OS X Can I run The Sims 3 for Mac?

[Braders88]

Hello MacRumors community,

I was having a clear out of my cupboards the other day and happen to come across an old classic, The Sims 3!
After reading the box I was surprised to see that it supports Mac!
I am a little skeptic as to installing it, I am currently running OSX Mavericks with an early 09' built iMac.
I have read machines running Maverick OS seem to be having some graphical issues...

The specs are as follows;
2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 1067MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT120 256MB

Can anyone confirm that I will be able to run this game with settings maxed out?

A final note, I read that the Sims 3 contains Adware or other types of sneaky spying tools from EA, is this true? (Information gathered from a quick Google search). Would it still be safe to install?

Thank you all for your responses!

 

[blasto2236]

I'd imagine you will be fine. It runs like a dream on my mid-2011 iMac with roughly the same specs as yours.

 

[LOLZpersonok]

Your processor surpasses the requirement, but the rest of the computer seems to be at or around the minimum requirements. You can run it but I wouldn't expect really high graphics or amazing performance. The Sims 3 for Mac is more demanding than its Windows counterpart, and from my experience, it does not perform as well due to something I can't remember off the top of my head.

 

[Zellio]

Your processor surpasses the requirement, but the rest of the computer seems to be at or around the minimum requirements. You can run it but I wouldn't expect really high graphics or amazing performance. The Sims 3 for Mac is more demanding than its Windows counterpart, and from my experience, it does not perform as well due to something I can't remember off the top of my head.

I believe it uses open gl 1.4 or 1.2 which doesn't perform well.