dota 2 crashing 2 minutes after starting a game with bots even

dota 2 is crashing on my m4 MacBook Air 2 minutes after starting a game

I validated the data and Dota and MacBook are up to date and resetted all settings.

Process: dota2 [1079]

Path: /Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Steam/*/dota2.app/Contents/MacOS/dota2

Identifier: com.valvesoftware.dota2

Version: 1.0.0

Code Type: X86-64 (Translated)

Role: Foreground

Parent Process: bash [1074]

Coalition: com.valvesoftware.steam [857]

Responsible Process: steam_osx [723]

User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2026-11-01 16:44:22.3668 +0100

Launch Time: 2026-11-01 16:41:21.1026 +0100

Hardware Model: Mac16,12

OS Version: macOS 26.5.2 (25F84)

Release Type: User

Crash Reporter Key: 1C232612-3009-71B1-6D71-47F331D669AE

Incident Identifier: 8F8E635B-8709-472F-883D-B7B547AED401

Time Awake Since Boot: 370 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Triggered by Thread: 4

Exception Type: EXC_GUARD

Exception Subtype: GUARD_TYPE_MACH_PORT

Exception Message: INVALID_OPTIONS on mach port 0 (guarded with 0x8001430200000003)

Exception Codes: 0x0000000009c00000, 0x8001430200000003

Termination Reason: Namespace GUARD, Code 2305843022098595840,

Posted on Nov 1, 2026 8:01 AM

1 reply

HWTech

Level 9 (78,350 points)

Nov 2, 2026 12:44 PM in response to Salahabdelkader

If you have any anti-virus software, cleaning & optimizer apps, or third party security software installed (including VPNs), then uninstall them by following their developer's instructions. These types of apps are not needed on a Mac and will usually cause more problems than they solve because they all interfere with the normal operation of macOS at a very low level.

Otherwise, you will need to contact Steam for support of their game.