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Jon whitaker

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Registered: 2018-03-10

Posts: 3

My game won't run for mac

I moved the file to applications like it told me to do but it won't run, i can look at all the files but not run it as an application.

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Registered: 2017-03-29

Posts: 27

Re: My game won't run for mac

Try right-clicking/command-clicking the app and selecting 'Open'. Recent versions of OSX and Windows don't allow downloaded programs to be executed by default.

See also https://onehouronelife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=250

gogimal

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Registered: 2018-03-11

Posts: 4

Re: My game won't run for mac

same thing is happening to me

jord1990

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Registered: 2018-03-03

Posts: 186

Re: My game won't run for mac

You guys need to manually reinstal version .58B jason something went wrong with the update and caused this.

gogimal

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Registered: 2018-03-11

Posts: 4

Re: My game won't run for mac

okay thanks

Jon whitaker

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Registered: 2018-03-10

Posts: 3

Re: My game won't run for mac

still not working, have deleted it 3 times and re downloaded it 3 times from the beginning and to the desktop and to the applications folder and still nothing. not sure what to do next.

jord1990

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Registered: 2018-03-03

Posts: 186

Re: My game won't run for mac

=> Mac issues

Sadly, the Mac platform has become a real headache in recent years.

Unsigned applications, like One Hour One Life, are sandboxed or blocked from running entirely.  If you have a modern Mac, you are probably aware of the work-arounds to launch unsigned applications (right-click and then Open as opposed to double-click, maybe).

Furthermore, Apple does some kind of strange caching of applications that prevents updates from being applied.  Even after the application is updated with a new version, the old version will still run sometimes.

To work around this issue, I need to make a NEW application after every update.  This is called OneLife_vN, where N is the latest version number---for example, OneLife_v60.  After the update, you must run this new application instead of the old one.  In fact, the old one is no longer runnable.  I try to delete it entirely, but MacOS seems to prevent this from happening.  So a "ghost" application is left behind.  This is very confusing, but I can't find a better solution to this problem.

This is an application that updates itself.  MacOS seems to make this difficult.

try this and if that doesnt work send jason an email

Uncle Gus

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Registered: 2018-02-28

Posts: 567

Re: My game won't run for mac

Are you saying that the OneLifeApp file doesn't run? Has it lost the executable bit?

Last edited by Uncle Gus (2018-03-11 23:26:33)