PRELIMINARY NOTE - VERY IMPORTANT
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In Mac systems, the game can be installed in the Applications folder (mandatory for LEOPARD users) or in the main HD (recommended for older OS: Tiger, Panther etc). You decided the installation path when you first installed the game. Please note that the LEOPARD MacOS *requires* the game (and the CEP) to be installed in the Applications folder; neither of them would work if installed in the main HD on a LEOPARD system.
LEOPARD users should follow installation METHOD #2.

On the other hand, with TIGER, PANTHER and older MacOS, Aspyr *recommends* to install the game in the main HD, though many user reported to have successfully installed the game in the Applications folder. If this is the case (i.e. game in the Applications on a TIGER or older system), please be aware that THE CEP MIGHT NOT WORK. Therefore, you should first try the installation method #2; if the CEP doesn't work, you have to uninstall the game from the Applications folder and reinstall it on the main Hard Drive, and then follow installation method #1.
In detail, you need to throw away both the "Sims 2" in Applications and the "EA Games" in the Home folder, and reinstall Sims 2 into the main hard drive (be sure to save any files you have altered like neighborhoods or downloads, also collections, storytelling and saved sims). Don't forget to delete the plists in preferences in the home folder library before you reinstall. Start the game up once before doing anything else. Exit. Then replace the new folders in your new installation of Sims 2 with any altered folders from your previous installation. Start up the game again. Exit. Now you are ready to place the CEP files using METHOD #1.

Please note that the two installation methods are identical: only the steps b) and c2) are different.


METHOD #1 - GAME INSTALLED IN THE MAIN HD
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In the ZIP archive, beside the instruction text files, there are two packages and three folders:

- "_EnableColorOptionsGMND.package" (*required* for the CEP to work)
- "_EnableColorOptionsMMAT.package" (*required* for the CEP to work)
- "Extra" folder (additional CEP components, not required but strongly suggested)
- "CEP_Documentation" folder (optional, suggested)
- "CEP_Icons" folder (optional, only needed for website owners and CEP enthusiasts)

Install the said files and folder as follows:


a) _EnableColorOptionsGMND.package:
In your home folder (the one with the little house, under Users), go to Documents, then EA Games, then Sims 2, then Downloads (if the Downloads folder does not exist, then make a new folder and title it Downloads).
Place the file "_EnableColorOptionsGMND.package" in that folder (overwriting any older version you might already have in there).


b) _EnableColorOptionsMMAT.package:
On your main drive go to The Sims 2, then TSData, then Res, then Sims3D.
Place the file "_EnableColorOptionsMMAT.package" in that folder.
NOTE1: regardless your game configuration (i.e. the EPs that you have installed), the location for the MMAT file is always the one pointed out above.
NOTE2: The name of the folder "The Sims 2" may be different, if your game is installed in other languages than English.


c) "Extra" folder:
Open it and you will find 2 subfolders, "MyDocuments" and "ProgramFiles".

  c1) Open the "MyDocuments" folder and move the entire "zCEP-EXTRA" subfolder, along with the several files contained in it, in:
    HOME (the icon with the little house) -> DOCUMENTS -> EA Games -> Sims 2
    NOTE: *DO NOT* put the "zCEP-EXTRA" folder into the Downloads. It goes into the "Sims 2" root folder!
  c2) Open the "ProgramFiles" folder and move the entire "zCEP-EXTRA" subfolder, along with the several files contained in it, in:
    MAIN DRIVE -> THE SIMS 2 -> TSDATA -> RES -> CATALOG

NB: the leading "z" in the name "zCEP-EXTRA" is required, it's not a typo.
NB: The name of the folder "Sims 2" may be different, in non-English games.
NB: Each EXTRA component is autonomous, and you can freely decide whether to install it or not; read the documentation to know what is each EXTRA, and the decide what EXTRA to install. I suggest to install them all.
However, if you decide to remove one or more EXTRA component, be sure to delete the unvanted component from BOTH the installation folders (My Documents and Program Files).



