{"author_link":"\/users\/shaolin-dave","author_name":"Shaolin Dave","author_uid":"shaolin-dave","comments":[],"epoch":1615414926,"event":"LD48","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":234585,"likes":12,"metadata":{"p_key":"152381","p_author":"Shaolin Dave","p_authorkey":"1011376","p_urlkey":"369087","p_title":"An important notice for Mac players","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD48","p_time":"1615414926","p_likes":"12","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1011376","us_name":"Shaolin Dave","us_username":"shaolin-dave","event_start":"1619222400","event_key":"109","event_name":"Ludum Dare 48"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":233335,"_trust":8,"author":11376,"body":"_First things first, please, no \u201cMac vs PC\u201d debates. Ludum Dare might be the only gaming community where I haven\u2019t endured a \u201cPC Master Race\u201d flame war, it\u2019d be nice if we could keep it that way._\n\nNow that that is out of the way, I wanted to bring up a reoccurring issue that Mac-using participants have had to deal with in the past few Ludum Dares, the dreaded and cryptic \"The Application can't be opened\" error.\n\n![34770.png](\/\/\/raw\/07c\/2\/z\/3abe9.png)\n\nThis was an issue with macOS Catalina that I believe is still present in macOS Big Sur.  The actual cause is the app become corrupt when it's uploaded\/downloaded in a .zip file, particularly from itch.io\n\nI know the cause, a fix for players that download apps with this error, and preventative measures uploads can take before distributing.\n\nIf you're a developer sharing your game, be sure to place your .app file inside a .dmg file before uploading.  Even if the .dmg is inside a .zip file, the .app file will still be protected.  Your players should not have any issues.\n\nFor Mac users who\u2019ve downloaded an already-corrupted .app, you\u2019ll need to do a bit of Terminal maintenance. Right-click the .app, navigate to \/Contents\/MacOS, and find the single Unix executable file. Open a terminal window and type in \u201cchmod +x \u201c, then drag in the Unix executable. You should wind up something that looks like this:\n```\nchmod +x \/Users\/UserName\/Downloads\/GameName.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/GameName\n```\nHit enter, you should see the icon change, and your .app should be good to go!\n","comments":0,"created":"2021-03-10T22:07:22Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":234585,"love":12,"love-timestamp":"2021-03-15T13:44:11Z","meta":[],"modified":"2021-03-15T13:44:11Z","name":"An important notice for Mac players","node-timestamp":"2021-03-10T22:23:47Z","parent":233765,"parents":[1,5,9,233335,233765],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/mrs-scubaman\/an-important-notice-for-mac-players","published":"2021-03-10T22:22:06Z","scope":"public","slug":"an-important-notice-for-mac-players","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":714276},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"234585","n_urlkey":"369087","n_parent":"233765","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/mrs-scubaman\/an-important-notice-for-mac-players","n_slug":"an-important-notice-for-mac-play","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"11376","n_created":"1615414042","n_modified":"1615815851","n_version":"714276","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/mrs-scubaman\/an-important-notice-for-mac-players","text":"_First things first, please, no \u201cMac vs PC\u201d debates. Ludum Dare might be the only gaming community where I haven\u2019t endured a \u201cPC Master Race\u201d flame war, it\u2019d be nice if we could keep it that way._\n\nNow that that is out of the way, I wanted to bring up a reoccurring issue that Mac-using participants have had to deal with in the past few Ludum Dares, the dreaded and cryptic \"The Application can't be opened\" error.\n\n![34770.png](\/\/\/raw\/07c\/2\/z\/3abe9.png)\n\nThis was an issue with macOS Catalina that I believe is still present in macOS Big Sur.  The actual cause is the app become corrupt when it's uploaded\/downloaded in a .zip file, particularly from itch.io\n\nI know the cause, a fix for players that download apps with this error, and preventative measures uploads can take before distributing.\n\nIf you're a developer sharing your game, be sure to place your .app file inside a .dmg file before uploading.  Even if the .dmg is inside a .zip file, the .app file will still be protected.  Your players should not have any issues.\n\nFor Mac users who\u2019ve downloaded an already-corrupted .app, you\u2019ll need to do a bit of Terminal maintenance. Right-click the .app, navigate to \/Contents\/MacOS, and find the single Unix executable file. Open a terminal window and type in \u201cchmod +x \u201c, then drag in the Unix executable. You should wind up something that looks like this:\n```\nchmod +x \/Users\/UserName\/Downloads\/GameName.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/GameName\n```\nHit enter, you should see the icon change, and your .app should be good to go!\n","title":"An important notice for Mac players","wayback_source":[]}