First of all, make sure your Mac meets the minimum requirements:

  • Minimum OS – macOS El Capitan (10.11) Metal compatible*
  • CPU – Intel Core 2 Duo two.4Ghz or amend
  • RAM – At least 4Gb RAM
  • Difficult Bulldoze – At least 15Gb of free infinite with at to the lowest degree 1Gb boosted space for custom content
  • Video – NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, ATI Radeon Hard disk drive 2600 Pro or better. Video RAM (VRAM) of 256 MB or better
  • Input – Keyboard and Mouse
  • Online Requirements: Cyberspace Connexion required for production activation

Nevertheless, these are the recommended requirements which are more relevant when you outset adding in Expansion Packs, Stuff Packs and Game Packs:

  • Minimum Os -macOS El Capitan (x.11) Metal uniform*
  • CPU – Intel Cadre i5 or meliorate
  • RAM – 8Gb RAM
  • Hard Drive – 18Gb Difficult Drive infinite
  • Video – NVIDIA GTX 650 or improve
  • Input – Keyboard and Mouse
  • Online Requirements: Cyberspace Connexion required for product activation

*If your Mac is a 2011 or earlier model it is not Metal compatible. You will need to run the Legacy Edition of the game. YOU Do Not NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE LEGACY EDITION IF YOUR MAC IS A 2012 MODEL OR Afterward.

You should also read the specific system requirements for each pack before purchasing equally some packs have higher requirements than others. I go on an upward to date list of individual pack requirements here.

The only style to get The Sims four for Mac is to download it through Origin.  If you lot already take the PC version through Origin the Mac version will also be available to you at no extra cost. If you have bought the PC version on disc no problem, simply install Origin, enter your product code and the Mac version will be bachelor to you to download (more than detailed instructions can be found hither).

Installing Origin and The Sims 4:

  • Download and install Origin from hither. If your Mac tells you information technology tin't install it because it's from an unidentified developer follow these steps from Apple to bypass Gatekeeper.
  • Open Origin and log in with your EA username and password. If you would like to keep any game installers that you download (and so you don't accept to re-download them in the event of having to uninstall and reinstall your game), click on Origin > Preferences in the top bill of fare bar so click on Installs & Saves in the Origin window. Brand sure that Continue legacy game installers is turned on in the options.This is advisable considering the game installer for The Sims 4 is near 9Gb, that'due south a big download! You lot can too change the file path if you want to salvage information technology in a different location.origin-game-installers
  • Adjacent notice The Sims 4, pay for it and download information technology. Please note that Origin Admission is non available for Mac users, you must buy the game outright. The trial version is also for Windows users only. Once purchased it should automatically install itself, if not you lot tin can click the Install button. The game will now always be in yourGames Library in Origin.
  • If you accept bought the PC disc version you can register the product code on your Origin account. Delight follow the instructions here on how to do so.
  • If you lot are running macOS 10.fifteen Catalina or afterwards and are prompted to allow access for Origin and the Sims 4 during the installation process make sure you allow it. The game must take permission and access to sure folders to properly run and load your data, this includes your Documents binder.

In one case installed you don't need to open Origin every time y'all want to play the game. Merely double click The Sims 4 icon in your Applications folder. Origin volition automatically open to validate the game.

If you take been previously playing the game in Windows, and you want to move your saves over to your Mac installation, simply copy and paste the Windows Sims iv Saves folder (Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > saves) into the Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 folder on your Mac. Do the same with the Tray folder for all your Library items (houses, Sims etc.)