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Strive for Power

Fantasy Slave Management/RPG Erotic Game · By Strive4Power

Mac version says damaged

A topic by Gilligan49 created Jun 08, 2023 Views: 284 Replies: 5
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My game says that the app is damaged and will not work. I have attempted to use the Strive: Conquest workaround but the name given the file is of a different type. Therefore, when I try to use the fix, it says that there is no such file. What should I do?

Use the fix but change the name of the file? Here's the version pinned to the Strive: Conquest Discord channel, but updated for Strive for Power. Note the mentioned drag to terminal feature, which should be an easy fix to your problem.


When opening the new Mac version (0.5.5), an error reporting that the file is damaged and can't be opened occurs. This is a different error from the classic error of Mac preventing the opening of an app downloaded from outside the app store. The fix is to open terminal type:

xattr -cr "/file/pathway/Strive For Power.app"

Easiest way to do this is to just open terminal, type (without the quotes) "xattr -cr ", then drag the Strive For Power application file from finder into terminal and it will create the file pathway for you. This should work without any more steps needed as it is kind of an all access pass for the file. WARNING: Whoever uses this method needs to make sure they only use it with trusted files (including mods downloaded later that will inherit the parent application's access) as it is essentially giving potentially embedded viruses the keys to the castle. If still confused check this out: https://osxdaily.com/2019/02/13/fix-app-damaged-cant-be-opened-trash-error-mac/

That has not worked, spaces between the words made the terminal separate each thing and dragging the application made an invalid response.

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For names with spaces you need to enclose the entire path in quotes as in the example. Normally the terminal will use spaces as delimiting characters, but the quotes override that so it will look for a second set of quotes to be the delimiter.

xattr -cr /file/pathway/Strive For Power.app        (error, 5 values)

xattr -cr "/file/pathway/Strive For Power.app"     (normal, 3 values)

A screenshot of the terminal, or error prompts, after your attempt would help diagnose your problems as the specifics are important for your input as well as the error message. You may edit out personal details, such as the username if you wish.

"xattr: no such file: /file/pathway/Strive For Power.app"

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Makes sense, as that path probably doesn't exist on any computer; it's an example path because the Strive app can generally be run from anywhere on your computer. Let me try to break down the steps:

  1. Open terminal
  2. Into the terminal, type "xattr -cr " without the quotes but don't forget the space at the end.
  3. Open whatever program you use to view files in folders.
  4. Navigate to the Strive For Power.app.
  5. Drag and drop the app on top of the terminal.
    1. Alternatively, if that doesn't work for you, then find the path for the app in the address bar of your file viewer or the properties of the app file. Starting and ending with double quotes, type the path ending with the file name and extension into the terminal.
  6. Select the terminal and Enter the command.