New Mac Installs Possibly Halted on macOS 10.15

Riot·Oct 1, 2019·1 votes·17,089 views

Hey Mac users!

We have another update for you following Apple's announcement regarding macOS 10.15. Named Catalina, Apple's newest operating system is set to release sometime in October 2019 as announced on their official website.

TLDR: Due to the broad release date, we don't know if Catalina will support League of Legends and TFT on Mac devices. If you know a Mac user who might be interested in League of Legends or TFT, get them to install it as soon as possible to be safe!

How does this affect me, a Mac League of Legends/TFT player?

Existing players with League of Legends on their Macs will not have any problems or changes with League of Legends when Catalina rolls out. The game will patch normally and players will be able to play as they have been!

So what's changing?

At this time and with what we know, people will not be able to install League of Legends on their Mac devices on Catalina. So in the meantime, if you know someone who is interested in installing League of Legends, they should do so before Catalina debuts in October OR not update their macOS to Catalina until they do.

When will we have more information on exact timing?

We do not currently have an estimated timeline for when Catalina will be able to support League of Legends, but we will update players as we get a clearer look at its release date.

39 Comments

Anihime AOct 1, 201923 votes

So a new OS coming out and y’all STILL haven’t fixed the current issue with MacBook mic not working with League Voice Chat 💭 I’ve been playing for 7 months and looked at the bug reports and it says that you guys know about it but still nothing.

OkamiManeNov 17, 20191 votes

:O I thought I was region locked! Mine doesn't work either.

Anihime ANov 17, 20191 votes

It’s not region, it’s a bug they still haven’t fixed yet for almost a year and from the time I began playing I meet it like that. I tweeted to Riot Support and they said they don’t know the estimated time but they working on it 🙄 if they can’t figure it out they need to contact Apple because this a almost a year bug!

ChaballlNov 21, 20191 votes

Here is a link explains how to fix mic problem and save your lives... https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/ay9o4s/how_to_fix_voice_chat_in_macos_mojave/

ChaballlNov 21, 20191 votes

Welcome

Power MacOct 1, 201914 votes

The alleged problem is a pop-up error stating that the app is damaged. It's a security issue that can be triggered by some apps: if you disable SIP (System Integrity Protection), you won't experience any of this. But there's also a safe and easy workaround: open the Terminal (it's located in Applications/Utilities), paste " xattr -cr /Applications/League\ of\ Legends.app" (without the quotation marks, of course) and then press Return. Done.

Riot could easily solve this, just like the mic issue that had be troubleshooted by Reddit users (a solution of which many are probably unaware). I hope they finally take the chance to fix both bugs (and maybe, while they're at it, the minimisation one too).

PixelsageOct 1, 20198 votes

This. I wish Riot would put a little more effort into fixing these issues for Mac users. They don't sound particularly difficult to resolve.

KikiyuOct 1, 20198 votes

Mac has never really gotten much love when it comes to games sadly. It has a smaller population of users, but I do wish it got some attention.

[cass-cry]

Power MacOct 2, 20194 votes

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Mac has never really gotten much love when it comes to games sadly. It has a smaller population of users, but I do wish it got some attention.

[cass-cry]

Well, it's not like the Windows client is doing that well, too. At least for my experience (that is, the problems I try to solve for my friends), and what I read on the forum, there are more "random bugs" on the Windows client. Riot should really fix the foundations of both clients: I love the new one, but it' way buggier compared to the old client.

CaptainPeeWeeOct 2, 20195 votes

Tell me about this Mic solution please

Power MacOct 2, 20192 votes

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Tell me about this Mic solution please

Here you are: https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/ay9o4s/how_to_fix_voice_chat_in_macos_mojave/ It's really straightforward as long as you follow the instructions. You're basically going to temporarily disable the SIP I was talking about (which isn't that useful at all, hackintoshes run 24/7 with SIP disabled and aren't any less safe, de facto), in order to add an "exception" for the OS to let LoL access the microphone.

beppedessiOct 11, 20191 votes

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The alleged problem is a pop-up error stating that the app is damaged. It's a security issue that can be triggered by some apps: if you disable SIP (System Integrity Protection), you won't experience any of this. But there's also a safe and easy workaround: open the Terminal (it's located in Applications/Utilities), paste " xattr -cr /Applications/League\ of\ Legends.app" (without the quotation marks, of course) and then press Return. Done.

Riot could easily solve this, just like the mic issue that had be troubleshooted by Reddit users (a solution of which many are probably unaware). I hope they finally take the chance to fix both bugs (and maybe, while they're at it, the minimisation one too).

Is there a solution for the mic issue? Could you link it pls?

Power MacOct 14, 20191 votes

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Is there a solution for the mic issue? Could you link it pls?

It's linked in my third post, scroll up the thread and you'll find it (there's a LoL preview box in place of a link).

beppedessiOct 14, 20191 votes

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It's linked in my third post, scroll up the thread and you'll find it (there's a LoL preview box in place of a link).

AlmostKindaLuckyNov 4, 20191 votes

It's not a pop up error. League installs but won't open. I've tried both of your solutions and they don't work. I receive "Permission denied" when you enter in that terminal command and disabling the SIP didn't have any affect. What else do you have to easily solve this?

Power MacNov 10, 20191 votes

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It's not a pop up error. League installs but won't open. I've tried both of your solutions and they don't work. I receive "Permission denied" when you enter in that terminal command and disabling the SIP didn't have any affect. What else do you have to easily solve this?

