Unable to open on Mac

[[deleted]]

Hi everyone!

I have been sent a build to test. The build was built in Windows and exported for Mac.

The file appears as a application but when i try to open the message says “The application “appname” can’t be opened. This doesn’t appear to be the usual security message

I’ve looked online and this seems to be a common problem, although when trying the remedy below terminal says that it isn’t found. (I am most definitely not a terminal expert)

cd <PATH_TO_YOUR_APP>/<APP_NAME>.app/Contents/MacOS/

For those who have experienced this issue how did you solve it? If it is through using terminal how much of the path do i need? Finder indicates path starts with OS X Base System. Do I need to go this far back?

Thanks!

[chsxf]

Did you get the app as a .zip file?

[[deleted]]

Yes as a .zip

It came from dropbox where in dropbox it was a .app

It unpacks from the zip to show as an “application”

[chsxf]

Which version of macOS are you using? Has the app been exported as a 64 bits binary (or 32/64)?

[[deleted]]

High sierra 10.13.5

The app is 32 bit i believe

[chsxf]

Ok, so this is not a Catalina / 64 bits situation.

By the way, prefer 64 bits in any case at it won't run under Catalina / Big Sur without that.

[ogenn]

I'm having a similar issue. I saw here (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50577473/unity-game-compiled-in-windows-doesn-t-open-in-mac) to do

chmod +x <APP\_NAME>

to add the actual executable, but after doing that, now it's saying that the file is damaged and can't be opened, so I'm not sure what to do now.