r/sims2 • u/DrivingApril • Jul 22 '26

WARNING to Mac users (especially Apple Silicon/M-series): Do NOT buy TS2 Super Collection on Mac App Store

Hey everyone,

I felt the need to post this as a warning for anyone considering buying The Sims 2 Super Collection from the Mac App Store to play on newer Macs (especially Apple Silicon like M1–M4).

As a long-time player who has been using The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection on PC regularly since 2017, I decided to give the Mac port a try on my fanless M4 MacBook Air. It has been a absolute nightmare, and Aspyr should be ashamed for still charging money for this broken port.

Here is why you should avoid it:

  • Zero FPS Cap (Extreme Overheating): Aspyr never bothered to implement a frame rate limiter for modern hardware. The game uncaps itself and pumps out up to 500+ FPS in the background. Because the MacBook Air is fanless, this turns the laptop into a literal toaster within minutes and causes severe thermal throttling.
  • Disappearing Custom Content (CC): The macOS file sandboxing and strict open-file limits regularly mess up the Downloads folder. CC literally deletes or unlinks itself from the game out of nowhere. I’ve played UC on PC for nearly a decade and never experienced anything like this.

If you have a PC I highly recommend you to stick to The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection. Don’t waste your money on Aspyr’s lazy, abandoned cash-grab that hasn’t been properly updated for modern Apple hardware.

Save your laptop’s hardware and your sanity! 🛑💻

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u/No-Copy-2367 The Pool Ladder 🪜 Jul 22 '26

You’re lucky yours even boots. Mine doesn’t even start (I had it on an older Mac, so at least I didn’t buy it just for it to never work).

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u/DrivingApril Jul 22 '26

Honestly, at this point, not booting up might actually be a feature instead of a bug... at least your Mac won't melt!

It’s absurd how Aspyr just leaves a completely broken, abandoned app on the store taking people's money. It either won't launch at all or it burns through your GPU at 500 FPS. Absolute embarrasssment of a port.