The Sims 4 General Discussion: Just started playing the Sims 4 on my Macbook Air! Take a look: Sep 1, 2014: Support,Suggestions & Feedback: For The Sims 4 Game: Aug 11, 2021: The Sims 4 General Discussion: where is the sims 4 demo? Mar 19, 2021: Sims 4 Expansion Packs and Stuff Packs: Can sims find the bramble patch on their own? How To Download Sims 4 on MAC for FREEDownload link in first commentThe Sims 4 is the fourth part of the popular simulation game of virtual life. The Sims 4 Life of the Party Digital Content - Features the Flaming Tiki Bar and sleek, stylized outfits for your Sims. The Sims 4 Awesome Animal Hats Digital Content - Features a collection of fun animal hats for your Sims to wear and show off! The Sims 4 Digital Soundtrack - A digital soundtrack featuring music from the game. Hi, can sims 4 run on the new Apple M1 MacBook Air? I remember running it fine on my 5 year old MacBook Pro dual core i5, comparatively, the M1 is much more powerful according to claims! Would sims 4 run on that system in terms of basic graphics? I already have a razer to play the game, but I wanted to test my MacBook’s limits!
I have the 13 inch Macbook Air and I have NEVER played the Sims on my Macbook before or my other laptop. I need to understand how this Origin thing works because I know that it says you need that to play The Sims. The point is that my Macbook does not have a disk drive to put the disk in. Once The Sims 4 comes out, what do I need to do in order to get The Sims 4 for my Macbook? Please help and also by informing me how this Origin process works. Thanks for your support!
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The Sims 4, both in CD and digital edition, is compatible for Windows and MacOS, just as The Sims 3. I’m running the game on a MacBook Air just fine. The easiest way is to install Origin on your Mac and download the game from there. If in doubt just check the game specs but you shouldn’t have any problem.
Boot Camp is free and pre-installed on every Mac (post 2006). Parallels, on the other hand, charges you $79.99 ($49.ade) for its Mac virtualization product. In both cases, that also excludes the price of a Windows 7 license, which you’ll need!
It’s not likely to cause problems, but part of the process is repartitioning the hard drive. This is a process that if it goes badly can cause complete data loss.
It won’t hurt the Mac, if that’s what you’re asking. Windows on Apple hardware will be no more safe or stable than it is on any other hardware but again, nothing that happens to the Windows install — malware, viruses, cruft buildup, BSOD, etc. — will harm the underlying hardware or the installation of MacOS.
BootCamp does not slow down the system. It does require you to partition your hard-disk into a Windows part and an OS X part – so you do have a situation that you are dividing your disk space. There is no risk of data loss.
I would personally recommend dual booting operating systems if you’re not a geek and want to avoid issues and just concentrate on work. So having a shared folder for both operating systems. If you use boot camp it comes with driver for HFS+ on OSX you will have install something for ntfs.
In general, games run faster on pcs then Macs. Most Mac games however run very well under OSX and with Windows / bootcamp, you have to worry about viruses / spyware (it also can be a pain restarting your Mac in bootcamp every time you want to run a game).
Apple also rates the Pro as having a 100-nit brighter screen than the Air. Based on our lab test results, the MacBook Air (M1) maxes out at 365.8 nits of brightness, while the M1 MacBook Pro (13-inch: 434.8 nits) and the Intel-based 16-inch (429 nits) got even brighter. On color output, though, they’re more similar.
Riot Game’s first-person-shooter, Valorant, won’t be compatible with Mac operating systems on release. Boot Camp is the most popular software to run Windows-only games on Mac. The software allows users to install Windows onto their system easily.
How to install Windows on your Mac for free
Instead, you have to boot one operating system or the other — thus, the name Boot Camp. Restart your Mac, and hold down the Option key until icons for each operating system appear onscreen. Highlight Windows or Macintosh HD, and click the arrow to launch the operating system of choice for this session.