Steam games on my Mac have stopped working

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Steam games on my Mac have stopped working

Only recently, and I'm not sure why (could possibly be Steam updated) my computer can no longer run any Steam games. My computer is an old Mac Pro running on Yosemite, but even being so old it should be okay to run this stuff. The error message I get is -

Dyld Error Message:

can't resolve symbol _MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice in /Users/admin/Library/Application Support/Steam/Steam.AppBundle/Steam/Contents/MacOS/gameoverlayrenderer.dylib because dependent dylib #6 could not be loaded

I'm not great with computers and have looked in that folder and everything is still there, so I'm pretty stuck on what to do.

Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Nov 10, 2018 10:25 AM

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Answer 1

Eric Root

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Nov 13, 2018 8:01 PM in response to archie117

If your computer can run Yosemite, it can run El Capitan.

El Capitan

Check that your computer is compatible with Mountain Lion/Mavericks/Yosemite/El Capitan.

To check the model number hold down the option/alt key, go to the Apple menu and select System Information.

iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) model number 7.1 or higher

MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) model number 5.1 or higher

MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) model number 3.1 or higher

MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) model number 2.1 or higher

Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) model number 3.1 or higher

Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) model number 3.1 or higher

Xserve (Early 2009) model number 3.1 or higher

Your Mac needs:

OS X v10.6.8 or OS X Lion already installed

2 GB or more of memory (More is better - 4 GB minimum seems to be the consensus)

8 GB or more of available space

Check to make sure your applications are compatible.

Application Compatibility

El Capitan 10.11 Compatibility information

Also check to make sure there is a compatible driver for your printer.

Do a backup before installing, preferable 2 backups on 2 different drives.

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Answer 2

Tesserax

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Nov 10, 2018 1:01 PM in response to archie117

What have you tried, so far, to resolve this yourself?

For example:

Have you tried removing, and then, re-installing the Steam app?
Did you verify with Steam support that the latest version works with OS X Yosemite and that your Mac Pro meets all of the system requirements to run it?
Have you posted to the Steam support forum?

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Answer 3

Nov 10, 2018 11:03 PM in response to Guygrand49

Update

Switching to the Steam Beta version solved the crashing/non-launching of Civ 5 for me. It appears a Steam programmer was fixing things and that's what caused this issue. Makes me nostalgic for the days when you bought a game on a disc & it worked every time.

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archie117 Author

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Nov 14, 2018 4:40 AM in response to Eric Root

Yeah it's not about actually running it sorry, its more the compatibility issues. I wouldn't be able to use mine properly for a number of reasons, but its all good. Steam was updated and now it can run again. For Battle.net though I can't say the same.

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Answer 5

Nov 10, 2018 10:51 PM in response to archie117

This appears to be an issue caused by Steam, see this article:

No Games Will Run (Error) :: Steam for Mac

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archie117 Author

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Nov 11, 2018 4:01 AM in response to Tesserax

After a lot of poking about it seems Steam has now updated so that my version of OS X will no longer work, Capitan is now the lowest, which is unfortunate as I can't run it.

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Answer 7

Nov 11, 2018 9:56 AM in response to archie117

That's too bad. Maybe there's a way to go back to an earlier version of Steam using Time Machine?

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