Khywae games on mac? [MAC ver. compatibility]

[otome!]

Hi, was wondering if I'm the only one who can't boot up mac versions of khywae games? I finally motivated myself to play throigh them and I met with a technical problem So basically when I try to open the app (which I already gave permission to in the parameters btw, it's not because of this) , it doesn't respind and I have to Force Quit it. I'm no sure why I have an apple chip by the way. Does it only work on macs with intel chips or something? Did someone manage to make them work? HELP

I tried with both Full Blessing version and freeware version by the way, nothing works...

 

[enren]

Far as I know Macs have bad compatibility with stuff.
I'm not sure a different chip would make it work.
I'd blame it's OS.

 

[otome!]

Far as I know Macs have bad compatibility with stuff.
I'm not sure a different chip would make it work.
I'd blame it's OS.

I blame it every day of my life atp lol

But it's supposed to be a mac version, literally. So I'm surprised it doesn't work, and I was wondering if I was alone with this issue.

 

[enren]

I don't use Mac so I can't test it myself, sorry...

Opera AI says:

If your Khywae game on Mac won't open, gives an "App is damaged" error, or won't load in a browser, it usually comes down to Mac security gatekeepers, missing permissions, or unsupported browsers.

For Downloaded Versions (Mac App)
Often, macOS blocks independent itch.io games, calling them "damaged." Fix it by bypassing the security or fixing file permissions:

The "Right-Click" Bypass: Instead of double-clicking the app, hold the Control key, click the game icon, and select Open. This verifies the app and lets you bypass the block permanently.

Remove from Folder: Try dragging the actual game application file out of its download folder and placing it directly on your desktop before opening it.

Maybe this'll help?
It pulled those recs from itch.io.
It seems there are a lot of people who have this problem.

At the very least since it's a mac version there's gotta be a way to make it work.
What chip you have shouldn't matter.

 

[otome!]

I don't use Mac so I can't test it myself, sorry...

Opera AI says:

If your Khywae game on Mac won't open, gives an "App is damaged" error, or won't load in a browser, it usually comes down to Mac security gatekeepers, missing permissions, or unsupported browsers.

For Downloaded Versions (Mac App)
Often, macOS blocks independent itch.io games, calling them "damaged." Fix it by bypassing the security or fixing file permissions:

The "Right-Click" Bypass: Instead of double-clicking the app, hold the Control key, click the game icon, and select Open. This verifies the app and lets you bypass the block permanently.

Remove from Folder: Try dragging the actual game application file out of its download folder and placing it directly on your desktop before opening it.

Maybe this'll help?
It pulled those recs from itch.io.
It seems there are a lot of people who have this problem.

At the very least since it's a mac version there's gotta be a way to make it work.
What chip you have shouldn't matter.

Nope, as I said I already gave all permissions, and it doesn't say it's damaged, it simply freezes when booted. Thanks for trying to help out!! <33

 

[enren]

AI says:

Khywae's games use WINE wrappers to run on macOS.
The most updated wrapper version is available from their Patreon or Itch.io page.

You can also try:
- moving game's folder
- switch to window's mode if possible from fullscreen