Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems Mac loads but cannot play

I recently upgraded my Mac OS to Monterey 12.7.8, after which I reinstalled BG3 via Steam. Now, when I click on "START" on the Steam page, I get a box which tells me "Verifying "Baldur's Gate 3"; the verification lasts for a very long time (over an hour), and when the bar is full... nothing happens. The Steam Library page suggests that the game is running, but nothing appears on my desktop. The BG symbol also appears on my active bar, but clicking on it does nothing. Rebooting and starting over also does nothing. Any suggestions?

I recently purchased a Mac Studio computer with an M4+ processor and awesome graphics. Unfortunately, the game freezes about ½ the time when a cut scene ends and normal play is to resume. As such, the game is not playable. Currently there is no way around this. Lairan says this is a known issue and it may be fixed in the next hot fix. Two take aways.... Don't expect your game to run correctly if you have a Mac computer similar to mine. Also, they are working to fix this problem, possibly in another hot fix which will likely fix other issues and may fix this issue as well.