Mac: Path of Exile is damaged and cannot be opened

I'm trying to install Path of Exile on my 16" 2019 MacBook Pro (MacOS Sequoia 15.5) in advance of needing to travel next week. Unfortunately the downloader/installer seems to be having issues. Every time I attempt an install via dragging the Path Of Exile.app from the disk image to my Applications folder and subsequently run the application, I get the following error:

"Path of Exile is damaged and cannot be opened. You should move it to the Trash."

After this is did check System Settings / Privacy & Security to see if PoE shows up as a blocked app. Sure enough it did! So I told OSX to allow it ("Open Anyway"). Unfortunately, this starts the launcher but it exists with the very same error as above.

Have people managed to get this working?

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Callipygian#0029 wrote:

I'm trying to install Path of Exile on my 16" 2019 MacBook Pro (MacOS Sequoia 15.5) in advance of needing to travel next week. Unfortunately the downloader/installer seems to be having issues. Every time I attempt an install via dragging the Path Of Exile.app from the disk image to my Applications folder and subsequently run the application, I get the following error:

"Path of Exile is damaged and cannot be opened. You should move it to the Trash."

After this is did check System Settings / Privacy & Security to see if PoE shows up as a blocked app. Sure enough it did! So I told OSX to allow it ("Open Anyway"). Unfortunately, this starts the launcher but it exists with the very same error as above.

Have people managed to get this working?

Yes - here are the steps

Kick off update. It will fail with a message that POE has quit unexpectedly or that the file is damaged.
- Go into the Path of Exile.app directory (/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Path of Exile). Library is a hidden file, so unhide it first.
- Move the .app file to Trash bin.,
- Check if there is an update.dat and Hashcache.dat file. If so move them to the Trash bin too. Leave Content.ggpk alone.,
- Empty the Trash bin,
- Check System settings -> Privacy&Security -> Security. If there is a message about Path of Exile being blocked click on "Open anyway". This should then go away.,
- Restart the update. This should result in the dreaded "File is damaged ..." message. Select "Move file to the Trash bin" but DON'T delete it.,
- Move the Path of Exile.app from Trash bin back to the original folder to /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Path of Exile/
- Right click and select open (double left click will work too).,
You will get an error message, but it should not be the "File is damaged .." There should be an option to "Open". Select that. The update should now run.
- IF you do get the error message that the file is damaged again select "Cancel". Then check the Privacy&Security tab in System Settings again. The message that POE is blocked may have come back. Select "Open Anyway" and the update should start (you may need to choose "open" from the 3 options you get after selecting cancel after doing this).

Note: The security setting might pop up a few times. You need to make sure it has been removed before the update will run so you may need to check it a few times.


You might want to join the mac-os channel of the Path of Exile discord. This method was posted there initially. It also has some other options for running POE/POE2 via the Windows client on a Mac

This Works for me .. THanks

This did it! The trick I was missing seemed to be deletion of the update.dat and hashcache.dat files. Patching now, thanks!