Man, that's so so strange. Thanks for your help; I did fiddle with the low processor mode but it didn't change anything. Just super odd. I have 4 cores, 32 GB of ram, and GPU ofc should be okay.
I'll try a few more times, thank you so much for the quick response. I figured it should work which is why there was no need for requirements. Sigh. I'll keep trying but yeah, eventual and possible refund, I'm really curious if anyone else is dealing with this on mac OS