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Nah I never managed to get it fixed, when I re downloaded it it would always get to what was fully downloaded but said download pauses rather than let me open it, then when I clicked resume download it just repeated the process again.

Thanks for your help, will try that today.

Ever since I've updated my mac to the newest versions then gone back to try and play older FM games, whenever I load into a match it freezes at a random point then just crashes, although there's no error message it just logs me out of my laptop and i have to put the password in again. Anyone ever had this problem before and if so any ideas on how I can fix it? Would love to be able to keep playing my save from FM22 but at the moment that's not possible.

Ever since I updated my mac to the latest version if I try and open FM21 it comes up with this message saying the game is damaged as it was downloaded on an unknown date. Anyone know if there's a way to fix this? I've tried verifying the integrity of the files but that isn't working. If I uninstall then reinstall again would that work? I don't want to lose my save on it though so I'm guessing I'd have to upload that somewhere before uninstalling.

Stenhousemuir 22/23 - August, September & October 9 games played in all competitions so far this season and it all started rather poorly, as Albion Rovers beat us for the second time already this season winning the opening day fixture 2-1 just weeks after beating us in the Premier Sports Cup. It didn't get much better from there either as we picked up just one point in our next two games making it one from nine to start the season off, as we drew 1-1 away to Annan Athletic before losing cruelly to Stirling Albion, who scored goals in the 85th and 89th minute to snatch three points out of our hands. Thankfully we did pick up our first win of our season and indeed my first win of my career against Dumbarton in the next game though, scraping past them 1-0 in front of a home crowd. The celebrations were cut short however, as it was back to losing ways in the next game though at the hands of Stirling Albion again this time in the Challenge Cup, but thankfully the board weren't really bothered about this competition. Since then though, we've played 4 games and not lost any of them which is great to see. We picked up wins against Stranraer and Elgin as well as a pair of 0-0 draws against Forfar and East Fife, the latter of which being a great result as they're currently top of the league. In other news, Ross McCormack hasn't exactly lived up to expectations yet, he's played three games one of which was a start and has averaged a 6.43 rating with no goals or assists. There's still time...We've also lost star midfielder Liam Brown for just over a month so if there was ever a time for Ross to start putting in some performances, it would be now. Speaking of performances, those last four games where we went unbeaten have meant that after 8 games we sit 4th, in the last playoff spot level on points with Dumbarton behind us. If you told me this is where we'd be after 8 games at the start of the season I'd definitely take it, and I'd be delighted if this is where we finish at the end of the season as the board only want us to finish in the top half. If we could continue our mini unbeaten run through next month that would be great, and if we could start scoring a few more goals that would be even better as I feel we're slightly lacking in that department, we're getting shots away, but we just can't get them on target.

Stenhousemuir 22/23 - Summer transfers Well it's been a while since I've updated anything on here, and that's because I've hardly touched this save or FM23 to be honest, clocking up only 26 hours at the time of writing. To tell the truth I wasn't content with ending my FM22 journey abruptly to the new game coming out, so I went back to keep playing that save but unfortunately I encountered a game breaking issue. For some reason almost every match I went into the game would freeze, then crash, without showing me a crash message. I've no idea why, but I've tried everything and nothing will solve the problem so I've decided to give FM23 another shot and make this save as memorable as the last one, hopefully even better! I've played 2 months of league action so far that I'll cover in the next post but this one will be a short one focusing on the one new addition to the squad and surprisingly, I'm sure it's a name I'm sure many of you will recognise. Welcome to Stenhousemuir, ex Scotland international and EFL Championship player Ross McCormack! I was looking for someone who could come in and cover attacking midfield, out wide and potentially up front if the other strikers fail and somehow we've landed McCormack on deadline day. I'll be honest, I thought he retired. Technically and mentally he looks very good still, just don't look at the physicals. The 36 year old has joined on a very cheap contract and only wanted to be an impact sub until the end of the season but, perhaps rather naively, I've got high hopes for him. I'd imagine he'll mainly be coming off the bench as he can't run at all, but surely a player of his quality can do a job in Scottish League 2? I'm sure we'll find out soon!

Still having crashing issues on my 2020 OS Monterey laptop making the game difficult to play as it can freeze then crash in the middle of any match, was going to update to the 13.1 Ventura update, but by reading this last page in this thread should I not bother? To me the black box doesn’t look too bad. There’s already a centimetre of black box around the side of my mac which I’ve hardly ever noticed to be honest as it’s always been like that, but some are saying it’s making the game unplayable. Pretty sure it’s the drivers that need updating to stop the game crashing so was hoping that would be fixed in the new update. my camera doesn’t interfere with screen size on my mac like some I’ve seen in this thread, maybe as it’s an older mac but the camera is in the top black row so maybe it won’t make a difference?

Love the young strikers you’ve brought in. For what Colman lacks in finishing he makes up for in composure, I bet that’s how he scores all his goals as sometimes that can be more important than finishing. Great start to the season as well, especially in the league.

I get the quitting thing as well. Does the match engine lag and freeze a bit for you, even when playing on 2d?

Only 2 points off Bayern! Brilliant start to life in Germany, can’t wait for the Panathinaikos game!

Been a brilliant time in Greece, last night was special following along with. Look forward to seeing who the next team is!

all versions of FM lagging for me, there’s a pending update but hesitant to do it given the size of them. Is doing the mac update the only thing that will stop random crashes in games (even though there’s no crash message after) or is there an alternative fix anyone knows of?

Off the back of this, now FM22 and FM21 are also having problems, now after playing a couple matches one of the games will randomly just turn my game off. I think it’s a crash, but there’s no crash error message always happens that match when I replay it (although I’ve tried this once, playing on only commentary meant the match didn’t crash) at any random point. 22 and 21 worked perfectly before I updated to the macOS 11 thing for FM23, now the old games aren’t working. There is another update now for mac so I’m wondering if I need to do that to be able to play problem free again. Although I’d prefer to see if there’s a solution that means I can play FM again without lagging and crashing without having to update given the large amount of storage they take.

My mac is struggling massively with FM23. Not that old, got it 2019 or 2020 (at the start of the pandemic) and even on 2D the match is freezing for me, except the game is still playing and I have to tab out and back in for it to catch up. Very jittery as well. I’ve gone back to FM21 for now and will try a match again in a few days, if it’s still a problem I may have to refund.

Great start to your career, really turned round Chester’s season given they were struggling when you first arrived!