Post by flargysnargy in macOS Catalina compatibility?

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Right click on A Short Hike and click "Show Package Contents".
Inside the Contents folder, you'll find one named "MacOS", and inside of it, a file named "AShortHike".
Open Terminal (you can do so by pressing command + space, typing in "terminal" and hitting enter).
Now that Terminal is open, type "chmod +x " and drag the "AShortHike" file into the window so that it will add the file path to that line you just typed. Your line should read something like "chmod +x /Users/...", there MUST be a space between "+x" and the file path.
Press enter in Terminal and you should now be able to start the game!

Thanks for explaining this! Unfortunately, Apple has made it difficult to distribute apps outside of their ecosystem lately.

adamgryu4 years ago

Another thing that may be relevant. A user in another thread mentioned this to me:

"i just extracted the zip using the unarchiver app instead of the default app and it worked just fine. even with the new catalina update"

Perhaps the default unzipper strips the +x flag? It might be easier for some users to use a different unarchiver app to workaround this issue.

EggEnthusiast4 years ago(+1)

I can second this claim! I don't really know how it works, but using Unarchiver to extract the zip file seems to be a more easier solution to the problem than the one with the Terminal. This also worked with one other game that initially wouldn't open on Mac Catalina for me. Also, if anyone needs more help or steps with this method, I can make a new comment explaining the whole process over.

kooblakhan4 years ago

yes please, I seem to be unable to open the file with Unarchiver

EggEnthusiast4 years ago

Ah, here's the new comment explaining the whole process in case you didn't see it yet!

ToniChumi4 years ago

Thanks!! It works!!

:D

amyliv994 years ago

Hi! I followed this breakdown, but when I hit "enter" in terminal, it says

"-bash: chmod+x: command not found"

aladashdin4 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

Thanks for including the exact error message; that helps to diagnose the problem. You're almost there.

There is a space missing in the command you tried. You have to type chmod +x /Users/... with a space between "chmod" and "+x" in addition to the space between "+x" and "/Users/...".

amyliv994 years ago

Thank you! Finally got it up and running :)

tinifrog4 years ago

When I hit enter in terminal, it says

-bash: /Applications/AShortHike.app/Contents/MacOS/AShortHike: Permission denied

I think I'm doing something wrong. If you could please help, that would be swell. <3

DiGiTaLFX4 years ago

Try it again, but type sudo before chmod (with a space in between). It will ask for your password - only works if you’re an admin user.

azngonewild4 years ago

this was super helpful! Thanks! Works for me now.

superb_sunflower4 years ago

My error message was: "No such file or directory" , and the unarchiver tells me "The contents of "Ashorthike.app" cannot be extracted with The Unarchiver, what should my next step be?

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