"Application not responding"

[Jigili]

Whenever I launch the Steam application the icon appears in my dock as if it was going to open but then just sits there. If I right click on the icon it tells me "Application is not responding" and gives me the option to force quit. I have already tried deleting the application and redownloading it as well as restarting my computer. Its not a matter of slow loading because I have given it three hours to load and have tried launching it numerous times. Any tips as to how I could get it working again?

[utkfoodbro]

yo thats sounds like a real problem filled problem

[FranciS]

same issue here but i do success in opening it if i create and use another account :(

[Ickalo]

Same here, dude. I don't know what to do.

[bbrew0]

Also a problem for me. I haven't been able to open Steam in over a week, and it's getting frustrating. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[YoyoMama]

Same thing has been happening to me for about a week now. Idk what to do.

[✪Arawn]

yes maybe

[Jigili]

Originally posted by Frances:

same issue here but i do success in opening it if i create and use another account :(

This worked for me thank you :D I made a second account on my computer and Steam runs fine on it. I have to download all of my games again but they work once that is done.



To create a second account on a mac go to your system preferances (either on your doc at the bottum of the screen or search it through the magnifying glass at the top right of your screen)

Once there open the tab "Users and Groups" in this menu there should be a lock at the bottum left hand corner that you can click on to make changes (This will require an administartors name and password)

Once unlocked press the plus button + right above the lock to add a user

After you have entered all the correct information for the new user (name password etc) press create user and you should only need to log out through the tiny apple logo in the upper right hand corner and log back in under a new user :D hopefully this works for all of you.

[YoyoMama]

Originally posted by Captain Jigili:

Originally posted by Frances:

same issue here but i do success in opening it if i create and use another account :(

This worked for me thank you :D I made a second account on my computer and Steam runs fine on it. I have to download all of my games again but they work once that is done.



To create a second account on a mac go to your system preferances (either on your doc at the bottum of the screen or search it through the magnifying glass at the top right of your screen)

Once there open the tab "Users and Groups" in this menu there should be a lock at the bottum left hand corner that you can click on to make changes (This will require an administartors name and password)

Once unlocked press the plus button + right above the lock to add a user

After you have entered all the correct information for the new user (name password etc) press create user and you should only need to log out through the tiny apple logo in the upper right hand corner and log back in under a new user :D hopefully this works for all of you.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, it works. Thx man.

[r(0.0)ski]

Thanks for the solution...however i feel that this is not the permanent solution to the problem we faced :(

[Gingybread]

i currently have two accounts on my mac and now both are broken and steam won't work. i think steam needs to step in.

[Elix]

quite possibly

[FragmentalStew]

This just started happening to me, today. Steam has been working fine.

Sometimes it doesn't say "Application not responding" but the outcome is the same. Steam never opens and I have to force quit.

[FragmentalStew]

Ok. Whew. Everything's working again. I basically followed the steps here https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3329-WUJN-5636 to uninstall and reinstall steam.

First, I moved my SteamApps folder from Hard Drive>Users>[Your Mac Username]\Library\Application Support\Steam to my desktop and then I moved Hard Drive>Users>[Your Mac Username]\Library\Application Support\Steam to the trash and then moved Steam in Applications to the trash and then reinstalled from the steam.dmg I downloaded from the steam website. After launching steam, while it was updating, I copied my SteamApps folder back to where it was previously and after steam started and I logged back in, everything was back to the way it used to be.

If any of your installed games are missing you may have to check "steam library folders" in preferences>downloads, but everything was fine on mine, in spite of having a steam library on a separate partition.

[-MADNESS CLOWN-]

Ok here is better idea.



If it is TF2 then go to settings and lower the quality, I know it will look like sum Wack..

But you are the one who bought a mac.

[FragmentalStew]

Originally posted by The BIG Boss Man:

Ok here is better idea.



If it is TF2 then go to settings and lower the quality, I know it will look like sum Wack..

But you are the one who bought a mac.

What? That has nothing to do with this topic.