Thread: Mac Launcher Frozen After 6.4 Patch Update

2015 computer considered antique by today's standard since tech has been moving up faster every year.

I would at least upgrade to an M1 Pro chip base mac. Skip the Intel chip.

So despite trying everything (clean boot, upgrading OS, re-installing the game), the game just doesn't run as well as before 6.4

I can finally access the game, but the loading screen takes much longer than before, and the game itself has a lot of lag, with freezing instances.

Now, I'm using a 2013 macbook pro so I was expecting a day like this to come... but not before 7.0 and the major graphic overhaul. :/

My computer is a dinosaur in tech standards but against all odds it still ran the game perfectly fine before the patch update.

I'm way overdue when it comes to replacing my mac, but now is just not the good time for that, so I hope they manage to fix whatever broke the game after 6.4. :/

Originally Posted by NorhVarr

hope tomorrow's update will fix our problems...

Ya me too, because otherwise I most likely need to stop playing until I can afford to drop a fortune on a new computer, which probably won’t be until some time... ;_;

Originally Posted by Barwara

So despite trying everything (clean boot, upgrading OS, re-installing the game), the game just doesn't run as well as before 6.4

I can finally access the game, but the loading screen takes much longer than before, and the game itself has a lot of lag, with freezing instances.

Now, I'm using a 2013 macbook pro so I was expecting a day like this to come... but not before 7.0 and the major graphic overhaul. :/

My computer is a dinosaur in tech standards but against all odds it still ran the game perfectly fine before the patch update.

I'm way overdue when it comes to replacing my mac, but now is just not the good time for that, so I hope they manage to fix whatever broke the game after 6.4. :/

I was checking the macOS spec here; they recently updated this for the new version.


https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/system_requirements/#mac


Recommended M1 or 2020 model higher now. Looks like you may have to upgrade your hardware at this point now.


Currently running on M1 Pro fine here.




What about the "XIV on Mac"? https://www.xivmac.com/my-mac-suppor...atibility-list


Looks like your hardware is beyond too old now. It's 10 years old 2013 MacBook Pro laptop = 20 years old desktop equivalent. Time to move on.

Originally Posted by MiniTofu

Looks like your hardware is beyond too old now. It's 10 years old 2013 MacBook Pro laptop = 20 years old desktop equivalent. Time to move on.

It is, and I know it.

But as I said in an earlier post, I was expecting this day to come. I just find it a bit frustrating that the devs didn't mention anything about suddenly upgrading the game so it completely refuses to run on older machines. Despite its age, my mac ran the game just fine before the patch. I would have liked a bit more warning.

Anyway, the price point of macbook pros these days is ridiculous, especially if you want a model that will be time-proof and will rival with gaming laptops.

So I've decided to purchase a good gaming laptop for half the price of macbook pro, and that will be able to natively run other games than FFXIV. My long standing loyalty to Apple ends here. XD