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EA App for Mac finally here?

Published on March 19, 2024 by BluebellFlora4 Comments

AHQ has updated the EA App forum:

The FAQ has also been updated to incorporate basic Mac/EA App troubleshooting

I’m not yet seeing any switch options when I open Origin, is anyone out there seeing anything? Maybe it’s being slooooooowly rolled out 🤔

Sims 4 DLC purchased through Steam is unavailable for Mac

Published on January 2, 2024 by BluebellFloraLeave a comment

If you play Sims 4 in Windows through Steam and have purchased Sims 4 DLC (Expansion, Game and Stuff Packs and Kits) through Steam, this content will not be available to you if you switch to Mac. There is no Steam version of the game available for Mac users so you will be switching to using Origin (or EA App at some point when it is released for Mac). DLC is not transferable between Steam and Origin for Mac. Furthermore, you will need to unlink your Steam account from your EA account to even get the base game to run on a Mac as it interferes with your game entitlement in Origin.

The quickest and easiest solution to this problem is to create a new EA account, log into Origin using that account and download the base game for free. Use this account to purchase or redeem DLC to add to your game.

The other alternative is to unlink your EA and Steam accounts and then download the base game for free and purchase/redeem DLC to add to your game in Origin.

To be clear, you do not need to purchase DLC through Origin. If you prefer to use a 3rd party site (not advisable unless it’s one of EA’s approved retailers, there are some dodgy sites out there), you can simply redeem the product code in Origin.

Origin Installs and Saves location fixed for external drives

Published on July 16, 2023July 16, 2023 by BluebellFlora6 Comments

When did this happen? It must have been over the last few weeks as it hasn’t been that long since I played around with changing game library location to an external drive for some random testing purpose. For the last few years changing the game library location in Origin to an external drive has been a painful experience thanks to Volumes not properly showing in the chooser window:

Now it looks like a proper macOS window and no need to jump through hoops to get the external drive to show up:

(If you’re not sure what I’m referring to, have a look at this guide from November 2020)

I don’t remember seeing the option to change Install location once clicking on Download and choosing which Packs to install, is that new or maybe I’m just too weary when it comes to Origin: