Mac OS Ventura 13.3 Breaks Launcher

After updating to the latest Mac OS (13.3 Ventura), it appears that the official launcher is broken again - there's no message that pops up of an unsuccessful launch, just nothing happens.

XIV on Mac is a good alternative at the moment, but I do prefer Square-Enix's official launcher as it seems to consume far less power than the open-source solution.

I'm running Mac OS Ventura 13.3 on a Mac Studio with no problems. Which hardware are you running on?

I just updated to 13.3 today and now I am having problems launching the game as well. When I start the launcher it shows that the application started but then closes immediately.

I have a 2021 MacBook Pro (M1 Pro chip) running macOS 13.3 (22E252).

They've put it on the Lodestone now:

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...7a6260a20376d6

But there's no timeline for an official resolution yet I'm afraid.

It would be nice if the powers that be at SE purchased a Mac and a developers license. They could then download the developer betas when they are released and notice that a future update will cause issues so they can get whatever third party "supports" their client to take action before it breaks. Instead we Mac users are treated as second class citizens despite paying the same as PC and PS users.

Asking people to not update software when it most likely contains important security updates is beyond belief.

The known security updates in 13.3 are here and they are pretty darn important - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213670

I recently updated to Ventura 13.3.1 and now the launcher has stopped working. Nothing happens when I try and start the launcher. I switched to using XIV on Mac launcher and this works but all my class gear sets have been reset. Had to set up each class gear set again.

Running on a Mac Studio M1 Max.

It looks like the issue thats causing the failure to launch is because of the wine launcher? I am not 100% sure what about the 13.3 update is causing this, but that seems to be the consensus from what I've read elsewhere.

I'm super bummed my sub-time is being burned just because I wanted to keep my Mac up to date. I hope this resolves quickly :(

Also my problem :(
Unfortunately (as from Germany) XIV on Mac is starting the game in German language, but I prefer English (better dialogues, voices, etc.)
Didn't find a way to switch the language; any hints?
And yes, starting the original launcher seems to have less power consumption.

Same problem on M1 Pro 13.3.1

The problem with starting the game is intermittent for me. First thing in the morning it starts first time, later in the day it won't start at all unless I restart my Mac. If I use the XIV on Mac launcher my key bindings are reset.

I found deleting the wine64-prelauncher helped and the launcher runs fine. However the problem comes exiting the game as the it locks the launcher window and it has to be force closed. So in the meantime I'm running XIV on MAC also. I haven't experienced the other issues that XoM have experienced.

Add me to the list of people unable to log into FFxiv on Mac.

Sorry SE, but I will not put my computer's security at risk because you can not do your job.

Add me to the list of people unable to use SE launcher after upgrading to 13.3.1. Trying out XIV on Mac now....

Whelp rip me logging in on my laptop whilst at work. Add another tally to the 13.3.1 Ventura MacOS that is unable to log in as the ffxiv shell launcher is broken. It really would help if SQEX would have their own Mac launcher instead of a 3rd party shell.

Also unable to play after updating to 13.3.1

Add me to the list. XIV on Mac also not working. Wine64-preloader deletion also doesn't help me :(

Sadge.

Did you figure this out? Just updated mine tonight and now the launcher isn't working for me either :c

https://www.xivmac.com/ works better than the SE client and is a workaround for this currently. Easy to setup too if you already have the game installed

Hi everyone, had same problem after Ventura 13.3.1
Tried many things but today I found an old video and it solved problem for me. It was about next steps:
1. Open the package (Show Package Contents)
2. Delete SharedSupport - finalfantasyxiv - bin - “wine64-preloader”

I did it and run launcher, press play and game started))))
Don't know if it is a solution for all but try that. I did backup for this file in any case.
Have a nice day everyone!

I deleted “wine64-preloader” and the launcher works now for me. Thank you for making this thread!

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Originally Posted by DireRhea

https://www.xivmac.com/ works better than the SE client and is a workaround for this currently. Easy to setup too if you already have the game installed

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I ran a malware scan on that application and Norton quarantined something that I don't recall so I would highly recommend NOT using the software.

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Originally Posted by VONLUPU

Hi everyone, had same problem after Ventura 13.3.1
Tried many things but today I found an old video and it solved problem for me. It was about next steps:
1. Open the package (Show Package Contents)
2. Delete SharedSupport - finalfantasyxiv - bin - “wine64-preloader”

I did it and run launcher, press play and game started))))
Don't know if it is a solution for all but try that. I did backup for this file in any case.
Have a nice day everyone!

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Deleting the ""wine64-preloader" worked for me as well. TY for finding the solution to this :)

That is not really a fair assessment of our 3rd party launcher. The XOM team take security extremely seriously and you would have known this if you have done any form of research. We have been around for more than a year and all our code including wine are open source. Please don't speak information about us.

https://www.xivmac.com/frequently-as...iv-on-mac-safe

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Originally Posted by Argelian

Deleting the ""wine64-preloader" worked for me as well. TY for finding the solution to this :)

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Thanks for the tip. It works fine. But there is another window that doesn't get away, right ?

My MAC is still on Monterey 12.6.5 (havent received the new update yet) and can't get it to open..... wanted to take my Mac with me to the trailer but even with using the XIV it didnt work.... tried doing the download and it just hung.... :(