Problems Playing the Sims 3

Here is my issue. I used to have a late 2009 Mac book Air. Recently i have come into a late 2011 edition Mac Book Pro. I installed the sims 3 with my copy of the disk, and everything worked just fine. I played had a jolly old time. I also did not have the internet at this time. I moved in with my grandpa a couple of weeks ago and he has some lowspeed internet. Upon connecting, i got a notice for a software update for the sims 3. So i updated. After updating. The sims 3 would Crash everytime i started it up. Not even letting me into the game. So i uninstalled, (multiple times) and tried downloading the updates.. Same problem persisted. Finally i tried just clean reinstall without updating.. The SAME problem persisted.. After a few more tries and a steam cleaning of anything EA on my mac book, i reinstalled AGAIN. I downloaded a single update. Now i am able to get into the game, create my sims. When i try to move into a household, the game freezes and crashes. I have tried clearing cache, removing updates. I am Lost at what to do. I just want to play the got **** game!!!

You need to tell them that their suggestions are not working.  And you should continue to post in their forum area.  It is where the Mac Sim player helpers are.Is the game compatible with your os system?

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