

Once you have the menu open, paste in the game path you saved from earlier.

Start by going to the Finder menu and going to Go, then Go to Folder. On a Mac, if you've saved where SMAPI installed mods, you can use Finder functions to get to your Mods folder, then save an alias of your Mods folder somewhere convenient. Here is the light mode view of the same window. The game path is almost invisible in dark mode, so it's helpful to change to light mode.

This final window includes the game path, so it will be very helpful to copy that and save it for when you want to find your Mods folder. Once you've successfully installed SMAPI, you should get a window that looks like this. The following pictures should be helpful if you get confused at any point. SMAPI's terminal window will guide you through how to install. If it doesn't, or if the window doesn't look like the next image, just quit Terminal and re-open. Once you tell it that it's fine to open, it should open a window in Terminal. Once you find the "install on mand" file, you will need to right click (on a trackpad, two finger click) on the file, and select open.Īfter you select open by right clicking, it will warn you that SMAPI was not made by a big company that registered the app with Apple. You will need to find the "install on mand" file in the folder. Once it's unzipped, the folder should look something like this. If you need to unzip, just double click on the zip file or right click and select open. Once you have the zip file downloaded, it may need to be unzipped or it may automatically unzip, depending on your OS version and your settings. Please be sure to check which version of SMAPI you need! This screenshot was taken in October 2021 and the latest version number may have changed since then, or you may want a specific version for other purposes. The direct download is faster and easier, but you will eventually need to figure out Nexus anyways, so either option is a good option. To start with, you need to pick which option for downloading. NET 5.0.11įrom the instructions page: Download the latest version of SMAPI.
