Cannot Launch Steam App on MacBook Pro Running Monterey

[james.m.chadwick]

I am unable to get the Steam app to launch on my MacBook Pro running Monterey OS. I've tried everything. Restarting my Mac, shutting down and starting Mac again, completely eliminating every vestige of the prior Steam app download and reinstalling the app at least six times (with and without restarting Mac), and renaming the Steam app have not solved the problem. I've reviewed online articles providing purported solutions (see, e.g., https://setapp.com/how-to/fix-steam-wont-open-issue, https://techzoneonline.com/steam-wont-open-on-mac/, etc.), and none of the steps they suggest have remedied the issue. I've tried downloading the Steam app using different browsers (Chrome with DuckDuckGo extension and Safari). Nothing has worked. I do not get an error message. The Stream app appears to successfully download, but nothing I have done has induced it to launch/run. I note that no Steam folder appears in the Library/Applications Support folder on my harddrive (as some article suggest it should). Assistance in resolving this would be much appreciated, as I am currently unable to run any games.

[Brendorian]

Same here!

[Christeana]

having the same issue

[76561198031097006]

I am having the exact same issue. I too am running Monterey on a MacBook Pro. I too have installed, deleted, re-installed the steam application. I too have rebooted several times. I have tried turning off bluetooth. I have also noted that no steam folder appears in the library/applications support folder. Thank you for your help with this problem?

[Alz2332]

I have a solution:

So I had the same problem but I did a weird manip and it worked, basically I dragged my steam app into application as requested, then I went to the application folder I right-click then open it, it tells me to throw it away, I say yes, then I start again by right clicking then open and that works.
sorry for my english if it's not very good, i'm french !

[Enrico Matasa]

Im having a similar issue on my macbook air (11 in early 2015) i7 8gb ram. I have tried all the suggestions from the articles and the furthest ive gotten has been "connecting to steam account xxxxxx" then it fails to connect to the steam server.

[james.m.chadwick]

Here are the instructions I received from Steam to fix this problem. They worked for me, but MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE THE TILDE CHARACTER IN THE FOLDER SEARCH ("~/Library/Application Support/Steam") or this approach wont work:

If you're not seeing a Steam folder in Library/Application support, you are not looking in the correct user's library folder. You need to be looking in the hidden Administrator library folder (the admin on Unix-based systems like MacOS is often called ~, so ~/Library/Application Support). Please do the following:
1. Exit Steam if you have it running
2. Open Finder, then go to Applications
3. Drag Steam to the Trash
4. Go back to Finder, click "Go" on the menu bar at the top of your screen, then click "Go to Folder..."
5. Copy and paste the following, then click Go:
~/Library/Application Support/Steam
6. Delete all of the files and folders in the /Steam folder except for /SteamApps
7. Re-download Steam and reinstall the application
8. Launch Steam.app from your Dock or Applications folder and re-test the issue

[76561198031097006]

this worked for me! Thanks

[james.m.chadwick]

Great.

[MurMeowHash]

Fjcijg

[bulmasan]

Originally posted by james.m.chadwick:

Here are the instructions I received from Steam to fix this problem. They worked for me, but MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE THE TILDE CHARACTER IN THE FOLDER SEARCH ("~/Library/Application Support/Steam") or this approach wont work:

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Thanks, having the same problem with my new Macbook Pro, this worked like a charm!

[bag of bone$]

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[littlealliegator]

Beautiful this finally worked for me! Thank you, I was so frustrated. It was the hidden folder that got me. I recently got a new mac and had migrated over data from my old mac. I didn't migrate applications but clearly some steam data came over and was ruining my new install.

[chur2Usir]

big thanks to those here for the help
just want to chime in and say I had the same issue, just got a new macbook pro m1 (on monterrey) that had been a replacement for my old macbook air m1... I thought I deleted steam off the old one before my fijles were copied over but not the case

for me doing above was not enough, whenever I would try to run the steam app it would just crash "ended unexpectedly" checking the report / terminal trace would say runtime newer than runtime library error

what fixed this issue for me was a combination of the above
+
installing latest rosetta
/usr/sbin/softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license
(as per: https://osxdaily.com/2021/11/08/fix-app-crashing-apple-silicon-mac/)
+
then in terminal
sudo sh /Applications/Steam.app/Contents/MacOS/steam.sh

only after doing the combination of these three things would the steam application start up and do its normal update thing before opening

[rothsteb]

I just downloaded Steam for the first time, and none of these folders exist on my computer. Steam will not open on my computer at all. No errors, no "unexpected quit" or anything. The icon just bounces once, and then the white dot disappears.

Running a Quad-Core i7 MacBook Pro with OS 12.5 (updated from 12.4 while trying to fix this.)

[arjen]

The provided solutions by some of you guys aren't working for me.
When i start steam, it just shows a completely black screen.
After deleting steam + all related files (Library, caches, download). I tried downloading and installing it again. Several times. With and without restarting my Mac(book Pro, 2,7GHz dual-core I5 2015, 8G DDR3, Monterey 12.6.1).

Nothing seems to change anything.

The silly thing is; this afternoon it did manage to load to the log in screen. Unfortunately I was at work and didn't have the time to check whether the problem went away or not.
I just got home, restarted the mac and of course: It just showed a black screen again. Very disappointing.

Any other tips/tricks anyone?