Quote Originally Posted by Aim_Bot View Post
My wife started playing FFXIV with me less than a year ago. She was playing on my MacBook while I was on my PC. Now we can't play together? Without buying a new computer, how can we play together?
This thread has a few workarounds that will allow her to log in.

Quote Originally Posted by Avenger View Post
One reason could be that they have resources devoted proportionally ("fairly" in some sense) to the Mac player base vs. Windows and console, but that could mean that it takes longer. Also I think the Mac version is basically downstream since it runs the Windows client on a Cider/CrossOver compatibility layer.

I expect they'll fix it eventually. Remember the original Mac version had abysmal performance (they even stopped selling it and offered refunds, though I wonder how they tested it beforehand) and it also broke on macOS Catalina. However they ultimately improved the performance and fixed the compatibility issue.
I felt the same way at first and defended Sqeenix for the same reasons, but it's been 5 months since any official communication which says:
"If you use the Mac version of FINAL FANTASY XIV, we ask that you please refrain from updating to macOS Monterey until official support has begun."

That is the final info we have until this post which says:
"If you plan to continue playing FINAL FANTASY XIV in either of these older OSs, please consider updating to their latest versions before the release of Patch 6.15."

(^ Bold mine to emphasise the problem)

Even internally there is a severe lack of communication on this issue since we know that updating to the latest version of MacOS currently breaks the official launcher completely. As a paying customer, the very least we should expect is an official update about what the delay is, how they plan to go forward either by fixing the current issue along with an estimated timeframe, or saying if they are discontinuing Mac support.

Honest and accurate communication is the bare minimum expected at this point. As I said, we have been patient and understanding but there is only so long customers can be fobbed off, ignored and given conflicting info before understandable discontent sets in.