The official Mac thread.

[Aspyr-Blair]

Aspyr is honored to announce the release of Civilization VI Mac!!! This is a thread for all the Apple heads out there. We will do our best to keep the thread updated with the latest information, as well as ongoing Mac details of this amazing game.

First and foremost, lets go over the officially supported system requirements:

Operating System: OSX 10.11 (El Capitan) and MacOS 10.12 (Sierra)
CPU Processor: Intel Core i5 (4 cores)
CPU Speed: 2.7 GHz
Memory: 6 GB
Hard Disk Space: 15 GB
Video Card (ATI): Radeon 6970M
Video Card (NVIDIA): GeForce 775M
Video Card (Intel): Iris Pro
Video Memory (VRam): 1 GB
Peripherals: Macintosh mouse and keyboard, Steam Controller (optional)

Its important to note that our minimum system requirements are based on a comprehensive knowledge of performance throughout the game. In short, we believe the above requirements are enough horsepower to fuel late game and large maps at acceptable frame rates, and we've set the default settings on every Mac for optimal performance within the game itself. Know that turning up any of the default settings will likely result in decreased performance.

We want to give a special shoutout to the fine folks at Firaxis and especially our friends at 2K QA. Without a great deal of cooperation and support from these partners, the Mac release near the Windows release is impossible.

UPDATE 12/1/16 - Fall patch is now live! Here are our trimmed down details with a link to full patch notes. https://blog.aspyr.com/2016/12/01/civilization-vi-fall-2016-update-live-mac/

UPDATE 1/11/17 - Winter patch is now live! Polish and Vikings rejoice :) Here is a link to our notes https://blog.aspyr.com/2017/01/11/civilization-vi-winter-update-live-mac-steam-someone-say-dlc/

UPDATE 1/19/17 - Aztecs for all!

UPDATE 3/14/17 - We are live with Australian Summer! Linux and Mac are still in sync. Full details from the Windows announcement: http://steamcommunity.com/games/289070/announcements/detail/576861888092920827

UPDATE 4/20/17 - We are finally live with the Spring update!

UPDATE 09/07/17 - The Summer 2017 Update is here! Below is a link to the details: https://blog.aspyr.com/2017/09/07/sid-meiers-civilization-vi-summer-2017-update-live-mac/

UPDATE 01/11/18 - Khmer and Indonesia out now!

UPDATE 03/22/18 - Rise and Fall available now!

UPDATE 07/02/18 - Spring 2018 Update now out!

UPDATE 07/19/18 - Cross Platform multiplayer is now available between Mac and Windows!

UPDATE 4/2/19 - The Antarctic Late Summer Update is now live. All platforms in-sync and can continue cross platform play :)

UPDATE 9/10/19 - September 2019 update is now live! All platforms in-sync and can continue cross platform play. Enjoy Red Death!

[marco.gnnn]

I started having problems probably when I updated my mini M1 8GB to Sonoma 14.5, though I'm not completely sure.
I couldn't finish one single Civ game for the last 2 weeks or so.
First I thought it was the massive amount of MODs, which I brought back to half (still many :)
But the problem persisted.
Then I thought of a corrupt file and started several new games, but the problem is still there. Today I wrote to Aspyr and sent them a pair of screenshots.
I'm thinking about bringing back Mac to previous Sonoma version, even though that might be completely unrelated.
Oh, when each game crashes - always at the same time, normally during barbarian turn - when reopening I normally get back the message ' A connection to Civilization VI could not be established. Civilization VI features might not be accessible. Then the game opens.
But it will crash again sooner or later

[Psyberslayer]

iMac M1 - Sonoma 14.5 - 8GB RAM: Game worked fine for the longest time. Now it fails to load when creating a new game, even with all Mods turned off. Opening a prior game seems to work fine. There was a Steam update when I powered up this morning, and wondering if maybe that broke something. It just says game failed to load, try uninstalling any mods and try again.

[marco.gnnn]

Originally posted by Psyberslayer:

iMac M1 - Sonoma 14.5 - 8GB RAM: Game worked fine for the longest time. Now it fails to load when creating a new game, even with all Mods turned off. Opening a prior game seems to work fine. There was a Steam update when I powered up this morning, and wondering if maybe that broke something. It just says game failed to load, try uninstalling any mods and try again.

