Sims 4 Lagging since Update

[kjjk135]

I have a 2019 Macbook pro and up until earlier this week my game ran incredibly well. I've had this laptop for exactly a year now, and I've never had any issues. I started up the game for the first time in a month or so, coincidentally after the last patch, and I can play for about 5-10 minutes before the game starts to freeze, it lags, and the mouse turns into the spinning color wheel. The background music freezes up too, but only sometimes. 

I have repaired my game in orgin, and reinstalled origin too, but nothing seems to help. Any recommendations? 

Specs: 

macOS Catalina

Version: 10.15.6

Processor: 2.4 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 

Memory: 8 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

Graphics: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 1536 MB

[Bluebellflora · Accepted solution]

@kjjk135

Move the Sims 4 folder to the desktop and launch a brand new game, does it still happen?

@Claudix49

Please try the suggestion above. Can you also provide the full specs of your Mac as the OP has?

[Claudix49]

It is the same for me, it worked well since I downloaded the last StarWars extension. Then it started to freeze, I was unable to save, to access game control or anything and I had to force to quit. I used the "disable packs" command to remove the StarWars extension but the problem remains, the game freezes after 5-10 minutes of playing.

What can we do?

Thanks!

[Bluebellflora · Accepted solution]

@kjjk135

Move the Sims 4 folder to the desktop and launch a brand new game, does it still happen?

@Claudix49

Please try the suggestion above. Can you also provide the full specs of your Mac as the OP has?

[kjjk135]

Yes, that worked! Thank you!