Forum: The Sims 2 General Mac Discussion

Sorry if this has been asked before, but - does the Mac version of Sims 2 give sims Lifetime Aspirations? I played the Sims 2 on PC a few years ago, and I just now bought it for my Mac. Problem is, I can't see the lifetime aspiration...I can see the current level (er, whatever it's called - green,...

Does anyone know how to fix the exchange error code 5 on the sims 2 website? It has a patch, but it doesn't work on macs.:disappointed: Any other ideas? Please help! Thanks!

Hi, I just bought the Sims 2. I installed it fine, I have 10 free GBs. But every time I try and open the game, it tells me I need at least 1 MB of free disk space and then tells me to clear up space on my local disk. I restarted the computer, no good. I uninstalled and reinstalled the game...

Hi. I have a big house for my Sims family and I prefer to keep everyone in the same house as they age. I used a cheat to add another sim to my household so he could eventually get married to my female sim. Now I want them to have a baby. How do I use a cheat to have a baby? Thanks in advance.

Hey I try to download objects of the sims main website and the basic way that Iv'e know to install these items is the package installer, but everytime i try to do this it says pack installer unexpectedly quit, I don't know any other way to download / Install items

hello~ first time post in this forum. i'm a PC user, but most likely will buy a Mac in the near future. i bought all 3 expansion packs of Sims 2 for PC. but if i want to play them on Mac, do i need to buy sims 2 for Mac again?? any way i can save that money!!:confused: thx thx !!!

Just as of yesterday I started having problems with my Sims 2 Pets game. I have a Macbook OSX 10.4.11 1.83 GHz Intel Core 512 MB I've had the computer and Sims 2 with no problems for two years. I got Sims 2 Pets last October and have run it several times with no problems. Buts, as of...

Ok well i still dont understand, soo someone told me what to do but i dont know how to get there like where do i go on my computer to delete all the custom stuff? instructions?/directions? reps will be given:)

I recently installed Sims 2 on my MacBook after its hard drive was replaced. All the expansion and stuff pack work except Happy Holidays. Anytime I go to install it, the disc tells me there is an internal error. Anyone know what I can do to fix this? It worked perfectly fine before the hard...

Hi. I have Sims 2 Nightlife, Family Fun Stuff, Seasons and Open for Business. I found a website where you can swap games so I made a commitment to swap Seasons for University. Since I was playing seasons, it was in my drive. When I took it out to mail it I had to put another one in in order to...

Hi, I just moved my Sims from PC to Mac. No problems there. But I really miss all those neat little programmes like clean installer. Are here any such things for the Mac?

well, i guess oneday someone somehow threw out my sims 2 pet. however, as angry as i am, I would still like to go and play the sims 2, but just without the pets. but, it keeps aking me to insert the pets disk. But i cant!! how do i delete the pets? I just want to play my game :( !!! help!!

I run Sims2 on a Mac G4 Dual 1.25Ghz tower PPC with 1.5Gb RAM, and have been running just fine with OSX 10.3.9. I have Sims2, Nightlife, Pets, University, Open for Business, and Seasons, and so far have had no problems. Then I upgraded to OSX 10.4, and subsequently to OSX 10.4.1, and now Sims2 wont...

OK WELL IM TRYING TO DELETE ALL MY CUSTOM STUFF BUT I CANT DOWNLOAD THE THING CUZ I DONT KNOW WHERE TO? i have a mac can you give me instructions?? reps will be given :confused::D

Hi, I'm new and I downloaded a bunch of kewl stuff on my PC but I am still confused how to do this on my mac! Help? Debbie :o

Okay, I'm trying to install The Sims 2 (Mac) on my MacBook. I already know that I have all the requirements. So I've "downloaded it" on (I dunno what you call it)...but it doesn't work. After doing the intro, it freezes on this purple screen thing that has squares in it. Then then it quits and...

Does anyone know of any sites, etc., that allow for downloading add-ons compatible with Mac's version of Sims 2?

Any idea when any Celebration Stuff, Kitchen/Bath Stuff, Free Time or Apartment Life will be available for Mac users??

Okay I'm about to get a new Macbook that will have: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB memory 160GB hard drive Double-layer SuperDrive Will The Sims 2 (MAC) work on this? If so, is it worth it? Would I need anything else besides the games and Macbook to run it? Thankies

I was able to play my game just fine with the downloads in addition. Then all of a sudden after not downloading any new downloads it just stopped working. I can't even get into the game anymore. It gets frozen at loading when the screen comes up that says We have discovered customized or modified...

I just installed Bon Voyage and had a Sim buy and build a vacation home. I put in the spring pond and the Sim I invited along with my Sim got out of the water and then froze in the same action. He kept sweating. I paused and minimized the game to see if I can go online and see if there's any way...

Okay, to the point. When I load my game, it gets to the end of the Loading Bar it "unexpectedly" crashes. http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/9113/crashvq8.png I was reading something, and it led me to believe that this event might occur due to Custom Content that requires an Expansion Pack...

Is there a way to minimize the Sims 2 game to get back to your desktop? I know the option existed in Sims for the PC and Mac and it's also available in Sim City. Just curious if it's available for Sims 2. Thanks!!

Ok, so I bought Seasons a while ago and although I really love the snow:D, I'd really like a car or two as well. Seasons is the only EP I have and I've been thinking about getting nightlife - but from what I've heard I'll have to uninstall seasons first, install nightlife and then re-install...