Weird: same Mac and configuration but different problems.
Today I wrote to Aspyr, let's see what they come out with.

[Robol]

Originally posted by marco.gnnn:

Originally posted by Psyberslayer:

iMac M1 - Sonoma 14.5 - 8GB RAM: Game worked fine for the longest time. Now it fails to load when creating a new game, even with all Mods turned off. Opening a prior game seems to work fine. There was a Steam update when I powered up this morning, and wondering if maybe that broke something. It just says game failed to load, try uninstalling any mods and try again.

Weird: same Mac and configuration but different problems.
Today I wrote to Aspyr, let's see what they come out with.

My IMAC M1 Sonoma 14.5 - 8GB RAM has the same problem: Everything works but when i create a new game the loading is not working fine.

[marco.gnnn]

Originally posted by Robol:

Originally posted by marco.gnnn:

Weird: same Mac and configuration but different problems.
Today I wrote to Aspyr, let's see what they come out with.

My IMAC M1 Sonoma 14.5 - 8GB RAM has the same problem: Everything works but when i create a new game the loading is not working fine.

Mine is different: regardless of whether I create a new game or load an existing one, sooner or later the game crashes. Normally between turn 25 and 75, sometimes earlier sometimes later. When I reload that saved game, the game always crashes at the exact same point (usually during the barbarian phase).
I can't say if the case of a loaded game affects the game.
I'm in contact with Aspyr and already sent them some screenshots and the report generated, even my Mac Mini .spx file with details on the system in use.
Let's see what they reply

[Jean Paul Fartre]

So far I've spent over 12 hours installing and uninstalling this game trying to get it to work. Every time I get to "verifying Civilization VI" everything crashes or succumbs to the wheel of death. Any advice? Honestly I regret bothering at this stage.

[Senzanome]

I've got the same, after verifying a window pops up saying the files are corrupted, everything crash after it.

Originally posted by duncanbeard138:

So far I've spent over 12 hours installing and uninstalling this game trying to get it to work. Every time I get to "verifying Civilization VI" everything crashes or succumbs to the wheel of death. Any advice? Honestly I regret bothering at this stage.

[Robol]

Originally posted by Robol:

Originally posted by marco.gnnn:

Weird: same Mac and configuration but different problems.
Today I wrote to Aspyr, let's see what they come out with.

My IMAC M1 Sonoma 14.5 - 8GB RAM has the same problem: Everything works but when i create a new game the loading is not working fine.

Aspyr-Blair Ia ther any possibility to help us? Create a new game the loading is not working fine!

Originally posted by Aspyr-Blair:

Aspyr is honored to announce the release of Civilization VI Mac!!! This is a thread for all the Apple heads out there. We will do our best to keep the thread updated with the latest information, as well as ongoing Mac details of this amazing game.

First and foremost, lets go over the officially supported system requirements:

Operating System: OSX 10.11 (El Capitan) and MacOS 10.12 (Sierra)
CPU Processor: Intel Core i5 (4 cores)
CPU Speed: 2.7 GHz
Memory: 6 GB
Hard Disk Space: 15 GB
Video Card (ATI): Radeon 6970M
Video Card (NVIDIA): GeForce 775M
Video Card (Intel): Iris Pro
Video Memory (VRam): 1 GB
Peripherals: Macintosh mouse and keyboard, Steam Controller (optional)

Is there any possibility to help us? CIV VI
Its important to note that our minimum system requirements are based on a comprehensive knowledge of performance throughout the game. In short, we believe the above requirements are enough horsepower to fuel late game and large maps at acceptable frame rates, and we've set the default settings on every Mac for optimal performance within the game itself. Know that turning up any of the default settings will likely result in decreased performance.

We want to give a special shoutout to the fine folks at Firaxis and especially our friends at 2K QA. Without a great deal of cooperation and support from these partners, the Mac release near the Windows release is impossible.

