I'll try that -- thanks for the idea!
Did you ever figure this out? I'm having a sort of similar issue.
Just to update that it's the Mac DVD version. I'm able to save a new game so far and get the new saved versions to load, but it's sad to abandon...
Neighborhoods not loading on Mac 1) CPU (MHz/GHz) 667 MHz/1.83 GHz 2) RAM/Memory - How Much (MB/GB) 1.25 GB 3) Free Hard Disk Space 1 GB 4)...
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