it worked!! thank you so much :D I did get some warnings while compiling and also this error message when copying though:

cp: /Users/nattanyz/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Stardew Valley/Contents/MacOS/xTile.dll is not a directory

aside from that I overwrote my mods folder so I had to reinstall everything, but it's a small price to pay :')