macOS 11 Big Sur support

[Zed]

After updating to the beta of macOS 11 Big Sur, it seems Steam does not recognise it is running on macOS, and therefore refuses to run any game. I've tried running Parkitect from within the steamapps folder, and that does work, indicating the problem originates within the Steam client, not individual games. I hope Steam fixes this issue soon, which is why I've decided to bring it to light here. I hope this is the right place to do so.

p.s. Sadly, for many of my other games (Football Manager 2020, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Hearts of Iron IV), this method does not work as it requires starting the game from within Steam. Does anyone know a quick fix to circumvent this problem for these games, or does such a fix not exist?

UPDATE: fixed in the latest beta! Just enrol in Steam's beta program and force update your client, and play buttons will not be greyed out anymore.

[jlfrye63]

well, it's ok I might try to reinstall it after upgrade to big sur sadly I don't have Catalina os anymore which I already upgraded that from.

[K4ri$]

+rep

[jlfrye63]

Originally posted by K4ri$_Psychopata:

+rep

it's ok i just got mac mini but they are working on it with mac os big sur the latest operating system as they can.

[Cathulhu]

Yeah, they sure did. A job that good, it actually bricks Macbooks.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8954449/Apples-new-macOS-Big-Sur-bricking-older-MacBook-Pros.html

[jlfrye63]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Yeah, they sure did. A job that good, it actually bricks Macbooks.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8954449/Apples-new-macOS-Big-Sur-bricking-older-MacBook-Pros.html

so the Macbook Pros are having issues? in the older ones that has scissor mechanism keyboards?

[Cathulhu]

Not entirely sure which particular models are affected, but something like that should have never made it through QA.

[jlfrye63]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Not entirely sure which particular models are affected, but something like that should have never made it through QA.

ok thanks for letting me know we will see if apple or steam will sort it out.

[Cathulhu]

Not sure what Valve can do about Apple bricking their own hardware.

[jlfrye63]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Not sure what Valve can do about Apple bricking their own hardware.

valve will work on the new update of apple's big sur while apple fix about bricking it's own hardware. my mac mini is 2018 model. just to let you know.

[LegoFacsimile]

I also heard that macOS Big Sur tracks you more than macOS Catalina

[jlfrye63]

Originally posted by LegoFacsimile:

I also heard that macOS Big Sur tracks you more than macOS Catalina

hmm is that so i could find any answer to that about it though.

[Nemesis]

It is now the 1st of December and I am having the same issue. Has anyone found a solution for it?

[Nisslbody]

I'm having the same issue, which is really frustrating because I just bought a new game through the website, and now I can't even play it.

[Hallux]

Originally posted by LegoFacsimile:

I also heard that macOS Big Sur tracks you more than macOS Catalina

That "tracking", from what I understand, is apps "calling home" to Apple when they're opened.

I have to wonder if Apple put that in so they could track app usage to determine when Intel support is no longer needed. What I mean is that when the app "phones home" it reports a signature indicating if it's running on an Intel-based or M1-based Mac and if the app is native Intel or is running emulation to run on Intel or is native Intel and running emulation to run on ARM.

This information would be useful to Apple. I have to wonder if there is any user identification in that reporting or if it's strictly to track developers not making progress on moving to supporting the new architecture.

[No one of consequence]

Any word at all from Steam on when it will work on macOS 11?