb graphics card which the operating system switches over to when you play the game. Whilst that GPU is significantly more powerful than the Intel 4000, unfortunately EA have yet to update the game to support it. It works in Yosemite 10.10 and Mavericks 10.9 but not in El Capitan 10.11. You can read more here - http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/14151690/#Comment_14151690
Sorry
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Well, the easiest thing for you to do is install it on an external drive, make sure it is at least 100Gb for the operating system and game:
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Apart from CC/Mods? No. Your problem is almost certainly the El Capitan issue and I thought of it straightaway when I saw your screenshot and you said your Mac was a 2012 MBP.
When did you install El Capitan? Have you recently installed another EP/GP/SP?
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It's really easy, just make sure you don't wipe your Mac's hard drive - good luck and let me know how you get on
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Yes
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If you do have an Nvidia card I would first suggest upgrading your video card drivers from NVidia and seeing if that corrects the problem:
For OSX 10.11.1 : http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/93555/en-us
For OSX 10.11.2 : http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/96651/en-us
Let me know if that works for you.
Thanks,
SGMS