Cant play sims4 on a Mac if you own it through steam

[Bluebellflora]

@Funk21x

There is no other way. You will have to repurchase through Origin.

[Bodunjo]

Today, I unlinked my steam account from origin. And then I bought new game from origin. After linking steam account game running with all packs.

[Bluebellflora]

@Bodunjo

Which version of macOS are you running?

[angeliune]

I have the same issue..

[sandrafaustin14]

I just found a way so basically u can download window on ur Mac(it called Parallels) and play it that way but this process was so mad long.

 1) download Parallels

(There more step with this easy)

2) download steam and ea app 

(it gonna act like u have a non Mac computer so u have to download the ea and steam from window web)

3)sign in to everything then just download

(make sure to download the sims off steam first then download on ea ) if not ur gonna get error 

disclaimer parallel  is not free. You get a free trial though.

[sandrafaustin14]

@sandrafaustin14 Also if ur playing but the screen is to small and didn’t automatically fix itself go to game option then accessibility and move the UI Scale

[sandrafaustin14]

@BingoBobo I found a way

[sandrafaustin14]

@Funk21x I found a way

[Bluebellflora]

@sandrafaustin14

You can also Boot Camp your Mac, if it is an Intel machine, and install Windows but neither this nor Parallels, nor any other VM software is a solution to playing the game in Steam in macOS.

[livlafluv97]

I purchased The Sims 4 - Digital Deluxe Edition on Steam in 2020 for my PC.

I am now attempting to play on Mac (MacBook Pro 2023, Ventura 13.2). I downloaded Origin and signed it (with the same EA/Origin account), but I am receiving errors when attempting to download.

When I click "Add to Library" on the game's landing page, a pop-up error says "Whoops! An error occurred. Please try again later. [ref. #owned-higher-edition-offer]"

When I click "Get the Game" it encourages me to "Play The Sims™ 4 and more with EA Play Pro". When I scroll down and click "Play for Free" another error says "You already own a higher edition of this game. Great news - no need to buy this edition. Just head to your game library to start playing."

The game is in My Game Library but is greyed out and has a banner with the Steam logo on top of it.

I contacted EA Help support but they were unable to offer a solution. They had me delete and redownload Origin, running the Reset Origin tool. No other troubleshooting measures have been attempted.

Please let me know if there is any additional information required.