Sims 4 Tray Importer Mac Issues & How To Solve Them (2019/2020)
For the longest time I not only wanted to sort out my CC because I have a hell lot of it, but I also wanted to upload my Sims & Lots/Rooms here.
The problem however was, that I’ve always had issues with the Tray Importer Mod for MacBook & since there is no similar mod that can do such a thing, not even Sims 4 Studio, I couldn’t do what I desired without this lovely creation.
So, if you’re a Mac user like me with problems on how to get S4TI to work, I may be able to help you ...
So far I’ve had two different issues with S4TI that I’ve seen with other people as well & could fix:
The mod couldn’t locate/load my library and/or game folder path
The App itself was not launching/opening
Both of them are now solved for me & the app is woking perfectly fine (although I still am not able to use the “google this” option but whatever).
However, the first problem wasn’t my wrongdoing, but the app itself & so it wasn’t me who solved it but the developer himself with an update.
After that, I was able to to download it again & everything was working.
Even so, I still read about Simblrs who encounter this issue so try a few things:
In the Forum, Deevo says: “Take a look at the debug window (S4TI > Debug). No lines should be blank and you should see the word "True" in three locations. If you happen to see the word "False", this is your issue. The application is having difficulty finding the location of an aspect of your game”
Other than that I recommend you read every comment in the forum post and/or reach out to him because he always answers peoples questions about S4TI!
This is the installation guide: https://luniversims.com/forums/topic/5945-guide-sims-4-tray-importer-for-macos-sierra/
This is a comment section starting with issues in 2016 but if you jump to the last pages they’re from July 2019: https://luniversims.com/forums/topic/5918-tray-importer-for-mac/#comments
And lastly, if you understand French then read this thread: https://luniversims.com/forums/topic/8040-r%C3%A9solu-je-narrive-plus-%C3%A0-ouvrir-tray-importer/?tab=comments#comment-121090
This whole fiasco for me was a few months ago. A few months of not playing & keeping up with updates on anything.
Today, I came back to playing & updated my Tumblr to finally get to uploading Sims but I thought I should look for an update of S4TI.
The latest version was from November so I got the newest Mono Framework version (6.6.0) & then newest Tray Importer version.
Then I got the message that the app could not be launched.
I again searched every corner of the comment section & found the following:
Usually, this is a problem of that typical bullshit security system of MacBook where you have to manually click “open anyways” because the downloaded file is from an unknown source & Mac won’t open it unless you tell it otherwise.
However, for me the message I got wasn’t telling me that this was the issue, I even went into my settings/security settings & looked for “open anyways” but it wasn’t showing up so I thought everything was fine.
If you have this as well, it’s because of the execution issue as explained here: https://luniversims.com/forums/topic/8040-r%C3%A9solu-je-narrive-plus-%C3%A0-ouvrir-tray-importer/?tab=comments#comment-121090
To put it simply: try to open the app with Terminal.
If it doesn’t work, as it didn’t for me, do it manually:
1. Go to your Applications folder
2. right-click/ctrl-click Tray Importer & select “show contents”
3. Click Contents
4. Click MacOS
5. Click the .exe file or drag into the open Terminal app
The app should now launch but fail & you should get the security message & the option to choose “open anyways” in the settings.
In conclusion, Sims 4 Tray Importer still works, even on Catalina!
If you still have any troubles please reach out to me & I’d be happy to try & help! I’ve had some more solvable issues with the app even without any game/mod developing knowledge.
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