Re-buying SimCity 4 for your Mac is the better way to go. Or you will need to get Apple Boot Camp (free) and a retail version of Windows ($120) on order to run your Windows PC version of the game on your Mac. You will have to buy re-buy Sim City 4 for Mac OS. So retail versions of SimCity 4 were in separate packages for PC and Mac. The Mac version was ported by a third party, Aspyr Media.

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In the same folder, open 'Video Cards.sgr' with the text editor of your choice.

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