Sims 3 pets no disc found mac

Disc authorisation error - some possible solutions Quite a lot of Mac simmers are plagued by an error messages stating that their disc cannot be verified and advising them to contact customer services. Sometimes this message comes up again and again, even though the disc is in the drive and is genuine, and it is very frustrating. Things to try: Check that you really do have the correct disc in the drive. To launch the game you should be using the latest disc in terms of release date which may not necessarily be the last one that you installed.

It's quite easy to pop in the wrong disc in error if you have a lot of expansions, so it's worth a quick check. Examine the disc closely and see if there are any areas of damage such as small scratches. Ensure that the disc is clean and undamaged. If the disc is dirty or damaged it may stop functioning correctly. You can try to carefully clean the disc and then try again.

Ensure that your disc drive is working properly it probably is fine, but let's rule out a problem with the actual drive. Then you can be sure that it's only your TS3 disc that is a problem. Sometimes the game is very temperamental. It will give the error message several times in a row, then will suddenly accept its authenticity and start working again. I've had this happen a few times for no apparent reason. Try popping the disc out and shut down your Mac.

Restart and then pop the disc back in. Try to launch the game and see if works. Try this a few times and you might get lucky and find that it starts working again. If you cannot get it to work, then you may wish to consider uninstalling the disc version of the game, then registering the game code on Origin so that you can download and install the digital version. This will not cost you any additional money because you already own a game code.

Once you have installed a digital version of the game you will no longer need a disc although you will instead have the potential hassle of using Origin. October - last edited October by Bluebellflora.

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Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Do you mean. Answer HQ English: The Sims: The Sims Mac: Zombies Games Plants vs. Tapped Out The Simpsons: October - last edited September "Disc Authorization Failure — no game disc found! Me too. Message 10 of 94, Views. Reply Accepted Solution. Message 9 of , Views. Reply 3. All Replies. Message 1 of , Views. Reply 4. Sims 3 University Life- No game disc found [Mac]. June Do you have the actual disc version of Uni or do you have the download one?

Also are you using Store content in your game? Please read these first for already reported issues: Happy me. Is origin connected to the old official sims 3 website? I thought Origin was for PC users only based on the info inside the booklet of every disc version. Does it cater for Mac users too now?

So long as you have all the product codes 2. Yes 3. If I was to write instructions for every single bit this article would be huge! Google is your friend for basic Mac housekeeping — https: What caches specifically and why do you need to? Yes 7. I might be confusing caches with cookies. Like it would harm your game or something.

How much does it cost on Origin? Can I get it cheaper? Is that possible? When I download the game will I get all of the hairstyles and clothes from the previous games as well on there? Plus the previous worlds? What happens if I want to change the order again? Can I get it back easily if I take it off? According to your other guides I would have to download the latest released game? Which is the future one for me. Does it matter? Sorry, I have moderate learning difficulties. To get my thoughts out the way which may be complicating the issue at hand.

These technical issues make my head hurt. Once registered the games will be available to download. It sounds like you need to uninstall Into the Future follow my guide to manually uninstalling an EP then download and install Origin, register your Into the Future product code in Origin, download and install Into the Future, then apply the digital patch. So I just updated my operating system on my IMac and I am getting the disk authorization failure when trying to play.

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So, I was planning to save my data on the Sims 3 folder and go online to origin to get the digital copies of my games so I can uninstall then reinstall. Just to confirm, I have to get all of my games The Sims 3, expansion packs, and stuff packs onto Origin then only uninstall the latest EP and reinstall it using the digital copy without reinstalling the original game or any of the other ones? Doing this will make my game work again with all the previous saved games, cc, library files etc.

My plan is to copy my Sims 3 file to save my game data then get the digital copy of my games then uninstall the most recent EP then reinstall it using the online version. So just to confirm, I will use to codes to get all of my games the original Sims 3 game, expansion packs, and stuff packs on Origin as digital copies.

