You cannot use this version of the application Civilization V ...

[robvollman]

I'm getting the following error whenever I launch Civilization V on my friend's Apple:

"You cannot use this version of the application Civilization V with this version of Mac OS X"

She has a Mac OS X Version 10.5.8. 2 GHz Intel Core 2, memory 1 GB 667 MHz DDR.

I can run the game just fine at home (on my PC). On the Apple I logged in, installed Steam, looked at my games, clicked "download" and it downloaded and installed just fine, without error. It shows up as a "Mac game" when I open the Steam console on her machine.

I searched the forum and the Internet at large but didn't find this error anywhere. Can anyone help? How do I get this working on her machine?

Thanks,
Rob

P.S. I thought the whole point of the Mac was that you don't get technical problems when trying to do simple things!

 

[AspyrRyan]

Civ V requires 10.6.3 or higher to run. It won't work on 10.5.8.

 

[AlanH]

P.S. I thought the whole point of the Mac was that you don't get technical problems when trying to do simple things!

That's true, but newer Mac software applications don't always run on older versions of the operating system. Snow Leopard (OS X version 10.6) is a $29 upgrade, and has been out for two years now. In fact, we are getting ready for version 10.7 - Lion.

You should also be aware that Civ5 is not a "simple thing", apparently. Civ5 seems to need every last ounce of the latest graphics goodies, and those are only available in OS X version 10.6, and they only run well on the latest top-end Mac hardware. Only Firaxis can explain why a seemingly simple turn-based strategy game needs the power of a super-computer to run, but that's the way it is.