oh my god thank you sooo much for this tutorial. i spent all day going crazy trying to get my mods to work, but all other tutorials are geared toward windows and old macs. thank you so much for sharing this!! you saved my life😭😭😭
1. You seem like a sweetheart and a gem 2. Thank you for making this video! I went through the horror of figuring out how to mod The Sims 3 years ago (really wasn't that hard, I just have goddamn ADHD) and I was nervous about doing it with Stardew, but you showed how easy it is. Bless you!
Thank you so much for making this lovely! Super helpful, this is my first time modding Stardew and I couldn't figure it out even with the help of my veteran modder boyfriend. Thank you!
@@jensidd0 I haven't downloaded SDV mods before, so I don't know how it works, but from downloading mods for TheSims, I know you can make a folder named Mods yourself and put your mods in there - idk if it works with SDV though!
this might b a very late reply, but I had the same issue just now, you have to download smapi and install it, click on the smapi file to install it "launch macOs" (smth like that), its probably gonna say that you can't open it and that you have to move it In the bin. click off of it and don't move it to the bin go to your settings, then privacy and security, scroll down and you're gonna see that your Mac stopped the file from opening it, you're gonna click allow. After you did that go click on the folder smapi again try again to install it its gonna ask you some questions about which text you can see more clearly and the voila. you now have the mods folder in the macOs folder. Hope this helped :,)
You've saved my life!! Thank you so much!! I tried to do this all on my own last night but couldn't figure out how to unzip a file on mac and it ended up being so easy!!
Hiii! this helped so much thank you so much!! all the other videos were so outdated last time I checked and it was so nice finally having a proper tutorial to follow TYY!!
I don't have a mods folder what do I do?? I downloaded smapi and it's still not working and I just tried making my own folder and that didn't work either edit: i figured it out!! if you're sturggling too you might have to go into the smapi folder you installed (should be called "SMAPI 4.0.4 installer") and open 'install on macos.command" and follow all of the instructions. The mod folder should be there afterwards!
@@ImVeryTiredZz OKAY I FIGURED IT OUT -- After clicking the "Install on MacOs.command" in smapi folder, you might have something show up that won't let you open the file because it is flagged you right click that then click open in terminal and it should tell u what to do from there
@@ImVeryTiredZz if you download smapi there's gonnabe a folder called smapi installer or something like that. You open that folder and click install on Mac. It'll guide you through everything once you open that! It will just have you press different numbers depending on your settings and preferences and then when you go back and browse local files under stardew it should be there! Hope this helps, lmk if it doesn't work and I can try to help you out :)
Mine keeps stopping at the terminal and not loading the mod information even though I added the folders? I don’t usually go to TH-cam comments for help but modding has been a series of ups and downs, abandoning it for months after crying and trying it again just for another problem to pop up so I’m desperate 😭
i did everything you did but when i open the game it doesnt show me the screen, stam says its running but i dont see anything 😭😭i re started my computer, deleted the mods and smapi, and also uninstalled and isntalled the game again but i still cannot open it 😭😭pls help
Idk its not really working? I put all the needed Mod files in the mods folder but SMAPI doesn't seem to run? I don't get that little window before the game itself opens nor do any of the game contents change and I have no clue what I'm doing wrong.
watch this video it will help establish the mods folder as it was kind of missed in this vid "How to Install SMAPI on a Mac (Odd _pistachio1)" this vid still is perfect as of 8/26/24
Are you freaking kidding me.. I’ve wasted like total 3 days trying to figure out how to do this and all I had to was move them into a stupid folder!!! I have like 50 mods that I wanted to try download but could not for the life of me figure out how to get them to work.. thank you for tutorial, very helpful
all i could think of is to just redo the process and see if that works. also perhaps one of the mods you downloaded needs an update and that’s why it isn’t working.
