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Unable to launch unity 5.6.x in MacOS big sur
I am Unable to launch unity 5.6.x. in MacOS big sur. editor won't show up. attaching the log file. unity 2020 works fine through. this seems to be the issue "Launching external process: /Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/5.6.3f1/Unity.app/Contents/Tools/UnityShaderCompiler Failed to get socket connection from UnityShaderCompiler shader compiler! /Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/5.6.3f1/Unity.app/Contents/Tools/UnityShaderCompiler"
I tried launching the editor using "-force-metal". editor does open but it looks weird like below( image attached)
https://forum.unity.com/attachments/screenshot-2020-12-18-at-11-43-10-am-png.756910/
Answer by vicky6v · Dec 18, 2020 at 06:45 AM
Apparently unity 5.6 won't work in Mac OS Big Sur.. check out https://forum.unity.com/threads/unity-on-apple-silicon-and-big-sur-known-issues-and-workarounds.929220/page-4#post-6635584
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