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title: "\"Brutal Legend.app is damaged\" on macOS (Brütal Legend)"
date: 2024-03-08T05:38:00-08:00
author: Peter Silk
canonical_url: "https://www.doublefine.com/games/support/brutal-legend-app-is-damaged-macos"
section: Support Articles
---
# "Brutal Legend.app is damaged" on macOS (Brütal Legend)

 Common Issue

## Issue:

*"Brutal Legend.app is damaged" message is preventing game from starting on macOS*

## Solution:

###  macOS

Players using MacOS 13 or later may encounter an error message claiming that "Brutal Legend.app is damaged" when trying to launch the game.

To work around this, please follow these steps:

1. Go into System **Settings > Privacy & Security**
2. Search for a security notification indicating “Brutal Legend” was blocked
3. Click **Open** Anyway
4. Click **Open** in the “Brutal Legend is damaged” prompt
5. Confirm with machine account and password
6. Attempt launch again

If this doesn't work, it may be because an additional step is needed. It's a little technical, but it should hopefully get you up and running.

1\. Open **Finder** and go to the folder where **Brutal Legend.app** is installed. You'll need this in a second!  
2\. Open **Terminal**  
3\. in Terminal, type the following but **don't press enter yet**:

```
/usr/bin/xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine 
```

4\. Now click and drag the Brutal Legend.app file to the end of that line you just typed to insert the file location (making sure there's a space between com.apple.quarantine and the file location). Now you can press **enter**  
5\. Now you should be able to follow the steps above successfully.