Navigate to Applications > The Sims 3 > The Sims 3 then click Update: The patch will open and a window will appear asking you where the game is. You need to hold down the CTRL key and click on the extracted file to open it. Gatekeeper now only allows Mac App Store and Identified Developers installations, you will not get the Anywhere option in System Preferences. You will now get another warning window, just click Open: If you don’t see the above you need to click on the lock in the bottom left corner of the window, enter your password when prompted (your user account must be an Admin account) and change the ‘ Allow apps downloaded from:’ setting to Anywhere. In the bottom half of the window you should see your Gatekeeper preferences: Click on Open Anyway as we know that file is the super patch. Navigate to System Preferences > Security & Privacy and make sure you’re in the General tab. Depending on your Gatekeeper settings, you may get an error message saying the file cannot be identified because it is from an unidentified developer:ĭon’t panic! This is a security feature built into OS X. It has a little plumbob as the file icon: Once unzipped you will see the patch ready to install in your Downloads folder. If Archive Utility doesn’t open and the file doesn’t unzip properly, download Stuffit Expanderfrom the App Store, it’s free and will successfully unzip the file. Archive Utility should automatically start unzipping the file and you should get a pop up showing the progress: You should now have a file in your Downloads folder that looks like this (I’ve downloaded the digital version):ĭouble click on the download. It’s very important that you download the relevant patch, do not download the disc version if you are playing a digital version of the game and vice versa.

Region 17 – universal ( 3rd party link if EA remove theirs here).

Region 5 – Japan ( 3rd party link if EA remove theirs here).

Region 3 – Asia-Pacific ( 3rd party link if EA remove theirs here).

Region 2 – Worldwide ( 3rd party link if EA remove theirs here).

Region 1 – USA ( 3rd party link if EA remove theirs here).

Firstly, here are the links to the super patch depending on what version of the game you use – disc or digital:

With Apple’s Gatekeeper feature now built into OS X this can prove a bit of a challenge depending on what your security settings are. Sometimes just re-downloading and reinstalling the super patch can make your game work again. Only applicable to the 32-bit version of the Sims 3

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