Test more on Mac OS Big Sur and Monterey before releasing updates!

[adamski]

An ongoing issue for Mac users going by the sheer amount of people on forums and youtube releasing tips on how to fix Steam Client not launching.

It's happened AGAIN since the last update at the beginning of December, a lot of us have been left scrambling to fix it, Steam won't launch AGAIN and it's a different issue AGAIN. Steam starts, the icon bounces twice, a box appears with an update starting and then everything closes.

The typical fixes don't work this time, restarting, reinstalling, turning off bluetooth, vpns, firewalls, security, making sure accessibility for steam is switched, checking RAM and Hard drives etc. Something is wrong with the latest update.

For the love of God, test more on OS before you release, you're leaving Mac users with WEEKS of Steam not launching at all.

Assume we'll have to wait until January for this to be fixed, absolutely gutted.

[Mad Scientist]

adamski の投稿を引用：

For the love of God, test more on OS before you release, you're leaving Mac users with WEEKS of Steam not launching at all.

Steam for MAC:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/2/

That OS is the least compatible for gaming, I would highly suggest a dual boot if you wish to play Steam games and use the client without issues, as most of the issues with Steam & Mac are by the changes apple does, which also removed a lot of games from being able to be played due to the forced x64-only change.

They are unlikely to 'test more' when it either works when they release the update, or when apple does updates which tends to cause issues with non-apple software.

[adamski]

Thanks for the link, I've been on there for a week trying to highlight the issue.

Agree with the OS for gaming, its utter rubbish but I need a Mac for work and can't do a dual boot.

I'm also looking for previous versions of Steam online from October or November when it was working beautifully. Doesn't seem like something Steam does officially? I see a couple of unofficial previous Steam versions that I'm downloading. Just a stop gap until the next update.

[Gwarsbane]

There is no previous version of Steam, there is only the current public version and the beta version.

If you install unofficial stuff you are opening yourself up to viruses and being hijacked and all your items stolen and even ending up being banned on game servers because hijackers are known to do stuff like that.

If you have to have a mac, and you can't dual boot, then you need to buy a second system. If you want to blame anyone for the crappy gaming on the OS, blame apple they are the ones making it crappy for gaming.

[Satoru]

Considerin your entire library on Mac is going to be unsusable and unplayable within 1-2 years I think you should be much more concerned about that that the steam client

There's a reason why steam isn't really caring about macs. its because apple itself, stopped caring about them.