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HerobrineMatej's avatar
8 years ago

Origin will not launch on macos high sierra

When i try to launch origin, the dot under its icon signifying its open will appear and the icon will bounce, howewer, it just dissappears and the icon stops bouncing, giving me no error message. Yes, i ran the origin reset tool and i tried creating a new admin user. I have the min specs, at least i think.

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  • HerobrineMatej's avatar
    HerobrineMatej
    7 years ago

    That did not help. Also here is a footage of my problem (the nope sound was added by me, system makes 0 sound)

  • HerobrineMatej's avatar
    HerobrineMatej
    7 years ago
    So i solved, but it will work only for people that own a supported windows copy. I installed windows using bootcamp.
  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
    Hero+
    7 years ago
    @HerobrineMatej

    Not really sure that’s the best solution as it’s not fixing the issue in macOS but at least you can play again 🙂

    Did you try every suggestion in the Mac Origin thread? I’ve not come across anyone before who can’t get Origin to work after exhausting all possibilities listed. The issue must be on your Mac, possibly conflicting software or damaged OS files.
  • HerobrineMatej's avatar
    HerobrineMatej
    7 years ago
    No i did not, however i will not use origin on macOS so i do not need to use it. Thank you for your help.
  • jaymiex89's avatar
    jaymiex89
    7 years ago

    I've had this same issue before.  I cleared my cache files, restarted my computer, uninstalled & reinstalled Origin, everything.  The simplest solution worked: I Cmd+Right clicked & ran Origin as Administrator, and it worked perfectly.  I know you decided to use BootCamp to run Windows - I've done that & couldn't get over the annoyance of having to run a program within a program within a program; it's bad enough having to run Origin to be able to play The Sims; I don't want to have to use ANOTHER program to run Origin....but that's just me.  

    Anyway, I hope I helped.

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