If Steam fails to launch on Mac, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we’ll list a series of solutions that will help you fix this problem in just a few minutes.
So, if you already restarted your computer and installed the latest OS version, but the problem persists, follow the instructions listed below.
Steam Won’t Start on Mac: How to Fix it
If Steam is not launching on your Macbook, the company recommends that you update your MacOS version, verify your game cache files and disable non-essential Mac applications and programs.
Follow Steam’s recommendations before using additional solutions.
Fix 1 – Delete Steam.AppBundle
Many users confirmed that removing Steam.AppBundle from ~/Library/Application Support/Steam triggered a redownload that quickly fixed the problem.
Fix 2- Reinstall Steam
- Navigate to Library> Application Support> Steam
- Delete each and every file except for userdata
- Reinstall Steam.
Fix 3 – Rename the Steam folder
Quite a large number of users confirmed that renaming the Steam folder is another quick solution to fix Steam launch issues.
So, here are the steps to follow:
- Click twice on an empty spot on desktop > go to Finder.
- Select Go in the drop down menu > click on Go To Folder.
- Copy and paste ~/Library/Application Support.
- Now, rename the Steam folder and try to launch Steam again.
- Keep in mind that your Mac computer installs Steam in two locations: /Library/Application
- Support and ~/Library/Application Support.
So, there are actually two Library folders and one of them is hidden. You need to go to the ~/Library/Application Support folder for this solution to work.
Fix 4 – Launch Steam from Contents
- Navigate to Finder > locate Steam
- Right click on it > go to Show package contents
- Open Contents > click into MacOS
- Scroll all the way down and locate steam_osx then open it.
Fix 5 – Use the Terminal app
Launch the Terminal app and type: sh /Applications/Steam.app/Contents/MacOS/steam.sh
This command forces the Steam app to update and once the process has finished, the app will open automatically.
That’s all, we hope that some of these solutions helped you fix the problem and you can now launch Steam on your Mac computer.