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[luws]

I don't know, but I doubt it. Best way to find out is to put your downloads folder back but remove the sim2pack files, launch the game and see if the problem still exists. I would guess that it might.
The best way t root out a bad download is to use the half half method to find the offending files. If you need to, a search should help you find how to do that.

[macgirlffx]

I know. I've been gone forever. I'll put my 2 cents in here then hide again.

I think you have the same MacBook as I do, or one very similar. I have 4GB RAM though. Yes, this game is a RAM hog and a half. I have everything for the Sims 2 Mac version installed except the Holiday pack. That just didn't interest me. It runs fine. Actually, better than on my old iMac that's pre-Intel. I also have the Windows version and that runs better than the Mac version and I have more installed. The graphics are fine. Sometimes some darkening of details occurs when the laptop heats up after awhile but quit and let it cool and it's fine.

Anyway, I appreciate all your details and troubleshooting on your own. That helps a lot. What I did notice missing from your list of haves is Bon Voyage. This EP was basically Aspyr's patch for Leopard. Yeah, tacky as it may be, they basically told everyone to buy it when we complained about performance issues, etc. So some of your troubles might be from a little grumpiness with the OS. Bad downloads are always a culprit. Having the Sims2Packs in there instead of properly installed will justify a crash here and there. Hiccups. And the occasional QuickTime update can cause some mishaps too. For some reason those don't always go over well.

You have the all clear to install OFB. Like I said, I have everything installed except the Holiday pack. I do know some had issues with that one but I think you found the solution for that already.

Welcome to the Mac simming community and I think your fantasy idea sounds great. Such a switch from reality.

*crawls back under her rock*

[gunngirl]

Wow, this is interesting and I'm glad I popped by here. I just bought a 2.66 ghz intel core 2 Duo imac, 4gb memory, running snow leopard; graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 9400. I even have a 1T hard drive, I was ready to buy and play.

I was well planning on buying sims 2 because I haven't heard much good stuff about sims 3, but this will just be a waste of money I guess. That is sad, I guess us Mac people weren't meant to play the sims. I guess they don't need our business that much or they would fix these problems.

[luws]

gungirl, what were you reading that made you come to the conclusion that playing Sims2 on a Mac would be a waste? Many Mac users have played, and many have enjoyed, for years.

While there are issues unique to Mac, there are usually always fixes. The biggest drawback is that the EPs stop with BV, and that, I agree is a (giant) bummer. But you can still have many years of enjoyment.


And unless I'm missing something, your iMac is more than enough to run the game. (sounds quite lovely actually)

Also, if you really don't like playing on the Mac, then of course you can go the whole Bootcamp route and play the Windows version that way.

[gunngirl]

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gungirl, what were you reading that made you come to the conclusion that playing Sims2 on a Mac would be a waste? Many Mac users have played, and many have enjoyed, for years.

I got freaked out over the video card. All I was hearing was about the Raedon card and something about if you had Nvidia it wouldn't run or something. I guess I was creating my own graphics card nightmare. before I bought my computer I was shocked at how much hardware you needed to run the game, it turned me off of buying it. oh, and My imac is VERY lovely, I might add. :D Even before I thought about playing the sims 2 I was all too ready to upgrade and got the best of everything I could at the moment, I bumped up everything.

I'm glad to see other G5 mac users giving their input. I never went any further than the sims 1 as that was as far as my old computer could take me and I enjoyed it immensely.

I will try and self control with downloads. I think that was the reason my Sims 1 stared to flip out, too many downloads, thought I only had a few crashes when I got bad skins or the occasional bad download. I must say, the game was very trustworthy overall, but what I think helped was buying the Sims Deluxe. Having every pack seemed to help with stability.

Did anyone do this UB patch thing? On that site people seem to have problems with it. Why oh why can't macs just run games like windows?

[luws]

gunngirl said:

Did anyone do this UB patch thing? On that site people seem to have problems with it. Why oh why can't macs just run games like windows?

Believe me, you don't want to run like Windows. The amount of bugs they had everytime an EP was released was mind boggling.

So, are you referring to the Combo patch? I think that is the recommended patch nowadays, it contains all previous patches rolled into one. There were problems with the first version but it was soon replaced with one that wasn't buggy. Not sure which site you're looking at for patches, but the current ones shouldn't cause problems. And, also, if you have any of the later EPs, UB support is built in, although it is a good idea to patch your game for the most recent version. :)

[kcdancer211]

Ok so here's my problem. I have a MacBook and I filled up my internal hard drive. So I got a new, bigger one. I transferred everything from my old one onto an external hard drive, installed the new one, which was a lot easier than it sounds, and then uploaded everything from the external hard drive. Pretty much everything transfered successfully and worked. Except my Sims. I tried the Sims 2 Seasons- didn't work. Tried the regular Sims 2- didn't work. I got the same pop-up message both times.

The first one said:
"The Sims 2 recommends a PowerPC processor running at 500 MHz or faster. Your computer does not meet the recommended processor speed requirement. Game play will suffer as a result and Aspyr Technical Support will not be able to assist you in this manner."

The second one said:
"The Sims 2 requires at least 1 MB of free disk space. Free up some space on your local disk and then re-launch The Sims 2."

Both of which are completely false.

I checked the "About this Mac" info and it says:
Version 10.5.8
Processor- 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory- 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Startup Disk- Macintosh HD

And the Macintosh HD Info says:
Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Capacity: 465.44 GB
Available: 391.32 GB
Used: 74.12 GB on disk (79,583,666,176 bytes)

If I'm reading this stuff right, I have more than enough of the things it's telling me I don't have. So what gives? Please, please help me out here. I miss my Sims!

[luws]

The first error you can ignore. The game does that sometimes, but if you ignore it, it will launch and play normally.

The second error about 1MB of disk space usually occurs when you try to launch the game from the icon on the disk. So make sure you're clicking the game icon on your HD.

Also, it might be a good idea since this is a new HD, to repair permissions (& then restart the Mac) so that you Mac reassigns everything for the new drive.

[kcdancer211]

Ok well if I understand that second part correctly, I've tried both ways... I think. And it still doesn't work. So what does "repair permissions" mean and how do I do that? And what does "reassign" mean? That sounds kinda scary. I don't wanna lose everything/anything I already have on my computer.

I had somebody suggest looking into downloading patches or something. What are those, what do they do and where do you get them? And won't downloading them just mean filling up more of my hard drive, which is apparently what I've already done to much of?

Ugh! Stupid system requirements and technology that becomes obsolete like the day after you buy it!

[luws]

To repair permissions, go to Applications/Utilities and start up the Disk Utility app. Select your hard drive which will be listed on the far left side of the window. Then look down towards the bottom but to the right of that list and select the option "Repair Permissions"

It will not hurt anything at all and can fix all kinds of odd issues. It's a particularly good idea to do after installing new stuff, or, like you just did, put in a new hard drive.

Patches can be found here. There really is only one... the combo patch, which will install the latest version that applies for your needs. It is a good idea to patch your game, although neither of those issue you mention are caused by not patching. However, I would still recommend it, also. Patches don't take up much space and since you recently installed a larger drive, it's really not likely that it has been filled to capacity already. Downloading the patch, while it is a large file, should barely make a dent in your nice new free space. :)

The error about only having 1MB free is caused by trying to launch the game from the icon on the disk instead of your harddrive. I've never heard of another reason why someone might get that error other than that, so double-check that you are launching the game from your harddrive and not the disk.

Hopefully this helps, if not, please post back.