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Is there a older version of GOG Galaxy version that works in OSX 10.13?
Where can I find it?

Thank you
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hi,it doesn't work, ios 10.14 needs minimum, i'm like you
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dcocharro: Is there a older version of GOG Galaxy version that works in OSX 10.13?
Where can I find it?

Thank you
GOG forces macOS 10.14+ for some reason, which is lame. Not only that, they fail to warn the user. I made the mistake of installing the latest version offered directly (2.0.44.200) and it doesn't work with High Sierra, even though the installer lets you install it.

Some previous 2.0.40.x versions are supposed to work with 10.13 or even 10.12 but they don't; on their first run they get stuck while installing the GOG helper.

I have found a previous version (2.0.38.355) which seems to work, I don't know for how long though. You can find it here:

https://cdn.gog.com/open/galaxy/client/2.0.38.355/galaxy_client_2.0.38.355.pkg

If anyone from GOG is listening, please make GOG Galaxy MacOSX 10.13 compatible again. There is no reason to succumb to Apple, after all GOG is about running old games, something which Apple doesn't even want us to.
Post edited December 26, 2021 by qib
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qib: I have found a previous version (2.0.38.355) which seems to work, I don't know for how long though. You can find it here:

https://cdn.gog.com/open/galaxy/client/2.0.38.355/galaxy_client_2.0.38.355.pkg
Thank you so very much for finding this. I stupidly upgraded to the latest without thinking. I guess we won't get any more updates but at least I can run it on my trust laptop.
This one is very odd, why did GOG do this?

Sorry to revive a older thread, but from the history point....

I have little experience with the Macs. I while back got some old 2009 Macbook Pro's and couldn't of course do anything with OS X 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard and 10.7 Lion whatever... So I installed Linux, that I anyways was going to use.
I did experiment little with the OS X, as that was at the time when those were brand news that I had used them.

I have not used Macs ever as my daily computer. Always had PC, and mainly Linux and Windows for gaming.
But boy did I really fell to rabbit hole.

I have always personally disliked OS X. I do recommend it to many, as it fits for casual users very well, if not being best choice for many. For me? Never been a big fan after some time of use. I want to like it, but can't with such a mentality.

So, I thought that of course I can install gog client and get some old games to run on it. Boy was I wrong. No client for that. So download every game separately. I believe that is only way to do it, but I didn't proceed with that.
I spent days to hunt ways to get common basic software running to make the unsupported OS X versions working, like get some LibreOffice, Firefox and so on.

I was really hating the whole thing.

Then I found that I can get latest OS X to unspported Mac. Of course it would fix the problems to get steam, gog clients etc?
So off I did go... Writing this on such iMac...

And when I had Steam installed, I get warnings "32bit is not supported".

And here I am, with new OS X so that I can run Steam and GOG clients.
But OS X doesn't support anymore 32bit so all old games are obsolete.

What good is it to not able get GOG client for High Sierra, or 11.4 (IIRC) that is last OS X that supports 32bit apps?

I really see only way to install Linux, and be happy that I can run everything old and new on that one. Backward support is a critical thing for old gamers!
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dcocharro: Is there a older version of GOG Galaxy version that works in OSX 10.13?
Where can I find it?

Thank you
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qib: GOG forces macOS 10.14+ for some reason, which is lame. Not only that, they fail to warn the user. I made the mistake of installing the latest version offered directly (2.0.44.200) and it doesn't work with High Sierra, even though the installer lets you install it.

Some previous 2.0.40.x versions are supposed to work with 10.13 or even 10.12 but they don't; on their first run they get stuck while installing the GOG helper.

I have found a previous version (2.0.38.355) which seems to work, I don't know for how long though. You can find it here:

https://cdn.gog.com/open/galaxy/client/2.0.38.355/galaxy_client_2.0.38.355.pkg

If anyone from GOG is listening, please make GOG Galaxy MacOSX 10.13 compatible again. There is no reason to succumb to Apple, after all GOG is about running old games, something which Apple doesn't even want us to.
Do you know of one that works for 10.12? Or how I might go about finding one?