Hi! Thanks for the tutorial :) Just wanted to ask, didn't you have to install some software called mono to be able to make SMAPI work? I've read you need it on the Stardew Valley wiki 😅 Thanks
Im having a problem :( Whenever i try to open stardew i keep getting a message saying it cant be opened because its not allowed to open documents in terminal! i have no idea how to fix it
apologies for the really late response somehow this comment slip through the cracks. i hope that you fixed this issue by now. from what i researched terminal refers to the interface for text based commands. i would check the mods specific forum and see if this is a problem other users are having. i would also try to uninstall the mod and reinstall and see if that fixes the issue.
hey, I was wondering if anyone knew what to do if the mods folder didn't show up? I have everything there but all the folders don't show up, it's just a list of the content like at 5:44, but without all the folders. is there anything I'm doing wrong?
make sure you downloaded smapi something i didn't know when making this video was that smapi makes the mod folder. also make sure you write Mods instead of mods cause the mac search engine is really specific
i dont know if this is the mods or the game itself, but whenever i open stardew now it says the game is running, but the game isnt on my screen😭 pls help bro
@@ilikefruitsm if you think it could be something with the mod than check the mods forum if nobody else has that problem maybe try to see if restarting your computer would work
hiii i did everything in this video but for some reason, it isn’t working :( when the code was running, it says “[SMAPI] Found 1 mod with warnings” and i’ve downloaded all the required files for that mod but it still doesn’t work. do you know how to fix this?
that sounds like a specific issue pertaining the mod so I would check the mod's forum to see if others have the same issue. maybe that mod is no longer compatible with the current version of smapi.
you have to make sure you downloaded smapi before the mods folder can appear. if you downloaded smapi and you still can’t find it make sure you search up Mods(with a capital M) in your files to see if you can find it through that
That could have to do with what mods you added. I would check under the nexus forum and see if that is a common problem with that particular mod. If not delete the mod specific files and try the process again. Maybe you missed something the first time
i reccomend unstalling smapi and reinstalling smapi and see if the mods folder appears. also you may just be skipping it on accident you can search up "Mods" within your game files
This could a problem with the mod you're installing for that I would check out the mod forum for specific tips. I've never heard of SHELL files so I can't give you any help there
this video was so easy to follow! i do have a question tho, my friend and i are playing a vanilla co-op and i want to play a modded single player world, do i have to manually remove the mods every time i play? or can i like "turn them off"?
I'm sorry for the late response and you may have already gotten help. Some mods use the menu configurations to turn them off or on. I got this other info from the reddit thread r/SMAPI, and I haven't tried it myself so take it with a grain of salt. You can make another folder and title mods_(farm name) so SMAPI can't read it, and put those mods there. Then when you want to use it you can rename it Mods so SMAPI knows to read it
JUST GET TO DA POINTTTT
Y’all is so damn rude man 😭
Whoa thank you is much for such a clear walkthrough! This is my first time doing modding on Mac haha! ! Im really excited to try this out!
YOU ABSOLUTE GEM! I just got a macbook for mostly work but I was able to mod stardew thanks to you!!!
I was struggling just to figure out what to do with the mods once I downloaded them. Nothing else I found explicitly explained that part! Thank you!!
OMG! You're the best, I couldn't figure out how to add mods despite watching several videos. Thank you so much for making it super simple and easy !
FINALLY SOMEONE DID IT! I'm not kidding it took me days of going in circles until I found your video.
AHH you rock for this!! No one else has been as concise. Miigwech, thank you! liked + subscribed :-)
oh my god thank you sooo much for this tutorial. i spent all day going crazy trying to get my mods to work, but all other tutorials are geared toward windows and old macs. thank you so much for sharing this!! you saved my life😭😭😭
This was the exact video I needed - thank you!!!
1. You seem like a sweetheart and a gem
2. Thank you for making this video! I went through the horror of figuring out how to mod The Sims 3 years ago (really wasn't that hard, I just have goddamn ADHD) and I was nervous about doing it with Stardew, but you showed how easy it is. Bless you!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! I literally spent 4 hours trying to figure out what to do. YOU SAVED MEEEE!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
this helped me a lot as someone who's nervous about downloading anything at all, so thank you! ❤
Thank you so much for making this lovely! Super helpful, this is my first time modding Stardew and I couldn't figure it out even with the help of my veteran modder boyfriend. Thank you!
heyo you have to download smapi to get the mods folder. i didn't know that when i made this video oops.
theres no mod folder even tho i downloaded it
@@emilycote3681 so make one
@@emilycote3681 I experienced the same thing, I don't rlly know what to do
@@jensidd0 I haven't downloaded SDV mods before, so I don't know how it works, but from downloading mods for TheSims, I know you can make a folder named Mods yourself and put your mods in there - idk if it works with SDV though!