Are you executing the command as root? I guess that may be the reason why it didn't work. Try both su and sudo: "su xattr -cr /Applications/League\ of\ Legends.app" or "sudo xattr -cr /Applications/League\ of\ Legends.app". Be sure to be on bash and not zsh, also the above commands only work if you LoL is located in your default Applications folder (otherwise, you need to change the path).

TimelessblurOct 1, 20198 votes

So just like the mic not working error which Riot has had over a year to deal with which is still not fix due to using a very outdated version of the builder it is getting worse.

I personally call this a larger issue that proving Riot needs to do some real support on their mac client.

warhawk36Oct 1, 20194 votes

cool. Now give us song please.

Stupid PiggyOct 16, 20193 votes

I had to reinstall every time if I want to play. Keep getting error for logging in!

Sherpa muleOct 24, 20191 votes

Same here. Then, even reinstalling stopped working. Then I updated to Catalina without realizing the current install issue, and am totally at a loss. Sooooo I guess I'm just never playing LoL again?

Dong007Oct 1, 20192 votes

I've been on the Catalina BETA and league works, including TFT.

JuraniOct 1, 20196 votes

So you reinstalled the league client while on Catalina? Because that's what this article is warning about. That a fresh install of LEAGUE won't work when updated to Catalina.

MyTeamSuc YouWinOct 6, 20192 votes

I agrees with jurani. It says if you install after the update it'll have issues.

Captain RayOct 6, 20191 votes

Do u have any bug platted? If so, have u fixed it?

OkamiManeNov 17, 20191 votes

I installed it 2 days ago but didn't update my client and the game works fine for me.

MyTeamSuc YouWinOct 6, 20192 votes

Great so not only do I have to reinstall league everyone i closed it due to issues after patch 9.16. If I install Catalina, it's over.

MyTeamSuc YouWinOct 6, 20192 votes

Great so not only do I have to reinstall league everyone i closed it due to issues after patch 9.16. If I install Catalina, it's over.

Then again anyone noticed, it seems the more updates we get from mac the more difficult it is to play league?

Maybe mac is the issue and not riot.

Captain RayOct 6, 20192 votes

Has anyone finally fixed bugsplatted issue on MacOS Mojave 10.14.6??? Anyoneee???

driftingmuffinOct 17, 20192 votes

Community: Can you please fix the giant bug that doesn't let the mic work in league voice that's been around for like, a year and also maybe make the game playable on the upcoming macOS version?

Riot: ??? you guys want more skins ?

AikarinÒvÓNov 11, 20192 votes

I can't play league anymore because I DELETED LEAGUE, UPDATED MY MAC TO CATALINA, AND NOW LEAGUE WONT START. Send help. ;-;

ReaxetionOct 2, 20191 votes

Out of curiosity, are any other Mac users having an issue with their client saying something along the lines of "You may not be connected to the internet" and not letting you log on?

My client has been doing this on both my wife and I's Macs for a better part of 3+ months. The only thing we can do is close it, wait 15ish seconds and try again. It usually works on the 4th or 5th time.

And then it sometimes crashes while in the client, never in game. And when that happens, we have to start the whole process over again...

GolemTitian23Oct 2, 20191 votes

I have never had that issue.

PrincessNerdgasmOct 14, 20192 votes

@reaxetion I work for Apple, and had this issue on another computer of mine. There are a couple things that can cause it

socks proxy > sys prefs > network > wifi > advanced > proxies > is SOCKS enabled? if so call apple support. if not, have your ISP reset your router and match it's network settings with Apples recommended router settings which you can google I don't have a link handy 3. check system preferences > security and privacy to make sure if you're using FileVault or firewall league is allowed. I had this issue on the new league client and ended up creating a new network location and that resolved it for me.

ReaxetionOct 14, 20191 votes

You are a god send! I will try this wednesday when I get home from work. THANK YOU!

SeathVteC23Oct 19, 20191 votes

The issue I'm have is that every time i close the game client and try to reopen it, i get an error message saying that i couldn't update the game. So the only way i can play is by reinstalling the game, and it works fine until i close the game out, which starts the cycle over again. A fix would be much appreciated!

zzoomzDec 13, 20191 votes

Im not 100% sure, but I think the most recent security updates for Sierra also prevent League from opening. Ever since updated, League client won't open at all. Tried reinstalling and still League won't open. So... I can't play... oh wells....

Bard Too HardDec 27, 20191 votes

This is really unfortunate. I've been able to play because I've been using my old mac from 2011, for which most of the new mac updates don't work, but recently upgrades to a mac from 2015, which of course, has Catalina installed. I can get the game to run on a fresh install, but it is balls slow, and full of bugs. For instance, after changing the resolution, I tried to scroll over the map by moving my mouse to the edge of the screen... left, right, and down worked, while up did not.

Stay strong summoners.

Cambo RamboDec 28, 20191 votes

So I was hesitant about installing on MacOS Catalina because people said it didn’t work. Well I’m on the latest 10.15.2 and decided to download and install. Installed and ran perfectly fine. Played a couple games. Closed out and able to get back in no problems. Game on!

OldFartJCJan 25, 20201 votes

I have Catalina installed on my Mac and was having trouble with the Riot Games installer. On a whim, I deleted the Riot Games application and boom, LOL updated and launched. Give it a shot if you're having problems.