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# MacOS User Startup Issue

#### If you have installed MASQ on MacOS 12+ and face a startup "quit" crash error, there are steps to run the app manually on your desktop:

Open up the "Finder" app and search for MASQ.

![](/files/hKn64i7FhbVyr53SLLF0)

Menu-click on the MASQ app icon and select "Show Package Contents"

![](/files/Et3zjbyiaQW9tgbjqXZv)

Navigate through the Contents Folder, then MacOS folder and you will see the **MASQ app executable**

![](/files/WOeVd3WscwKT0t8WYJ4L)

![](/files/xaxjFYJUylTKWPankh4b)

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Run the MASQ exec file - it may prompt you with a terminal window opening showing trace event logs.

The MASQ app should open normally, with a small terminal window open (you can minimize this without any issue of app closing.)

{% hint style="warning" %}
Make sure the masqnode service background process is running when you perform this manual program launch
{% endhint %}


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