@@3Kat33I did this and it worked!!! I just put the mod folder into my steam elements and that got it working!!!
The Mods folder in the MacOs folder doesn´t show up to me.. Does anyone know what to do?
this might b a very late reply, but I had the same issue just now, you have to download smapi and install it, click on the smapi file to install it "launch macOs" (smth like that), its probably gonna say that you can't open it and that you have to move it In the bin. click off of it and don't move it to the bin go to your settings, then privacy and security, scroll down and you're gonna see that your Mac stopped the file from opening it, you're gonna click allow. After you did that go click on the folder smapi again try again to install it its gonna ask you some questions about which text you can see more clearly and the voila. you now have the mods folder in the macOs folder. Hope this helped :,)
THANK YOUUUUU I had SMAPI and mods downloaded i just didn't know why they wouldn't launch, this was so handy dandy!
thank you so much for the tutorial!! it helped so much! plus you were thorough and slow with it 💖🥰
thank you for doing a mac version, i was confused for awhile with all the windows tutorials but this was really helpful
thank you so much I was looking for hours and sorted it in minutes!
You've saved my life!! Thank you so much!! I tried to do this all on my own last night but couldn't figure out how to unzip a file on mac and it ended up being so easy!!
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!! I was STRUGGLING to figure it out 😭😭!!
Hiii! this helped so much thank you so much!! all the other videos were so outdated last time I checked and it was so nice finally having a proper tutorial to follow TYY!!
Thank you!! I’ve never been able to figure this out, and now I have! So excited to play
I don't have a mods folder what do I do?? I downloaded smapi and it's still not working and I just tried making my own folder and that didn't work either
edit: i figured it out!! if you're sturggling too you might have to go into the smapi folder you installed (should be called "SMAPI 4.0.4 installer") and open 'install on macos.command" and follow all of the instructions. The mod folder should be there afterwards!
Sorry to bother but where did you find it on yours because I’ve been looking 😭
@@ImVeryTiredZz I redownloaded but you can also make one I believe
@@ImVeryTiredZz OKAY I FIGURED IT OUT -- After clicking the "Install on MacOs.command" in smapi folder, you might have something show up that won't let you open the file because it is flagged you right click that then click open in terminal and it should tell u what to do from there
@@ImVeryTiredZz if you download smapi there's gonnabe a folder called smapi installer or something like that. You open that folder and click install on Mac. It'll guide you through everything once you open that! It will just have you press different numbers depending on your settings and preferences and then when you go back and browse local files under stardew it should be there! Hope this helps, lmk if it doesn't work and I can try to help you out :)
your the actual goat tysm
Mine keeps stopping at the terminal and not loading the mod information even though I added the folders? I don’t usually go to TH-cam comments for help but modding has been a series of ups and downs, abandoning it for months after crying and trying it again just for another problem to pop up so I’m desperate 😭
hi! have u solved this? im having the same problem now
Thank you so much. I've done it in the past, but completely forgot the process, have a wonderful day.
Thank you so much for this I was literally trying for 3 hours and nothing was working thank youuu
YOURE A LIFESAVER OMG I LOVE YOU
There’s no mods folder 😭😭 I can’t find it
edit: I just made one, but there’s no change, It do not work, can you help me pls!!
I have this as well!!
make sure you download smapi because that is what makes the mod folder appear
Thank you so much! This is a very helpful tutorial!
Thank you so much!! This worked so well, great tutorial❤
Great video! Thank you for making this, and teacheing us how to Mod.
oh my god THANK YOU i was about to tear my hair out trying to figure it out !! It's so much easier on mac compared to windows
Thank you, this was very helpful!
this was so helpful!!
i did everything you did but when i open the game it doesnt show me the screen, stam says its running but i dont see anything 😭😭i re started my computer, deleted the mods and smapi, and also uninstalled and isntalled the game again but i still cannot open it 😭😭pls help
Idk its not really working? I put all the needed Mod files in the mods folder but SMAPI doesn't seem to run? I don't get that little window before the game itself opens nor do any of the game contents change and I have no clue what I'm doing wrong.
