So I pre-ordered and bought the Sims 4 and did not know that you could not use it on mac until I actually opened the box and put the CD in my computer. I was very frustrated and couldn't even return it since I opened the box. I asked my IT guy at my work if there was anyway of playing it on a mac. He installed wine onto my computer and install Sims 4. When he went to play it it said there was an update that needed to be done. The update is now at 53% but has been going on since 5pm yesterday and its 9:15am now. It keeps crashing every few minutes and I'm not sure what to do.
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PS: I think Bootcamp isn't necessary since she already has Wine, I mean I don't think this is the problem
Thank you for being both unhelpful and incorrect. Why are you in the Mac forum? You clearly would be much happier in the other forums.
Actually the Demo runs on Windows XP just fine and if you read the game specs it will run on Windows XP. So you can use anything currently Windows to run the game. I use Parallels which is a program that allows Windows to run on Mac exactly like any other program. Just a word of warning possibly, I have a quad core iMac so it runs just fine for me. I only have the Demo of Sims 4, but if that runs fine then I am guessing the game should as well.
If you're a student aren't you eligible for a heavily discounted copy of Windows?
The point of this thread was that for a few months beginning in Sept 2014, there was only TS4 for Windows. The Mac version of the game was launched early the following year. In between, players on Macs were looking for ways to play the Windows version of the game as they had already purchased it with the understanding that they would get the rights to run it on both platforms eventually. I do not believe that Wine is known to be a viable way to run Sims games. Bootcamp is.
It's all kind of moot now since the Mac version of TS4 exists. But in any event, this is EA's forum. They make and sell the game, you cannot get assistance here with pirated or hacked copies that don't work right as that discussion would be wildly against the forum rules.
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