Then, I will uninstall only the most recent of my expansion packs and reinstall using the online copy. Doing this will allow me to play the game as I did before with all the previous saved games, cc, library files etc. Last question, if there is a EP that is more recent than the ones I have installed currently could I download that EP to solve the disk authorization failure in place of getting the digital version? I will use to codes to get all of my games the original Sims 3 game, expansion packs, and stuff packs on Origin as digital copies.

I recently updated my mac to El Capitan and am also having problems with my Sims 3 game and I have a quick question. The user data folder is not affected by uninstalling and installing an EP. Thank you for that! What should I do next? But with the current situation, should I just go ahead and uninstall the EP? Will that from there allow me to download the digital copy in Origin? And do I also have to download all of my other expansion packs as well or just the latest one?

Thank you! My University Life EP in my applications also has a question mark on top of the icon and when I click the base game launcher to play the game, it redirects me to play the next EP down which is the Seasons EP, but the University Life icon is gone from the bottom of the page.

I still have the 1. There may be an issue with the current version of Origin and downloading not functioning properly. Patch your game up to 1. Sorry for asking so many questions, I just want to take as many precautions as possible. Just for clarification. Origin is not actually needed to play the game. Yes, you need the digital patch. I did! But if I go into my downloads it will make me go through the same process again.

Oh goodness! Thank you for saying that! Control clicking the file was just what I needed to do! The patch is now downloaded on my main sims page. If I have to uninstall Origin in order to download the University Life EP again, will that get rid of the question mark on the icon in my launchpad?

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Will I finally be able to play the game after that? And if so, how do I uninstall Origin? Follow the instructions to uninstall anything UL related on your Mac, it seems like some files may be still on your Mac. Thank you for your suggestions. When I turned on my laptop this morning, the icon was not in my launchpad anymore, but I still and I looked through other folders to see if there were any residual files only to find that there were none. I guess restarting my computer was all it needed. I also uninstalled Origin using your tutorial and then reinstalled it again, but there was still a problem with the download button like you mentioned in your other post.

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I will wait for EA to make another update regarding this issue. Hello again! I used the tutorial you posted about the origin installers and it worked perfectly — I can play my game now! I want to thank you for being so tolerant and patient while helping me, but also for being so specific with your tutorials and instructions! Thank you for all of your support these past 3 days! Okay so I have done all the steps to the point where I have the Origin thing and stuff, I can click play on Origin and it tells me to type a certain code when prompted and launches the game, however when the game launches I go to click play and I need a disk!!

And there is no where for me to type the code either! Basically im very confused. Tried a number of times to get this to work—finnaly did it. Some of the key things for me were: Needed to go to the origin site to download the most recent version of Origin. My uninstaller was not working so I used App Zapper. Then I launched Origin. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account.

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content If you are suffering from one of the Disc Authorization Failure error messages with The Sims 3 it could be for a few different reasons. If it is scratched beyond repair follow the steps below for playing using Origin. If so maybe something corrupted in the install. Reinstall the OS. A new Sims 3 folder will be generated. If your game now loads the problem is in your old game folder, most likely erroneous CC.

Add your CC back in to your game bit by bit until the error appears again.

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You will then know which piece of CC is causing the problem. Download and install Origin. Log in using your Sims 3 details. Register all your Sims 3 games under your Origin ID using the product codes that came with your disc copies instructions on how to register product codes here. Your game should now work.

You can find instructions and links here. Rate this: Share this: Like this: Like Loading Have you tried installing it through Origin as per the recommendations in this post? Follow the instructions and use Origin. You only have to uninstall and reinstall the latest EP you have installed, not the whole game. If I uninstall and reinstall my latest EP will I loose all my custom content and saved games? You could do but you should only need to download and install the latest.

Contact EA, same happened to me a while ago. Thanks for the instructions!

I have the sims downloaded through origins because of the same problem and it still is telling me that i need a disc in… Like Like. Did you manually uninstall before installing the digital version?