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'The application The Sims 3 Installer quit unexpectedly.'

I've tried to restart my machine, make sure Time Machine is off, disconnecting from the internet, copying the disk to my desk top and try running it from there, making sure I have all my updates for my computer, turning the display settings down and thought about standing on my head. lol

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here's my specks

Mac OS X
version 10.5.7
Processor: 2.6 GHx Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2GB 667 MHx DDR@ SDRAM
Chipset Model: GeForce 8600M GT
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/303302.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/303302.page GMT
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Chipset Model: GeForce 8600M GT]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/305020.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/305020.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/305765.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/305765.page GMT
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thanks.

http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/11857.page
]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/333247.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/333247.page GMT ts3techhelp@ea.com.

Before we can work on it we need to gather some information from you. Here's a post by SimGuruJim in what we need.
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/3450.page
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I've sent three emails with the subject Installer quit unexpectedly - from forum post with no reply. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

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0. Take any CD's / USB drives / iPods / connected disks out of the machine.

1. open Terminal (Applications/Utilities/...)

2. make sure you are using an Administrator account and have the password

3. type the following:
[b]ls -lOd / [/b]
(That's lowercase ell, lowercase ess, space, minus, lowercase ell, capital oh, lowercase dee, space, forward slash)

4. You should get something like this:
hostname:~ username$ ls -lOd /
drwxrwxr-t@ 32 root admin hidden 1156 Feb 8 20:35 /
(note it says "hidden" instead of "-")

5. To fix this, type:
[b]sudo chflags nohidden / [/b]

6. Type in your password when prompted.

You should now be able to install to that hard drive. If you have partitions on your machine, you will need to unhide all the drives using:
[b]sudo chflags nohidden /Volumes/* [/b]]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/387088.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/387088.page GMT
Now, just one tiny detail - do I have to keep the chflags on that setting or can I actually switch it back after installation?]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/390648.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/390648.page GMT
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Michelle]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/406589.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/406589.page GMT ]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/612608.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/612608.page GMT But I'm not sure 100% sure where to type "ls -lOd /"??]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/1993662.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/1993662.page GMT http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/1995290.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/1995290.page GMT
After a call to tech support (and 45 minutes on hold), I was told that the issue is with any updates you may have installed to the original game. The remedy is to uninstall the game, reinstall it, and then install the stuff pack BEFORE installing any game updates.

The customer support rep also mentioned that this same problem can occur with the World Adventures expansion. The remedy is supposedly the same: uninstall the game, reinstall it, and then install the expansion before updating.

If you have saved game files that you don't want to lose by uninstalling, you can easily back them up first. Just find your "The Sims 3" folder (probably in Documents -> Electronic Arts -> The Sims 3). Copy it to your desktop or somewhere else before you uninstall. Then after you reinstall the game, use this saved folder to replace the "new" auto-populated folder the game will install for you.

Good luck!]]> http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/2124827.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/preList/38896/2124827.page GMT