MAC OSX: SIMS 3 game fails on clicking launcher play button.

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Recently downloaded SIMS3 and SIMS3 + Pets extension pack via Origin.

Both games are visible in the Origin client and when launched SIMS 3 Game Launcher is displayed. However when clicking the Play button the Game Launcher exits and SIMS fails to load. There are not error messages

Version details as follows:

MAC OSX: 10.6.8

  Processor: 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

  Memory: 2GB

Origin: Version 9.1.8.85 - 219181