No sound

[charon2187]

I opened up the Sims 2 and there was absolutely no sound. No music, no sound effects. Also the intro movie and the EA thing at the beginning of the game don't play. I use a mac with Mac OS X 10.4.3.

[ManagerJosh]

Did you download the latest patch available for Sims 2 for Mac?

[charon2187]

yes I did and it did not help

[charon2187]

I've also noticed something else. Quicktime also no longer has any sound when I play movies in it. Theres obviously a common thread here, I just can't figure it out.

[Mirelly]

Sounds like your sound device needs troubleshooting. I know diddly-squat about Macs but I presume they have some kind of control panel by means of which you can access information about your various system's bits and pieces???

[charon2187]

Nope, the computer can still make sound, iTunes is working just fine.

[charon2187]

I've even gone as far as to reinstall the game completely, and that didn't do anything.

[Mirelly]

uninstall quick-time?
uninstall itunes ... ta da!! Maybe iTunes is hogging the OS's file-type definition ... might be worth a try ;)

[charon2187]

I finally fixed it by getting really angry at the computer and reinstalling the operating system. Drastic, I suppose, but it worked!

[suitemichelle]

I wonder if a custom re-install would have worked?