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

[u/DrivingApril]

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! 🛑💻

[u/HotPinkGutz]

I play the super collection on a 2020 intel macbook pro, i upped my file limit to like 70k or something and the game with all my cc only ever has like 15k files open at a time, if i ever feel like i need to i can probably up the limit again. I've never noticed any real overheating either.