HollywoodPlayer crashes on Apple M1 Max

[NathanH]

Hi,

My brother tried the HollywoodPlayer HWPlayer_MacOS_arm64.dmg for "Apple Silicon" on his Apple M1 Max machine. Its got 64Gb RAM and is running macOS Sequoia 15.6.1. When he tried to run it he got a requestor stating "HollywoodPlayer is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the trash." He was able to run the Intel version on an old MacBook he had lying around.

NathanH

[airsoftsoftwair]

This is because of paranoid default security settings on newer macOS versions. From the Hollywood FAQ:

Q: I have compiled my project for macOS but macOS refuses to start it. What can I do?
A: macOS is very strict when it comes to executing apps that haven't been signed by a registered Apple developer. Typically, unsigned apps end up in "quarantine" which means that you can't open them. You can, however, clear the quarantine flag of an app by executing the following line on the terminal:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /path/to/your/App.app
Then you should be able to open your app without problems.

[NathanH]

That did the trick! Sorry I didn't catch that in the FAQ about HollywoodPlayer. Thanks for the help, he can run some of my applets now.

NathanH