Apple has ended 32-bit support with the release of OS Catalina, meaning many older games purchased may not run on the free OS update.
If the content still isn’t showing up within the game, follow the steps below: Mac App Store. Log out of your Mac App Store app account and restart your Mac. Relaunch Civilization V and your downloadable content should then display properly within the game. Right click Civilization V from the Steam Library menu and select Properties. Even though I downloaded the client from the official Steam webpage, it is not opening after installing. The icon just bounces once and after that I have no response. I know that there was the problem with Steam client after macOS Catalina 10.15 was released, but I think that I have downloaded the 64bit version of the client. After upgrading to macOS 10.15 Catalina, consider installing macOS 10.14 Mojave on a separate APFS volume on your computer along with Steam. This will allow you to flip over to macOS 10.14 on restart of your computer where you can continue to play all of your 32-bit Mac games.
Moreover, Steam users will also want to hold off on the update, as the Steam client itself is a 32-bit application.
MacGamerHQ has compiled a list of affected games on MacOS, with many games like the LEGO games no longer working in the new OS.
As of this writing even Valve’s first-party games like Team Fortress 2 and Portal, some of the first high profile games to come to Mac, have also been affected by the update.
While the update may seem sudden, users of High Sierra and Mojave will probably have encountered warnings that Apple would make the sheer jump to 64-bit only.
No statement has been issued by Valve or Apple regarding the issue as of this writing.
Installing multiple operating systems to your drive many times leads to problems, but it is a way to run the game. Just make sure to always have good verified working backups of your system because modifying partitions and volumes on the drive can lead to an unbootable system or even data loss. Sometimes in order to remove the extra partition requires completely erasing the drive and reinstalling or restoring from a backup.
If you create another partition then you lose a lot of storage capacity (this doesn't happen if you create another APFS volume alongside Catalina). Partitions and volumes are not the same anymore in macOS.
I used to dual boot many years ago, but dual booting is also annoying having to reboot all the time.
Depending on the game and whether your computer supports USB3 you may want to try installing Mojave to an external USB3 drive and running the game externally. It's possible USB3 could be too slow to run the game well, but may be worth a shot since it is less risky than creating another partition.
Apr 24, 2020 9:04 AM
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