Finding mods folder on macOS

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On macOS your mods go in one of these two places:

GOG: /Applications/Stardew Valley.app/Contents/MacOS/Mods

Steam: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Stardew Valley/Contents/MacOS/Mods

The ~ in the Steam folder path stands for your account name on your laptop. So you might also see your mods path written like this:

/Users/ceruleandeep/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Stardew Valley/Contents/MacOS/Mods

This is the same folder.

How to get your mods folder open

  • Go to Finder
  • From the Finder menu choose Go > Go to Folder.
  • Paste in ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Stardew Valley/Contents/MacOS/Mods and click Go

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Folder doesn't open? Do this

  • Run Stardew Valley after you've installed SMAPI
  • Read the information in the console window that opens
  • Look for these lines: [SMAPI] SMAPI 3.10.1 with Stardew Valley 1.5.4 on macOS Unix 19.6.0.0 [SMAPI] Mods go here: /Users/ceruleandeep/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Stardew Valley/Contents/MacOS/Mods
  • Try copying and pasting that folder path into Go to Folder

You've put mods in the folder but SMAPI says you have no mods

Get your exact folder path including your username from the SMAPI output. The version with ~ in it will not work right in this section.

You will need to change ceruleandeep to your own username when running the commands.

  • Run Terminal
  • Paste this line: ls '/Users/ceruleandeep/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Stardew Valley/Contents/MacOS/Mods'
  • If you see No such file or directory, you don't have the right mods folder or you've made a typo
  • If you don't see any mods listed (command appears to do nothing), your mods folder is in fact empty
    • so paste this line: open '/Users/ceruleandeep/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Stardew Valley/Contents/MacOS/Mods'
    • this will pop open a Finder window that you can fill with mods

How to get your Mods folder into the Finder sidebar for easy mod loading

  • Open your mods folder in a Finder window (see either of the methods above)
  • Choose File > Add to Sidebar
  • Mods folder appears on the left of Finder windows

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