Sims 2 on M1 and M2 Mac via Parallels

[@whydoineedaname1814]

this worked perfectly!!! so easy to follow. i tried so many things before i managed to find this video. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@natalietinker]

You're welcome! ❤

[@orrickclayment9312]

Dear Natalie, I am so happy I don't even know how to thank you. I've been looking for this exact solution since the beginning of M1 in 2020. You are the best and I can now relive my childhood game

[@natalietinker]

I'm so happy! This comment is the exact reason I made this tutorial as a mac user myself ❤ Enjoy!

[@GamerAnime200]

​@natalietinker Hello Natalie, did you see my comments on your Sims 2 download video, if not look, and comment back please 🙏😊?

[@bakaniomakase]

thank you a lot!!! i was banging my head against the wall figuring graphic rules for this out >.< btw i dont recommend sharing mac folders to windows user folders. Sims 2 has a hard time reading shared parallels documents folder, so its better to use the local parallels one

[@natalietinker]

oh, interesting, I didn't know that!

[@mamamurphy6518]

Amazing, worked like a charm on my iMac 24'' 1M. I got stuck trying to find the graphic rules to drag to the folder, but I realised you linked to the files for download. Thanks a lot!

[@prettyfart]

oh my gosh!!!! thank you so much!! over a year ago I tried getting this to work on my mac for so long but could not find a solution and I gave up. I'm so glad I found this because it finally worked!

[@caitlinryan]

amazing tutorial!! only thing is definitely DONT mirror mac and windows folders bc it caused some bugs for me (and wasn’t able to install any lots and were missing some folders in my documents folder). It took me ages to figure out why i was missing the LotCatalog file, then i unmirrored it regenerated the document files and it was all working!!

[@touvppz]

This worked so nicely, was going crazy after a fix. Thank you so much! 😊

[@natalietinker]

no problem!

[@jackclifford4270]

Thanks so much! as a Mac user I'm so happy that I can finally play the full Sims 2 game with all expansion packs 🥰

[@natalietinker]

You're welcome!!

[@joaopauloalvarez9151]

Hi! Did it work on your Mac?

[@jackclifford4270]

@@joaopauloalvarez9151 yes it does

[@peterberning]

you are a life saver!! I have been trying to get this to work for months. thank you!!!!!!

[@natalietinker]

you are welcome

[@trinitymarch]

I rarely leave comments but I just want to say truly thank you

[@Shinnoshuke8894]

This worked well with M3 Pro too. Thank you so much. 💪🤩 P.s. Sims 1 also worked with Parallels too.

[@MercilessCult00]

This is fantastic. Thanks a million for sharing these detailed instructions!

[@jasilove4396]

Thank you so much ❤ - I was always sad that i could never play again sims2 and you saved my life 😂

[@SamE-mh4ki]

Worked perfectly! Thank you so much!

[@nakexoxo]

Thanks a million! gfx settings files fixed my game

[@natalietinker]

great! enjoy your game

[@dreamisimzzz]

It works! as a thank you I subscribed

[@thamyhelaysa]

worked pretty well on air m2, tnks

[@diogo3442]

Oh wow, i've been waiting so long for this! Small question, did you have to pay for parallels? And does the game perform well with this method?

[@natalietinker]

Yes, I was playing regularly through Parallels and the performance is great! Now my trial has expired, and I am still deciding if I want to buy it... But it turned out that you can get a new trial if you uninstall Parallels and download it again! You just have to back up your *.pvm file with a Windows virtual machine. I guess I'll keep doing it for now :)

[@diogo3442]

@@natalietinker Thank you for the reply!! I was researching it and apparently they do sales on Black Friday, so maybe if they do a good price I might consider getting it.

[@natalietinker]

@@diogo3442 black friday sale sounds like a great idea, I'll consider it too!

[@joannabajena]

It worked thank you!

[@natalietinker]

welcome!

[@darkbutlerr]

girl! u saved my life!! thank u!

[@moonlovers7]

im stuck in windows 11 step. it won't allow me to change settings!:( im trying to shutting down multiple times but it doesn't work. help

[@AlexDurand1996]

works perfectly for me! thank you very much :)

[@trilogy4519]

i love you so much

[@TheEwansG]

Thank you its working, amazing :)

[@user-dc6xl5mi7z]

In principle it worked for me, but there is one big BUT, the game does not allow me to change the resolution under any circumstances, the choice is only 1 -600*400

[@gabriellebarros3049]

Hi, Natalie! Hope you're well :) Can we also install custom content with this?

[@iammilk9675]

Thank you too much!!

[@malinzetterberg05]

Each time I try to open the game it says "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in the System". I don't know what to do I tried to download DirectX 9.0c but a notification always would pop up and say try again later. Help me please = (((((((((

[@dxvinedeoo]

this helped but I have to buy parallels.. can I surpass that?

[@andrearittermariblanca7890]

It works!!! Now how can i download cc content pleaseee😢😢

[@emmaandersson9838]

I don’t have or can’t find the two Previously downloaded files “Graphics rules” you put in the folder, so I’m stuck with the pink soup. I also didnt get the “graphics” folder under “Icloud drive(Mac)” please lmk if you know why that is happening and thank you 🙏

[@savsings]

i’m having this same issue!

