How To Play 32 Bit Games On Mac Catalina

Managed to make it work.

Right click on the .app file (aka the game), click on 'Show Package Content', it will open a Finder window, browse to Content -> MacOS.

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Open the terminal and type 'cd ' (include the ' '), then drag & drop the file inside the Finder windows (it will be a file with a white icon called Karlson).

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At this point you will see a kind of long command, erase the word 'Karlson' from the end of the command. (All of this is done to navigate to the same directory that Finder is in, but using the terminal.

Now type 'chmod +x Karlson'

In case you see an error like 'permission denied' try to use 'sudo chmod +x Karlson', in this case you will be asked to enter the admin password.

Now type ./Karlson and the game should start!

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If you need to run a 32-bit app, Apple unofficially recommends either that you keep an old Mac on hand that runs a pre-Catalina version of the OS or that you partition your current Mac so that it.

  • The newly released version of macOS 10.15 Catalina has stopped supporting 32-bit apps completely. Well, this is nothing new for the company. The Apple website clearly states the 32-bit apps don't provide good experience as they slow down the Mac. Whereas the 64-bit apps are capable of accessing more memory, resulting in a faster response time.
  • Sep 18, 2019 While macOS 10.15 Catalina won’t support old 32-bit apps, you can keep them running indefinitely on your Mac by installing a copy of 10.14 Mojave in a Parallels Desktop virtual machine.

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If it doesen't because of the Apple security thing, open 'System Preferences', click 'Security & Privacy', make sure to be in the 'General' tab. At the bottom of the window you will see a button saying something like 'Open Anyway', and red somewhere the name Karlson and the reason why it has been blocked (aka being downloaded from the Internet).

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Now the game opens and runs!