Mac client crashes very often

without leaving "app crashed suddenly" reports except 1 out of 10 times
on alt tab
so many times
(6 times today)
and the mojave OS tells me the mac client is "not optimized."

halp?

Thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums

How long have you been experiencing this issue? Also could you post the specifications of your Mac?

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Since I updated the os to Mojave when the FFXIV updater no longer worked with previous OS High Sierra about 4 months ago.

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac18,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Boot ROM Version: 170.0.0.0.0
SMC Version (system): 2.40f0
Serial Number (system): NA
Hardware UUID: NA
System Version: macOS 10.14.4 (18E226)
Kernel Version: Darwin 18.5.0
Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
Boot Mode: Normal
Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
System Integrity Protection: Enabled

LEGACY SOFTWARE
FINAL FANTASY XIV.app:

FINALFANTASYXIV:

Reason: 32-bit
Last Used: 2019-05-15 20:18:44
Path: /Applications/FINAL FANTASY XIV.app/Contents/MacOS/FINALFANTASYXIV
Parent Process: /Applications/FINAL FANTASY XIV.app/Contents/MacOS/FINALFANTASYXIV

wineserver:
Reason: 32-bit
Last Used:2019-05-15 20:18:44
Path: /Applications/FINAL FANTASY XIV.app/Contents/Frameworks/wineserver
Parent Process:/Applications/FINAL FANTASY XIV.app/Contents/MacOS/FINALFANTASYXIV

thank you Dynratygus, i <3 you and all SE staff. please pass that along.

Thank you for the reply.

Are you launching the game through a program such as bootcamp?

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negative ghostrider*, this is through the Mac OSx Mojave run FFXIV updater client.

A few other points
Clicking on any of the ads or links in the FFXIV updater, like say for a new mog station item renders the FFXIV non responsive, requiring a force quit.

I've managed to not alt tab crash FFXIV by keeping all other programs closed.

* ghostrider https://youtu.be/vdHBsWXaHN8?t=19

Thank you for reply.

Could you try uninstalling and reinstalling the game? Have there been any changes or updates been made to your system.

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Thank you for your reply. I've uninstalled and done a clean install of both the FFXIV client and the MacOSx. Issues persist, including new ones where the client tells me it cannot download patch files, but loads anyway, and where the game begins to load, but hangs at the black screen right before the ESRB rating. Forcing a force quit.
Cheers!

Shall we close this topic Dynratygus? I can make do, regardless of failed resolution. Thank you!