[@emmaandersson9838]

After some more research and more tutorials I gave up and settled with the super collection hah, let me know if you figure it out though!

[@iammilk9675]

The link in the description to sims file share has the 2 files!!

[@dwayne7626]

This is great but I’m not seeing how to get around the DirectX 9.0c error. Any help appreciated

[@ellarose4133]

Same, did you find a solution?

[@caitlinryan]

go into the sims 2 rpc settings and change it from full screen to boarderless!! should work then :)

[@gihjgDIJSDGA]

I have a Mac late 2014 and i want play so bad the sims 2. This tutorial is gonna work for me??

[@aliciana1591]

Eh I give up. Nothing works for me

[@mishimayuki]

THANK YOU

[@khymfong625]

I love you thank you

[@savsings]

hi natalie! thanks so much for this video, it helps a bunch! i have a question: for the blinking pink graphics, i don’t see a graphics folder where i copy and paste those files into the folder (around 2:37). am i doing something wrong? i have an M2 chip

[@natalietinker]

hi! download the files from the link in the description (simfileshare)

[@raffymytaffy]

Question! I did everything and got it all downloaded thank you! Having an issue, when im making a lot and saved it, it's not saved everything is gone, is there a way to fix that?? It’s hand you make a costom lot in your new city

[@wdbruine]

hi, i have a question, why m1 macbook do you have? I have macbook air 2020, would i be able to play the game on that, i have around 290 gb of free space?

[@Amichiefy]

Thank you SO much for the tutorial! I was able to run the game on my M1pro in windowed mode, however it gives me a DirectX 9 error if I try to run it normally (in full screen). Do you know what might be causing this? 🤔

[@oviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

can this work on non m1 and m2 models? im using bigsur and the processor is 1.4 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5

[@haritos90]

Much appreciate the guide! The link to download the .sgr files doesn't work though...

[@haritos90]

ah sorry, found the space :D

[@natalietinker]

​@@haritos90 yes, unfortunately, youtube doesn't allow the addition of clickable links for the new accounts. :(

[@oviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

can i save the game to my external hard drive? im asking bc i would prefer to keep my game in the hard drive since it has more space than my mac... thanks for the vid!

[@jboao]

hello, i’m not seeing the video cards folder to paste over for the pink soup fix, just the graphics rules maker. any tips? (macbook M1 pro here)

[@natalietinker]

hi! what do you mean by video cards folder? you need to download two sgr files from the link in the description and paste them to the folder \Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData\Res\Config\ :)

[@ellarose4133]

I tried this and the game wont load, i get a prompt saying that i dont have directx 9 compatible drivers, is there a way around this?

[@caitlinryan]

hi!! i’m not sure if you found the fix already but go into the sims2 RPC settings and change it from full screen to boarderless! no idea why but it fixed that problem for me

[@vladzozulia]

is EA Sims 2 ultimate collection working on m1?

[@respise]

Спасибо большое!)

[@hiphopzakaya]

Don’t you have to pay for Parallel?

[@natalietinker]

unfortunately, yes

[@user-bd5bc1fd7b]

does this come with all the expansions?

[@gr1lled_cheese]

Somehow the only resolution I have is 640x400 :( M1 Pro

[@caitlinryan]

same?? did you find a fix?

[@gr1lled_cheese]

@@caitlinryan not yet

[@pewpew9626]

Can this work for sims 3 as well on origin?

[@iammilk9675]

does any one know where can I find the graphics folder?

[@iammilk9675]

nvm I found it

[@kikikenza5467]

Where I didn’t find it

[@cuteawareness]

боже СПАСИБО!

[@joaopauloalvarez9151]

how do I get out of parallel? lol

[@Guillaumeflt]

Hi, the links are broken :(

[@natalietinker]

Hi! The links contain spaces because youtube doesn't allow me to paste clickable links now. Just remove the spaces :)

[@Guillaumeflt]

oki, I downloaded the 64 bit but at the graphic setting part when I have to locate the folder, which I did . It doens't allow me to save my setting ? is it normal@@natalietinker

[@natalietinker]

@@Guillaumeflt you mean it doesn't allow you to replace the files?

[@Edood]

@@Guillaumeflt that's because you need to run the program as an administrator!

[@Guillaumeflt]

@@Edood oki

[@zxsohvet5203]

So wait is this ultimate collection??

[@caitlinryan]

yes

[@kayliehanguyen9076]

Its does not work for my Mac M3

[@notildlm_msn]

unusless because sims2 is on the App Store on mac.

[@jasilove4396]

but for 40€

[@caitlinryan]

it doesn’t have half the expansions lmao, and playing on mac can cause corruption

[@LincolnSims1]

DO NOT DO THIS! It is piracy by downloading the file!!! You can get up to 10 years in prison for it!

[@DatgirlRick]

Thank you so much I haven’t played this in years and have been trying to for so long 🔥💯🩷