CS:GO Crashes on startup on Macbook Air M1

[Arise]

Hello,

Upon launching CS:GO on my Macbook Air M1, the launcher icon appears for around 5 seconds and then quits giving me the same crash report over and over again. I have tried fixing this issue on several occasions with no success: verifying game files, changing launcher settings (e.g. -fullscreen, etc.), deleting CS:GO and fully re-installing it, deleting Steam and all Steam + Valve-related files and fully re-installing it after, updating my Macbook Air to the latest version...

I have also tried to launch the game from the folder itself (csgo_osx64, a unix executable file) giving me the following information on Terminal:

/Users/jonash./Library/Application\ Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike\ Global\ Offensive/csgo_osx64 ; exit;
Failed to load the launcher (dlopen(bin/osx64/launcher.dylib, 0x0002): tried: 'bin/osx64/launcher.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OSbin/osx64/launcher.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/bin/osx64/launcher.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache), 'bin/osx64/launcher.dylib' (no such file))

Does anyone know how to fix this issue as it seems I am missing files? However, I am not sure so any help would be greatly appreciated. If needed, I can also post the full crash report I have from launching the game from steam.

(FYI: I have already made a post about this on the ValveSoftware GitHub but sadly there does not seem to be a fix for this problem and it is very inactive!)

Thank in advance for any help!

[mFzinN9 💅🏻]

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[ＦΛＤΣＤ]

Hey Arise,

I also have an M1 Macbook air myself and the way I am able to launch CS:GO would be through safe mode. Without this it would just give you a black screen and say that the game is running or it would just crash right away.

To launch CS:GO in safe mode you would need to find csgo in your steam library once you find it in your steam library secondary click (Right Click) the game title. You would then click "Properties..." from there you would then go to the "General Section". Afterwards you would then go to "Launch Properties" and type"-safe".

I would also recommend turning your settings down in the game settings windows, along with the screen resolution with it in laptop power saving mode. It will constantly drain the Macbook's battery as you play csgo for an extended period of time even with a charger plugged in. I hope this has helped.

[Arise]

Opprinnelig skrevet av ＦΛＤΣＤ:

Hey Arise,

I also have an M1 Macbook air myself and the way I am able to launch CS:GO would be through safe mode. Without this it would just give you a black screen and say that the game is running or it would just crash right away.

To launch CS:GO in safe mode you would need to find csgo in your steam library once you find it in your steam library secondary click (Right Click) the game title. You would then click "Properties..." from there you would then go to the "General Section". Afterwards you would then go to "Launch Properties" and type"-safe".

I would also recommend turning your settings down in the game settings windows, along with the screen resolution with it in laptop power saving mode. It will constantly drain the Macbook's battery as you play csgo for an extended period of time even with a charger plugged in. I hope this has helped.

Hey Faded!

Thanks for the reply and information but unfortunately the game still crashes when I put the "-safe" in the launcher options. To explain my crash more specifically, when I click the play button, the icon in the hotbar (bottom right on Mac) appears for around 2-3 seconds and then quits instantly so I don't even get a black screen at all in my case :/ I can share the long crash report I receive when the game crashes through steam if that would be any help at all in solving this. Thanks again for trying to help though appreciate it :)

[dub.Ninja]

CS-GO is running on my M1 Pro, what macOS version are you using?

[Cutta]

Probably outdated steam

[Arise]

Opprinnelig skrevet av dub.Ninja:

CS-GO is running on my M1 Pro, what macOS version are you using?

I recently updated it to the latest so version Ventura 13.4.1. I also have a friend that is able to play on their M1 and it works fine so i'm confused why it's giving me all these errors.

[Arise]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Cutta:

Probably outdated steam

I doubt it because I have deleted and re-installed Steam itself multiple times from their website and it still does not work sadly :/

[dub.Ninja]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Arise:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Cutta:

Probably outdated steam

I doubt it because I have deleted and re-installed Steam itself multiple times from their website and it still does not work sadly :/

Have you tried the Steam Beta?

[Arise]

Opprinnelig skrevet av dub.Ninja:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Arise:

I doubt it because I have deleted and re-installed Steam itself multiple times from their website and it still does not work sadly :/

Have you tried the Steam Beta?

I have not. Will try to do that now and return with a reply (praying lol)

[Arise]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Arise:

Opprinnelig skrevet av dub.Ninja:

Have you tried the Steam Beta?

I have not. Will try to do that now and return with a reply (praying lol)

Unfortunately didn't work. Game still crashes after 2 seconds with no screen :') Main crash thread = 0 MainThrd Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

[dub.Ninja]

have you installed Rosetta2?

[Arise]

Opprinnelig skrevet av dub.Ninja:

have you installed Rosetta2?

I do not believe I have ever manually installed it, no. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I think I have read somewhere that Rosetta 2 or just Rosetta is automatically installed on M1 silicon macs or is this not the case?

However, I do have several files with the name rosetta in /Library/Apple/usr/lib, /Library/Apple/usr/libexec, and /Library/Apple/usr/share. (e.g. some file names include libRosettaAot.dylib, libRosettaRuntime, etc.)

[dub.Ninja]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Arise:

Opprinnelig skrevet av dub.Ninja:

have you installed Rosetta2?

I do not believe I have ever manually installed it, no. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I think I have read somewhere that Rosetta 2 or just Rosetta is automatically installed on M1 silicon macs or is this not the case?

However, I do have several files with the name rosetta in /Library/Apple/usr/lib, /Library/Apple/usr/libexec, and /Library/Apple/usr/share. (e.g. some file names include libRosettaAot.dylib, libRosettaRuntime, etc.)

try this command in terminal.

softwareupdate --install-rosetta

[Arise]

Opprinnelig skrevet av dub.Ninja:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Arise:

I do not believe I have ever manually installed it, no. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I think I have read somewhere that Rosetta 2 or just Rosetta is automatically installed on M1 silicon macs or is this not the case?

However, I do have several files with the name rosetta in /Library/Apple/usr/lib, /Library/Apple/usr/libexec, and /Library/Apple/usr/share. (e.g. some file names include libRosettaAot.dylib, libRosettaRuntime, etc.)

try this command in terminal.

softwareupdate --install-rosetta

I put the code in terminal which gave me back this prompt:

~ % softwareupdate --install-rosetta
I have read and agree to the terms of the software license agreement. A list of Apple SLAs may be found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/
Type A and press return to agree: A
2023-07-30 23:26:17.954 softwareupdate[49260:963221] Package Authoring Error: 042-01896: Package reference com.apple.pkg.RosettaUpdateAuto is missing installKBytes attribute
Install of Rosetta 2 finished successfully

What else should I do? I've tried to run CS but sadly crashed again :')

[Platinum_Iris]

Maybe try to Reinstall tha game and also steam also try to clear all the previous data from the application support folder in Library