you explained it so well tysmm
pls any help me i didnt see the mod folder
watch this video it will help establish the mods folder as it was kind of missed in this vid "How to Install SMAPI on a Mac (Odd _pistachio1)" this vid still is perfect as of 8/26/24
Are you freaking kidding me.. I’ve wasted like total 3 days trying to figure out how to do this and all I had to was move them into a stupid folder!!! I have like 50 mods that I wanted to try download but could not for the life of me figure out how to get them to work.. thank you for tutorial, very helpful
Thank you so much !! I created a mod folder like an idiot and just thought it would work lol
hi! thank you so much, it helped me a lot
T H A N K Y O U 😭 i swear it always take me at least an hour to install mods on anything but thanks to you it worked (i hope lol)
THANK YOU I couldn't figure it out to save my dang life
Thank you so much. This helped me a lot
Thank you so much! All the videos I've seen is for the Windows users :(
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am i the only one who didnt get this to work even tho i followed every instructions😩
i tried this before and it didnt work but i followed this tutorial and TYSM CUS IT WORKED !!!
I followed all these steps but when I open the game none of my mods are there, can someone help please 😓
all i could think of is to just redo the process and see if that works. also perhaps one of the mods you downloaded needs an update and that’s why it isn’t working.
I don’t have the mods folder I’m confused
you need to download smapi before getting a mods folder. i didn’t know that when i made the video lol
Hey thanks so much for tour help ❤❤❤❤❤
im subbing bc of this, thxxxx
Super helpful! Ty!
Hi! Thanks for the tutorial :) Just wanted to ask, didn't you have to install some software called mono to be able to make SMAPI work? I've read you need it on the Stardew Valley wiki 😅 Thanks
Thank you so so much!! You're right, mono isn't needed. I guess the wiki is outdated
i dont have a mods folder? its the microsoft thing and then the mono thing. is the mods folder called something else?
OH MY GOSH THANK YOU SO MUCH
You should do ASMR. I'm like fighting not falling asleep to this video.
thank you! You are my savior!
Great help thank you
THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS SAVED ME FROM ANOTHER MELT DOWN.
Im having a problem :(
Whenever i try to open stardew i keep getting a message saying it cant be opened because its not allowed to open documents in terminal! i have no idea how to fix it
apologies for the really late response somehow this comment slip through the cracks. i hope that you fixed this issue by now. from what i researched terminal refers to the interface for text based commands. i would check the mods specific forum and see if this is a problem other users are having. i would also try to uninstall the mod and reinstall and see if that fixes the issue.
hey, I was wondering if anyone knew what to do if the mods folder didn't show up? I have everything there but all the folders don't show up, it's just a list of the content like at 5:44, but without all the folders. is there anything I'm doing wrong?
make sure you downloaded smapi something i didn't know when making this video was that smapi makes the mod folder. also make sure you write Mods instead of mods cause the mac search engine is really specific
thanks, now i will no longer feel offended while creating a character!
OMFG THANK YOU SO MUCH
I put the SMAPI folder into my mods folder like you said, but the game isn’t loading up on top saying “running SMAPI…” idk what I did wrong
@@Beauty_by_Madi_N dont put smapi in the mods folder
@ where does it go then? Just sits out?
@ yep
Mine says the mods are running when I open the game but no actual changes were made in the game?? Dose anyone know why this is happening
i have heard of mods not working if they weren’t calibrated for a new update taht could be the case check out the mod’s forum for more speific advice
nexus won’t even let me click the download button 😭😭
Question, how do you download stardew on kn mac?
when you buy stardew from steam you can install it and it should be on your computer
@@daliafilmhouse ohh okay
@@daliafilmhousei love how i watched this 6 months ago, and now im back trying to download mods😂
what if u don't want the mods on all the time? like on coop?
i dont have the mods folder?
me neither, did you ever find out how to add mods?
hey i’ve done all of those but my mods still don’t work! any suggestions that i could try?
omg thank you for this video! also where is your wallpaper from i would love to use it if possible!
i don’t know the exact name but i found it looking up the owl house laptop background
i dont know if this is the mods or the game itself, but whenever i open stardew now it says the game is running, but the game isnt on my screen😭 pls help bro
@@ilikefruitsm if you think it could be something with the mod than check the mods forum if nobody else has that problem maybe try to see if restarting your computer would work
@@daliafilmhouse i figured it out ty tho! i just downloaded .Net 5.0+ and it started working
did you manage to fix it?? im having the same problem 😭
OMG TYSM BLESS YOU
what do i do with the zips after, is it okay if i move them to trash or will that mess up the mods?
you can move them to trash.
hey @krowvarietyshow, how come you don't make any more videos
@@DoctorG-v9w i don’t have any video ideas lol
does it have to be a new game for the mods to work?
no it should work regardless
I still don’t understand
ur my savior
hiii i did everything in this video but for some reason, it isn’t working :(
when the code was running, it says “[SMAPI] Found 1 mod with warnings” and i’ve downloaded all the required files for that mod but it still doesn’t work.
do you know how to fix this?
that sounds like a specific issue pertaining the mod so I would check the mod's forum to see if others have the same issue. maybe that mod is no longer compatible with the current version of smapi.
