Rocksmith crashes on MacOS 15.4

[verdun1916]

I updated Mac OS from 15.3 to 15.4 yesterday and now Rocksmith crashes immediately. We need a Patch from Ubisoft. Again. :-(

[soulseller]

Same issue. Worked an Hour ago. Now not starting after the Update to 15.4. Just after i got it to work with my Focusrite Solo Gen 4...

[whdoors]

yep, same problem. even tried uninstalling and reinstalling everything.

[GATOxVoS]

Ubisoft probably wont update their application, especially if it worked before a Minor update to Apple's OS. Best bet is to actually send your crash data to Apple so they could possible fix what they broke in the update.

[GATOxVoS]

Originally posted by thejohnnewton:

Originally posted by GATOxVoS:

Ubisoft probably wont update their application, especially if it worked before a Minor update to Apple's OS. Best bet is to actually send your crash data to Apple so they could possible fix what they broke in the update.

I'd say it's a 100% certainty. As I said they dropped all Mac support years ago. RS itself barely has any support left after their recent cost cutting measures and there is no Mac version.

Ah, I misunderstood and assumed OP only posted *because* there was an older Mac version that worked on 15.3 but now is borked on 15.4. Ty for the clarification.

[daniel_voehringer]

Same problem here. Repair have no effect, still crashes

[whdoors]

Well I opened a support ticket on Ubisoft, although the last time I opened one it didn't help much, they didn't care. The keyboard just goes out sporadically and just dings at me till I reset the game. But who knows maybe this one might help, figured it was worth a shot, couldn't hurt.

[whdoors]

I also took a chance on a $50 mini computer just for it, but it won't be for anther few weeks.

[daniel_voehringer]

Originally posted by whdoors:

I also took a chance on a $50 mini computer just for it, but it won't be for anther few weeks.

I will be much interested if the mini computer you got works fine and what exactly have you got. Would be greatly appreciated, if you would drop a line here.

[temple12]

Guess it doesn’t hurt to open a case, so I did. Better than doing nothing (probably not by much though).

[GATOxVoS]

Originally posted by thejohnnewton:

.... there is a known "fix" if you want to run RS which is running an older version of MAC OS.

I understand you might be upset at the state of the software and the company that owns it (the state of the industry and the fact that I know these companies are selling us sh*t and calling it gold has got me existentially depressed as a software engineer) but--respectfully--you need to lead your answers with this "fix." Everyone posting in here is just trying to get their Rocksmith stuff working again after it got broken with the Apple update, but you definitely had me convinced earlier in this thread that there was barely any chance of getting something working. I understand you can probably google the fix, but people come here to try and get answers that are *hopefully* more direct than what a google search could provide.

That being said, if you could post exactly what the *fix* is here that would be great. It could possibly save one or more of the above posters from having to throw $50 at the problem for a mini-computer when an afternoon of setting-up an older Mac OS version on another harddrive would suffice.

Edit for clarification: Really not trying to dog on you or be negative; just trying to make people understand that there is hope for them if they want to try and play the game.

[temple12]

Originally posted by GATOxVoS:

Originally posted by thejohnnewton:

.... there is a known "fix" if you want to run RS which is running an older version of MAC OS.

I understand you might be upset at the state of the software and the company that owns it (the state of the industry and the fact that I know these companies are selling us sh*t and calling it gold has got me existentially depressed as a software engineer) but--respectfully--you need to lead your answers with this "fix." Everyone posting in here is just trying to get their Rocksmith stuff working again after it got broken with the Apple update, but you definitely had me convinced earlier in this thread that there was barely any chance of getting something working. I understand you can probably google the fix, but people come here to try and get answers that are *hopefully* more direct than what a google search could provide.

That being said, if you could post exactly what the *fix* is here that would be great. It could possibly save one or more of the above posters from having to throw $50 at the problem for a mini-computer when an afternoon of setting-up an older Mac OS version on another harddrive would suffice.

Edit for clarification: Really not trying to dog on you or be negative; just trying to make people understand that there is hope for them if they want to try and play the game.

I’m pretty sure the poster is implying that the fix is to roll back your OS to 15.3. Which, is an option, but obviously not an ideal one for software that still has sellable content in the Steam store. I do like your sentiment that I quoted above. Doing nothing will obviously not help.

If they are selling DLC for this, then Ubisoft should minimally upkeep its operation through updates.

[daniel_voehringer]

Originally posted by thejohnnewton:

Guys you're on you own on Mac. What are you not understanding?

To understand the situation and not complain about the situation are two different things, you get that?. What I really don‘t understand is why you are trying to silence the complaints.

[GATOxVoS]

Originally posted by temple12:

Originally posted by GATOxVoS:

I understand you might be upset at the state of the software and the company that owns it (the state of the industry and the fact that I know these companies are selling us sh*t and calling it gold has got me existentially depressed as a software engineer) but--respectfully--you need to lead your answers with this "fix." Everyone posting in here is just trying to get their Rocksmith stuff working again after it got broken with the Apple update, but you definitely had me convinced earlier in this thread that there was barely any chance of getting something working. I understand you can probably google the fix, but people come here to try and get answers that are *hopefully* more direct than what a google search could provide.

That being said, if you could post exactly what the *fix* is here that would be great. It could possibly save one or more of the above posters from having to throw $50 at the problem for a mini-computer when an afternoon of setting-up an older Mac OS version on another harddrive would suffice.

Edit for clarification: Really not trying to dog on you or be negative; just trying to make people understand that there is hope for them if they want to try and play the game.

I’m pretty sure the poster is implying that the fix is to roll back your OS to 15.3. Which, is an option, but obviously not an ideal one for software that still has sellable content in the Steam store. I do like your sentiment that I quoted above. Doing nothing will obviously not help.

If they are selling DLC for this, then Ubisoft should minimally upkeep its operation through updates.

Sorry if my post just muddied things; I really tried to change the tone to emphasize that we just needed someone to directly say "Roll back your OS" because not everyone who comes to these forums for help will actually even know that rolling back the OS is an option.

When dealing with troubleshooting, never overestimate someone's knowledge. I can't tell you how many instances where I've assumed a client has done the most basic steps, only to ask them 2 hours later to just power cycle something :/

[AppleTrak]

I just tested RS2014 on an old 2014 MacBook Pro running BigSur (the last major OS supported on that hardware). RS2014 works fine, whereas on my M1 Pro MacBook Pro running 15.4, I have the same crash at startup we all are seeing.
So, I guess, my saving grace is my 11 year old MBP, to keep playing. Good luck everyone, finding a workaround on the modern hardware/OS.

[planbe]

https://ipsw.me/Mac16,10

Download at your own risk, but the 15.3.2 worked for me.