topic The application “ARCHICAD 26.app” can’t be opened. in Installation & update

The application “ARCHICAD 26.app” can’t be opened.

hpenbeoglu — Fri, 12 May 2023 10:33:29 GMT

I'm getting this error for all versions of Archicad as soon as I start the application. If I update or reinstall, it works, but it comes back again. Recently, I was trying to install the Goodies addon. However, that also didn't work. I thought maybe these two were related and uninstalled the plugin but no luck. Any idea?

Re: The application “ARCHICAD 26.app” can’t be opened.

runxel — Fri, 12 May 2023 14:00:36 GMT

I have a similar issue. Support told me to make a new user profile on the mac. That seemed to work. (Other than that the support was useless, they refused to submit the bug to Budapest....)

However instead I just now rightclick Archicad > "Show package content", then find the Archicad Starter executable and voilà, it comes up. Everything works. Which makes it even weirder.

Re: The application “ARCHICAD 26.app” can’t be opened.

Karl Ottenstein — Fri, 12 May 2023 16:39:08 GMT

@hpenbeoglu and @runxel - your signatures don't indicate your version of macOS. Could you confirm that you are both running Intel and presumably Ventura 13.3.1(a)?

If a new user profile works, it would seem to be an issue with a preference file and/or possibly firewall settings (although I thought Mac firewall settings were global across all users). Let's see if anyone else has some ideas...

Re: The application “ARCHICAD 26.app” can’t be opened.

hpenbeoglu — Fri, 12 May 2023 17:07:20 GMT

@Karl Ottenstein. That's correct. It is Intel and MacOS 13.3.1 (a)

Re: The application “ARCHICAD 26.app” can’t be opened.

runxel — Fri, 12 May 2023 20:52:36 GMT

No, it's an M1 MacBook with Monterey for me.

I used the preference cleaner, so there must be something else involved.

Re: The application “ARCHICAD 26.app” can’t be opened.

hpenbeoglu — Mon, 15 May 2023 12:10:49 GMT

What is preference cleaner?

Re: The application “ARCHICAD 26.app” can’t be opened.

dnathanc — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 06:47:16 GMT

Same ongoing issue for me with A26 - MacBook M1 Pro / Ventura 13.4.

Restarting has taken care of it so far, but that's pretty inconvenient when you have a bunch of other apps and content running.