HGL
generous-apricot
Steam doesn't launch when pressed "play" on macbook air m1 even though its installed, please help
Im sorry if this is considered a stupid question, im not competent with tech but ill attach the log files, i know absolutely nothing about code, but im assuming there is something else that i need to download for it to launch? I just followed a tutorial from youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8kgG49LWHQ and for him it worked, im not sure why. My software update is Ventura currently, and if possible is there a solution that doesnt require an update?
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afraid-scarlet•2mo ago
OS: 13.6.1 (darwin)
your OS is super old, update to at least the latest version 15 (if you don't want to go to macos 26)
generous-apricotOP•2mo ago
oh i see, so thats the only issue here?
afraid-scarlet•2mo ago
that's one issue, I'm guessing game porting toolkit doesn't work because of that
hard to know if it's the only issue until you try after updating the system
generous-apricotOP•2mo ago
alright thanks, im just adamant on updating because i fear the performance may drop and since this laptop is old i don't want to risk anything since im not getting a new one any time soon, but i guess its either update or refrain from using heroic then
thanks a lot for your help though
do you think it is possible to run it with an older toolkit or it doesnt work that way
oh also im not sure why it says darwin because i know that its ventura
afraid-scarlet•2mo ago
I don't really know, game porting toolkit is developed internally by apple, there's not that much information
generous-apricotOP•2mo ago
i see thanks ill try to look for more info
afraid-scarlet•2mo ago
darwin is the internal codename for macos, it's not related to a version, it means it's a macgenerous-apricotOP•2mo ago
oh okay i see
afraid-scarlet•2mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system) (for more details about that)
Darwin (operating system)
Darwin is the core Unix-like operating system of macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, audioOS, visionOS, and bridgeOS. It previously existed as an independent open-source operating system, first released by Apple Inc. in 2000. It is composed of code derived from NeXTSTEP, FreeBSD and other BSD operating systems, Mach, and other free software proje...
generous-apricotOP•2mo ago
thanks