It's telling me the mods couldn't be added to the game because smapi installer 4.0.8 isn't a mod. I would be super grateful for some advice!
@@murderous_frogs05 I would consult reddit or the mod forum of smapi since I haven’t played Stardew in a while
sorry krow, but the mods folder isn't showing up can you help me, PLEASE REPLY SOON!!
you have to make sure you downloaded smapi before the mods folder can appear. if you downloaded smapi and you still can’t find it make sure you search up Mods(with a capital M) in your files to see if you can find it through that
@@daliafilmhouse dw my brother is a goat and did it he figured it out
@@DoctorG-v9w how did he do it? i cant find the mods folder either
Wait so will the mods only appear if I start a new world?
No the mods should work regardless. If you are using a specific mod and its not showing than I recommend looking at the mod's specific forum.
@@daliafilmhouse alrighty! They also did appear immediately, the video was great tysm!!
would this be the same if i was adding a recolour mod? or is there a different folder i should put that in?
it would go in the mods folder
i have to create the fold mods myself or? i dont find it on my mac
@@daliafilmhouse nope, i still cant find it
@@daliafilmhouse i even had to check multiple times
@@daliafilmhouse so what i do??
yea i did, i followed everthing on the vid@@daliafilmhouse
@@daliafilmhouse ok i did, but it only recommends websites to download mods
it is not letting me into the game it now says an error occured
That could have to do with what mods you added. I would check under the nexus forum and see if that is a common problem with that particular mod. If not delete the mod specific files and try the process again. Maybe you missed something the first time
I downloaded smapi but it didn’t create a mods folder for me *i did download mods after I downloaded smapi* can anyone help me?
i reccomend unstalling smapi and reinstalling smapi and see if the mods folder appears. also you may just be skipping it on accident you can search up "Mods" within your game files
the mods folder isnt there, do i need to have SMAPI installed?
yes i didn't knnow that when i was making the video lol
im not sure what im doing wrong but i dont have a mods folder!! someone help please!
you have to make sure you download smapi that is what installs the mods folder
Thank you SO much!!!
when I get it, it shows as a "SHELL"? it doesn't come as a zip:(
This could a problem with the mod you're installing for that I would check out the mod forum for specific tips. I've never heard of SHELL files so I can't give you any help there
Only thing I didn’t know. how to mod Tyy
Hi this is a great video but my Mac is saying that I’m not allowed to download smapi because it’s an “unidentified developer”, how did you do it?😭
when you download from an unidentified developer go to your settings and go to privacy and security. there you can press a button called Open Away
TSYM I HAD SO MANY MODS DOWNLOADED I JUST DIDNT KNOW HOW TO GET THE MODS FILE 🙏🙏
what if its an .rar file?
I joined stardew and it didnt work
ty girl u are godsend love u for this
Is it works for mac 11.7.10??
it should
this video was so easy to follow! i do have a question tho, my friend and i are playing a vanilla co-op and i want to play a modded single player world, do i have to manually remove the mods every time i play? or can i like "turn them off"?
I'm sorry for the late response and you may have already gotten help. Some mods use the menu configurations to turn them off or on. I got this other info from the reddit thread r/SMAPI, and I haven't tried it myself so take it with a grain of salt.
You can make another folder and title mods_(farm name) so SMAPI can't read it, and put those mods there. Then when you want to use it you can rename it Mods so SMAPI knows to read it
hi tysm!!! i was following along but my mac doesn’t have a mods folder when i check into the macOS folder, do yk how to fix that? thank u :)
i just made one :)
you can also make sure you download smapi before looking for your mods folder because smapi makes the mods folder
@@daliafilmhouse tysm!
@@anjumx1140 ty!!