d) "CEP_Documentation" folder:
This folder contains the Documentation for the CEP; it's OPTIONAL and it's not needed for the CEP to work, but it's interesting for creators and normal users. Put the "CEP_Documentation" folder wherever you like; I suggest the Documents folder.

e) "CEP_Icons" folder:
This folder absolutely OPTIONAL and not required; it contains the official Icon Set for the CEP. The icons are only useful for webmasters and creators, to put the CEP icons in the download web pages, or on a CEP Info Page on their site. 




METHOD #2 - GAME INSTALLED IN THE APPLICATIONS FOLDER
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In the ZIP archive, beside the instruction text files, there are two packages and three folders:

- "_EnableColorOptionsGMND.package" (*required* for the CEP to work)
- "_EnableColorOptionsMMAT.package" (*required* for the CEP to work)
- "Extra" folder (additional CEP components, not required but strongly suggested)
- "CEP_Documentation" folder (optional, suggested)
- "CEP_Icons" folder (optional, only needed for website owners and CEP enthusiasts)

Install the said files and folder as follows:

a) _EnableColorOptionsGMND.package:
In your home folder (the one with the little house, under Users), go to Documents, then EA Games, then Sims 2, then Downloads (if the Downloads folder does not exist, then make a new folder and title it Downloads).
Place the file "_EnableColorOptionsGMND.package" in that folder (overwriting any older version you might already have in there).


b) _EnableColorOptionsMMAT.package:
Open the Applications folder, then open The Sims 2, then TSData, then Res, then Sims3D.
Place the file "_EnableColorOptionsMMAT.package" in that folder.
NOTE1: regardless your game configuration (i.e. the EPs that you have installed), the location for the MMAT file is always the one pointed out above.
NOTE2: The name of the folder "The Sims 2" may be different, if your game is installed in other languages than English.


c) "Extra" folder:
Open it and you will find 2 subfolders, "MyDocuments" and "ProgramFiles".

  c1) Open the "MyDocuments" folder and move the entire "zCEP-EXTRA" subfolder, along with the several files contained in it, in:
    HOME (the icon with the little house) -> DOCUMENTS -> EA Games -> Sims 2
    NOTE: *DO NOT* put the "zCEP-EXTRA" folder into the Downloads. It goes into the "Sims 2" root folder!
  c2) Open the "ProgramFiles" folder and move the entire "zCEP-EXTRA" subfolder, along with the several files contained in it, in:
    APPLICATIONS FOLDER -> THE SIMS 2 -> TSDATA -> RES -> CATALOG

NB: the leading "z" in the name "zCEP-EXTRA" is required, it's not a typo.
NB: The name of the folder "Sims 2" may be different, in non-English games.
NB: Each EXTRA component is autonomous, and you can freely decide whether to install it or not; read the documentation to know what is each EXTRA, and the decide what EXTRA to install. I suggest to install them all.
However, if you decide to remove one or more EXTRA component, be sure to delete the unvanted component from BOTH the installation folders (My Documents and Program Files).


d) "CEP_Documentation" folder:
This folder contains the Documentation for the CEP; it's OPTIONAL and it's not needed for the CEP to work, but it's interesting for creators and normal users. Put the "CEP_Documentation" folder wherever you like; I suggest the Documents folder.

e) "CEP_Icons" folder:
This folder absolutely OPTIONAL and not required; it contains the official Icon Set for the CEP. The icons are only useful for webmasters and creators, to put the CEP icons in the download web pages, or on a CEP Info Page on their site. Put the "CEP_Icons" folder wherever you like. 



MANUAL UNINSTALLATION OF THE CEP
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Remove all the files and folders from the locations where you have copied them into.


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Many thanks for the MacOS installation instructions to:
Amjoie, Flameflash and WhiteSiren
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