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lplp32
Seasoned Newcomer
23 days ago

“EA app” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.

(macOS) “EA app” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.

This has been happening every time the EA app updates in the background now.
Forcing me to keep the EA app open all the time.

I use to be able to clear the caches manually, delete the EA app, restart my mac, and then install Origin, then let Origin migrate to the EA app. (re-downloading the EA app didn't install properly?)

It's only been happening to me since about March of 2025. 

Now since Origin is offline, I literally can't access my EA app at all as it won't open no matter how many times I reinstall it, manually delete caches, restart my mac, etc. (As i can't even access the EA helper tool or whatever its called.)

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    lplp32
    Seasoned Newcomer
    21 days ago

    As of today, When I delete the EA app, manually delete caches in Finder, restart my mac. (skipping origin as it doesn't exist anymore) Then re-download the EA app, It lets me access my EA app perfectly fine (like before), still not sure if it's a permanent fix as it's only been 2 days. Maybe it was an Origin bug. 😐

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