I can't open Unity (The Engine)

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Problem

I’m having trouble getting Unity (The editor) to open up after creating a project on Unity Hub.

I click into the projects, it changes the “Modified” timestamp; but nothing ever opens up. I’ve checked the task manager and it doesn’t open up.

I have also tried opening up the Unity editor directly (by searching for it in Finder and opening it up there, but it never opens up).

Computer I’m Using

  • M5 Macbook Pro 16", 24gb, 1TB,
  • OS is MacOS: Tahoe 26.4.1 (25E253)

It should not be a problem since all the Unity Editors say its “Apple Silicon supported”

What I’ve tried by fixing

  • Reinstalling Unity Hub (deleting and redownloading)
  • Turning computer off/on again after redownloads
  • Using different Unity editor versions i.e. 6000.0.74f1 vs 6000.4.5f1

Another Problem perhaps?

In my disk, after the projects are done “downloading” from the templates, they have an empty assets folder; I’m not sure why it’s not downloading correctly - is it supposed to be like this? (Shown below).

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Hurry to check the editor logs. Hit google for where they are on your OS.

Most likely the answer is present there.

If not, uninstall and try another LTS version.

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I found the fix, it was to get Rosetta 2 on MacOS. Did this by doing:

softwareupdate --install-rosetta on my terminal

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Nice… that used to pop up a warning when you installed / started the software.

Be advised that soon Rosetta is being discontinued, so almost ALL versions of Unity in use to day have a very short leash on Mac.

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Native Arm64 installers for Mac are available from the Unity main site download page.

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No, don’t use the Rosetta version.

Both Unity Hub and Unity run directly on Apple Silicon.

You probably downloaded the wrong Unity Hub Version.