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Starting from OSX Lion (10.7.x) onwards, certain files that are deemed "System Files" are hidden away now. This now applies to some of the files for Sims 3 as well (previously they were not hidden).

So, to do troubleshooting, you'd need to make these files visible first before you can delete them.

Enter the following commands in a Terminal window. You can also copy and paste them in. To open a Terminal Window: Finder -> Utilities -> Terminal.

To Unhide

defaults write com.apple.finder \AppleShowAllFiles -bool true
killall Finder


To hide

defaults write com.apple.finder \AppleShowAllFiles -bool false
killall Finder
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