Game immediately crashing on Mac?

[josiahjclarke]

I am having an issue trying to open the game to play. When I went to the pinned "HOW TO FIX YOUR GAME" thread, which seems to apply to me, all the directions appear to be for a Windows version. The game said it works on Mac, so is there a Mac troubleshooting guide? Thanks!

[xAlphaStarOmegax]

I found this...

Stardew Valley is not launching on Mac

Run the Terminal application (if you’re not sure how, click the magnifying glass in the top right, type Terminal, and select the first result). In the window that appears, paste in the following line (CHANGE “USER” to your username) and press enter:

sudo chown -v “$USER” ~/.config

This should correct the ownership of a folder that Stardew Valley needs to write under.

You’ll probably be prompted for your password by the above command, and then it’ll output something like /Users/yournamehere/.config. Try running Stardew Valley again, and hopefully it’ll work this time.

Source: https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-troubleshooting-guide/

[josiahjclarke]

Thanks very much - one thing: when you say "your username" do you mean my Steam user name?

[dredre99877]

Originally posted by josiahjclarke:

Thanks very much - one thing: when you say "your username" do you mean my Steam user name?

No he means your Mac username, the name of the computer profile

[xAlphaStarOmegax]

Originally posted by josiahjclarke:

Thanks very much - one thing: when you say "your username" do you mean my Steam user name?

You're welcome. :D
It needs the name of your MAC.

[Nakos]

Right-click on the game in your Steam Library. Properties, Local Files, Verify.

Might help, might not, but it's always a good thing to do first.

[josiahjclarke]

Originally posted by xAlphaStarOmegax:

Originally posted by josiahjclarke:

Thanks very much - one thing: when you say "your username" do you mean my Steam user name?

You're welcome. :D
It needs the name of your MAC.

Thanks for your help. Unfortunately it still won't start up. I tried this, as well as verifying the local files like Nakos recommended. I'm not sure what the "clover" key is (that kingjames mentioned) but I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling. No dice. Pretty frustrating!

[xAlphaStarOmegax]

Originally posted by josiahjclarke:

Originally posted by xAlphaStarOmegax:

You're welcome. :D
It needs the name of your MAC.

Thanks for your help. Unfortunately it still won't start up. I tried this, as well as verifying the local files like Nakos recommended. I'm not sure what the "clover" key is (that kingjames mentioned) but I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling. No dice. Pretty frustrating!

You're welcome. I just wish I could be of more help, but I don't use a MAC, so I don't know much about them.

[Nakos]

Originally posted by josiahjclarke:

I'm not sure what the "clover" key is (that kingjames mentioned)

He means the Command key, on a standard Mac Keyboard it'll be the one directly on either side of the Space bar.

I'm still not sure exactly what the nature of the problem you're seeing is. I'm currently running the game just fine on Sonoma 14.0 (not the most recent Mac OS, but still a fairly recent one), and it runs fine. I've run it on my iMac desktop, I've run it on my old MacBook Pro and on my new one with an M1 chip.

So... I've run it on a bunch of different Mac OSs (and a bunch of different Mac hardware) and never had an issue.

Which OS are you using (to up to the Apple Menu, get "About This Mac" look for the macOS line (which should be the bottom one, right about the "more info" button)).

What machine are you trying to run it on? An iMac? A MacBook of some sort? What chip set is it using? M1's M2's?


The SDV wiki has this: https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-troubleshooting-guide/

Originally posted by Stardew Valley Wiki:

Stardew Valley is not launching on Mac

Run the Terminal application (if you’re not sure how, click the magnifying glass in the top right, type Terminal, and select the first result). In the window that appears, paste in the following line (CHANGE “USER” to your username) and press enter:

sudo chown -v “$USER” ~/.config

This should correct the ownership of a folder that Stardew Valley needs to write under.

You’ll probably be prompted for your password by the above command, and then it’ll output something like /Users/yournamehere/.config. Try running Stardew Valley again, and hopefully it’ll work this time.

Do you know how to launch the Terminal?
(Lower right-hand corner, Finder->New Finder Window->Applications Folder->Scroll down to the Utilities Folder->Look for Terminal and launch it, then cut-and-paste the code above).

I don't know if that'll fix your issue or not, but it's something to try.

[josiahjclarke]

Originally posted by Nakos:

Originally posted by josiahjclarke:

I'm not sure what the "clover" key is (that kingjames mentioned)

He means the Command key, on a standard Mac Keyboard it'll be the one directly on either side of the Space bar.

I'm still not sure exactly what the nature of the problem you're seeing is. I'm currently running the game just fine on Sonoma 14.0 (not the most recent Mac OS, but still a fairly recent one), and it runs fine. I've run it on my iMac desktop, I've run it on my old MacBook Pro and on my new one with an M1 chip.

So... I've run it on a bunch of different Mac OSs (and a bunch of different Mac hardware) and never had an issue.

Which OS are you using (to up to the Apple Menu, get "About This Mac" look for the macOS line (which should be the bottom one, right about the "more info" button)).

What machine are you trying to run it on? An iMac? A MacBook of some sort? What chip set is it using? M1's M2's?


The SDV wiki has this: https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-troubleshooting-guide/

Originally posted by Stardew Valley Wiki:

Stardew Valley is not launching on Mac

Run the Terminal application (if you’re not sure how, click the magnifying glass in the top right, type Terminal, and select the first result). In the window that appears, paste in the following line (CHANGE “USER” to your username) and press enter:

sudo chown -v “$USER” ~/.config

This should correct the ownership of a folder that Stardew Valley needs to write under.

You’ll probably be prompted for your password by the above command, and then it’ll output something like /Users/yournamehere/.config. Try running Stardew Valley again, and hopefully it’ll work this time.

Do you know how to launch the Terminal?
(Lower right-hand corner, Finder->New Finder Window->Applications Folder->Scroll down to the Utilities Folder->Look for Terminal and launch it, then cut-and-paste the code above).

I don't know if that'll fix your issue or not, but it's something to try.

Thank you! My error was keeping the quotes and the $ so I was using: "$username" when it should have just been: username in the line of code. Got it running! Thanks friend(s).

[Nakos]

Glad to hear you managed to get it working, welcome to Stardew Valley!

[pantheon0918]

Originally posted by josiahjclarke:

Originally posted by Nakos:

He means the Command key, on a standard Mac Keyboard it'll be the one directly on either side of the Space bar.

I'm still not sure exactly what the nature of the problem you're seeing is. I'm currently running the game just fine on Sonoma 14.0 (not the most recent Mac OS, but still a fairly recent one), and it runs fine. I've run it on my iMac desktop, I've run it on my old MacBook Pro and on my new one with an M1 chip.

So... I've run it on a bunch of different Mac OSs (and a bunch of different Mac hardware) and never had an issue.

Which OS are you using (to up to the Apple Menu, get "About This Mac" look for the macOS line (which should be the bottom one, right about the "more info" button)).

What machine are you trying to run it on? An iMac? A MacBook of some sort? What chip set is it using? M1's M2's?


The SDV wiki has this: https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-troubleshooting-guide/



Do you know how to launch the Terminal?
(Lower right-hand corner, Finder->New Finder Window->Applications Folder->Scroll down to the Utilities Folder->Look for Terminal and launch it, then cut-and-paste the code above).

I don't know if that'll fix your issue or not, but it's something to try.

Thank you! My error was keeping the quotes and the $ so I was using: "$username" when it should have just been: username in the line of code. Got it running! Thanks friend(s).

Glad I found this thread
How come the developer still won’t fix it
My turn to buy it again and try it later refunded because of same problem as you
I thought it was macOS 15 sequoia beta issue