Thread: FFXIV Won't Launch M1 MacBook Pro MacOS 11.2

High so I got a brand new MacBook Pro with the M1 processor and it is up to date on macOS 11.2. I downloaded the DMG from Square-Enix moved to the applications folder, but every time I launch it the game shutsdown with no warning. I briefly see a window that may be the bottle stating it is shutting down FFXIV, but it happens to quickly to be sure. I have read of other people running the game on Macs so I am just trying to figure out what I need to do here. Thanks

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Could you post the specifications of the Mac? Additionally what have you tried so far to alleviate the issue?

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Originally Posted by Dynratygus

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Could you post the specifications of the Mac? Additionally what have you tried so far to alleviate the issue?

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Hi,
I have a new MacBook Pro M1 variant so it is the 8 core cpu 8 core gpu and 8gb of unified memory. I uninstalled and re-downloaded FFXIV I then reinstalled macOS 11.2. That did not fix it. However, I found a solution in this post https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post5492775 Apparently the wine64-preloader is preventing Rosetta 2 fro activating and I had to delete it. Once I deleted it everything worked.

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