How to fix 'This application can't be opened' error on Mac

I had this issue a lot when downloading Mac games from Itch. I have no idea why it happens but this solution fixed the issue all of the time.

Hope you find this useful :)
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#macos #files #itch #game

[discorobots]

Thank you, this was very helpful! Also, I was having trouble at first, but I found a good solution: For some reason, typing in the file and its location was not working for me. Maybe I was typing something wrong, but I tried many times and it still didn't work. Then I tried just typing "chmod +x " and dragging the file into the terminal, which worked!

[ritzwashere]

Big note: you can also drag the file from the MacOS folder into terminal after you added chmod +x

[bigmangaming]

SIDE NOTE: sometimes, if you do this, it will crash and the game won't start. for some games, you have to look further in the package contents and find more MacOS folders with more executables, and use this command on those ones as well. otherwise, works pretty good

[TheKhadleferone]

THANK YOU MUCH.... TRIED EVERYTHING FROM OTHER TUTORIALS, BUT YOUR TUTORIAL RESOLVED MY PROBLEM!!! YOU ARE AWESOME!!! THANK YOU!!!

[ziahduel]

Took me a minute to figure out, but worked instantly for all the games I tried
👍

[mennahashem]

It is still not working with me, when I typed cd, there was no options there so I dragged and dropped the path inside the terminal.

[precursorcodes]

This Genius.... I've been trying to play a game for years with this error, and I CAN FINALLY PLAY subbed just for that

[sand]

what would I do without you, It took me a few attempts but I finally got it and im forever grateful.

[thechxf]

I need help because when trying to set up the commands in the terminal it keeps saying not a directory despite me writing the exact names of the game files that i downloaded in order

[arn_ice]

My terminal for some reason displayed things a bit differently. BUT this worked (although I still had to argue with MacOs to launch a game, I do sorta appreciate that security thing, the message was "not sure if this is malicious" but I personally knew it couldn't be so hey). These vids and also that tip here in the comment section of just drag and drop (Mac has usually been cool with that stuff) was very nice and smooth going.

[nazelanurhidayat]

ive spend 2 hours in this terminal, still didnt work. it says -bash and before this i was installing deamontools. i dont get it

[adassocalm]

im not bots guys, this video actually help ed me, NO SCAMMING, ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Asiannrd]

I tried this but sadly it didn't work. I think its because i tried this on desktop but im glad you where able to help others! i was still hoping this would work bc ive watched 20 videos of how to fix this and i even restarted my mac =(.

[hugginbee]

Thanks for this video! You've saved my day. A lot of games have this type of error and I'm not good with computers, thanks again!

[eniotna]

cela fonctionne t'il pour x-force 19 key gen ? pour mac monterey ?

[roganlowerson]

it keeps saying no such file or directory

[aestec_ale]

Works with every internet installer that I've tried so far thanks!

[Maxdaperson]

Thank you it doesn’t work on the default Mac terminal for me but it works fine on the iterm2 thing thank you

[donovanacosta]

If this method still doesn't work for you, do the same with the file inside macOS Folder, but instead of putting "chmod" command in the terminal write "xattr -cr *file location*". This is what ended up working for me.

[ethanoldabest]

tysm, I had downloaded a game from itch also and it wouldn't open but after watching this guide, it worked!