Mac Crashing Constantly During Gameplay

[Lewkatz]

I've been playing on a 2020 Macbook Air M1 for years through Steam. Just picked the game up again after the latest update and it is crashing on Spring Day 1 every single time I try to play. I've tried everything I can find in the forums and tried playing on the betas, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be hugely appreciated.

 

[knack]

I've just picked the game back up on my M3 pro, running OS version 15.2 (24C101).

I can usually get through 1-2 days before it crashes, but never much beyond that.

Have run "verify game files" through steam, to no avail.

Unclear whether it's the new OSX or the december 2024 patch which has broken things.

I also tried playing with SMAPI / stardew valley expanded - which crashed _very_ frequently - but the crashes still occur with a vanilla install.