UPDATE 12/1/16 - Fall patch is now live! Here are our trimmed down details with a link to full patch notes. https://blog.aspyr.com/2016/12/01/civilization-vi-fall-2016-update-live-mac/

UPDATE 1/11/17 - Winter patch is now live! Polish and Vikings rejoice :) Here is a link to our notes https://blog.aspyr.com/2017/01/11/civilization-vi-winter-update-live-mac-steam-someone-say-dlc/

UPDATE 1/19/17 - Aztecs for all!

UPDATE 3/14/17 - We are live with Australian Summer! Linux and Mac are still in sync. Full details from the Windows announcement: http://steamcommunity.com/games/289070/announcements/detail/576861888092920827

UPDATE 4/20/17 - We are finally live with the Spring update!

UPDATE 09/07/17 - The Summer 2017 Update is here! Below is a link to the details: https://blog.aspyr.com/2017/09/07/sid-meiers-civilization-vi-summer-2017-update-live-mac/

UPDATE 01/11/18 - Khmer and Indonesia out now!

UPDATE 03/22/18 - Rise and Fall available now!

UPDATE 07/02/18 - Spring 2018 Update now out!

UPDATE 07/19/18 - Cross Platform multiplayer is now available between Mac and Windows!

UPDATE 4/2/19 - The Antarctic Late Summer Update is now live. All platforms in-sync and can continue cross platform play :)

UPDATE 9/10/19 - September 2019 update is now live! All platforms in-sync and can continue cross platform play. Enjoy Red Death!

[brsckn]

“Civilization VI” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Bin."
I bought the game a few days ago and never war able to open it.

I downloaded, installed, uninstalled, redownloaded, reinstalled multiple times. This is the only outcome.

Macbook Air 2020 M1, 16 GB, 14.5 Sonoma

[MeniliteZ]

Originally posted by brsckn:

“Civilization VI” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Bin."
I bought the game a few days ago and never war able to open it.

I downloaded, installed, uninstalled, redownloaded, reinstalled multiple times. This is the only outcome.

Macbook Air 2020 M1, 16 GB, 14.5 Sonoma

Now that one is fixable:

After receiving the "damaged" error message,
- Open the Mac System Settings.
- Select "Privacy and Security".
- Select "Security Settings"
- In the Security Settings, you should see a prompt saying "Civilization VI was blocked..." Click the "Open Anyway" button under this text.
- Enter your system password if prompted.

Its a known bug.

[ric]

Any chance you could get the monthly challenge fixed to work on Mac? It's pretty lame that it's been months and months and there's no update.

[emilydolloff]

I am having trouble launching the game. I am on a brand new Mac, but when I get the notice of a configuration error or error unknown when I try to launch the game. I tried the suggestions above, including going into the "Privacy and Security" and "Security Settings" options. I clicked "Open Anyway", but still had an error. Now I do not have the notice that Civ VI was blocked. Any other suggestions? Thank you!

[qweqwe040]

I have macbook air m2. Any ideas how to fix desync issue on mac? It's so frustrating when you buy a game and multiplayer is broken because I'm constantly desyncing.

[MeniliteZ]

After updating my OS to Catalina, Civ 6 has to do a long Verifying before opening.

Is that what you 2 are seeing?:

Originally posted by Senzanome:

I've got the same, after verifying a window pops up saying the files are corrupted, everything crash after it.

Originally posted by duncanbeard138:

So far I've spent over 12 hours installing and uninstalling this game trying to get it to work. Every time I get to "verifying Civilization VI" everything crashes or succumbs to the wheel of death. Any advice? Honestly I regret bothering at this stage.

It hasn't completed yet.. I'm just hoping its not the same.

[MeniliteZ]

Wow, Catalina takes over half an hour to verify Civ 6 on its first launch. The OS, not Steam. But once it finished it worked.

I had to reinstall a couple times. And I reinstalled Catalina once, from Recovery. And resinstalled Steam once. And also downloaded from a different Steam Download Region the time it worked.

Maybe one of those things will help these people?:

Originally posted by Senzanome:

I've got the same, after verifying a window pops up saying the files are corrupted, everything crash after it.

Originally posted by duncanbeard138:

So far I've spent over 12 hours installing and uninstalling this game trying to get it to work. Every time I get to "verifying Civilization VI" everything crashes or succumbs to the wheel of death. Any advice? Honestly I regret bothering at this stage.