[MAC] How to install KSP 1.12.5 for Mac (Solution found!)

[Benoit Hage]

Can someone tell me how to install Kerbal from this website: https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/downloads ?

I can't find an installer version for MAC. There is something with a script to run, but I don't see the script file in the .zip.

Many thanks in advance.

Edited 16 hours ago by Benoit Hage

[Benoit Hage]

OK I found a solution! 

- unzip the game folder
- right click on the KSP.app, then click "Show package contents"
- click on the folder "Contents"
- click on the folder "MacOs"
- double click on "KSP"

voilà, it works

[Lisias]

What MacOS you are using?

At least on Mojave (that I still use due my 32 bits games), every directory with a `.app` extension launches the program when double-clicked from Finder (or using `open KSP.app` from a console).

Check if there's a file called `Info.plist` inside `KSP.app/Contents`. Mine have the executable attribute set, and looks like this:

Spoiler

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
    <string>English</string>
    <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
    <string>KSP</string>
    <key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
    <string>Unity Player version 2019.4.18f1 (3310a4d4f880). (c) 2021 Unity Technologies ApS. All rights reserved.</string>
    <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
    <string>PlayerIcon.icns</string>
    <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
    <string>unity.Squad.Kerbal Space Program</string>
    <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
    <string>6.0</string>
    <key>CFBundleName</key>
    <string>KSP</string>
    <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
    <string>APPL</string>
    <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
    <string>1.12.4</string>
    <key>CFBundleSupportedPlatforms</key>
    <array>
      <string>MacOSX</string>
    </array>
    <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
    <string>0</string>
    <key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>
    <string>public.app-category.games</string>
    <key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
    <string>10.9.0</string>
    <key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
    <dict>
      <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
      <true />
    </dict>
    <key>NSMainNibFile</key>
    <string>MainMenu</string>
    <key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
    <string>PlayerApplication</string>
    <key>UnityBuildNumber</key>
    <string>3310a4d4f880</string>
  </dict>
</plist>

And, yest, it's saying "1.12.4" and not "1.12.5" - this is the 1.12.5 that came from Steam when I installed 1.12.5!

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Lisias
Kraken damned auto-correctors!