I have the same problem and the support team told me to reinstall the game, i havent done it yet, but am also considering installing bootcamp and installing windows and the game over windows...
as anyone tried this? i have heard that even improves performance.

[Incident: 210408-004931]
Greetings!

My name is Traci from the advanced team and I would be happy to assist you today!

I am sorry to hear that you are experiencing frequent crashing in the game on your MAC system. I would like to advise that you completely uninstall and reinstall the game.

Please follow the steps below to completely remove The Elder Scrolls Online from your Mac computer.
First, please make sure that you are logged in as an Administrator:
Login to your computer using an account with administrative rights. If you are not logged in with an administrative account, you will be asked to enter a password when you try to delete something.
To find out whether your account has admin rights, click on the Apple menu, select System Preferences, and then choose Users & Groups. Check that your account shows in the list as "Admin."
Once you have logged in with Admin permissions, please follow these steps to remove the game completely:
Open your Applications folder. Browse for the Elder Scrolls Online Launcher that you want to uninstall.
Drag the Elder Scrolls Online Launcher program or folder of programs that you wish to delete to the Trash.
Empty your trash.
Delete application preferences and support files. Even though the program has been deleted, there may be lingering files left on the hard drive.
If you do want to delete them, follow these steps:
Open the Library folder on your hard drive.
Look for any files with the TheElderScrollsOnline name or Zenimax Online name in the /Library/, /Library/Preferences/, and the /Library/Application Support/ folders.
Open the Library folder in your Home folder.
Look for any files with the TheElderScrollsOnline name or Zenimax Online name in the ~/Library/, ~/Library/Preferences/, and the ~/Library/Application Support/ folders.
Move any files that you find to the Trash. If you can't empty the trash, reboot the computer and try again.
The game should now be removed from your computer. Reboot your computer and then reinstall the game:
To install The Elder Scrolls Online on your Mac, please follow these steps:
Log in to your ESO account page.
On the right side of your account page, click on Download Game to download the ESO Launcher.
Open the ESO Launcher, allow it to update, and then allow it to download and install the ESO game client.
Please note that if you experience an error while installing ESO on your Mac, you should use this alternative installer.

As it stands, if the issue persists after reinstalling the game, we do not have any further troubleshooting available for this type of issue.

While you do not appear to have an ARM based system, it does run on the new BigSur OS which was released along with the new ARM systems. As ESO does not support the ARM based MACs, there is a possibility that the OS is the issue. With that said, I will be passing this information along for further overall review.

Please also feel free to reach out to the community for any other potential steps to resolve this issue. Just please note that you make use of community help or troubleshooting at your own risk.

Thank you,
Traci
The Elder Scrolls Online Team
The Elder Scrolls Online Team response on 04/16/2021 03:11 PM
Hi there!

I am escalating your ticket to a specialized team to ensure you receive the best possible resolution of your issue. Thank you for your patience while they review your request, they should be reaching out to you shortly.

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I'm there with both of you. I'm genuinely tired of paying monthly for a game that has no real interest in supporting its own customers. There seems to be little to no interest from ZOS in fixing the problem, other than the "follow the troubleshooting guide" or "reinstall the game" mantras. The problem is clearly on their side, and quite frankly I play a game to get away from work. When it becomes work to play a game, I rapidly lose interest.

I'm new to the forum but not to the Elder Scrolls having played all games since Morrowind. ESO since 2015 on PS4 but with a new M1 Airbook decided to switch two weeks ago. amazingly the game played well in the first week but then ran into the problems that others have been experiencing. Initially unable to travel between wayshrines and the unable to load the game at all. at least my character with horse and pet. Issued a ticket and have tried everything as described but without succes. reinstalled the game, switched off firewall, lowered graphics, port forwarding etc. nothing works.

any other solutions that I can try?

ZOS_BillE wrote: »

For anyone running into crashes after the latest update, please go ahead and open a ticket with customer support to help investigate this issue.

I have contacted customer service twice and they have not been able to give me a solution on both occasions. Attempts to show the problems found in the crash logs have not been listened to.
Therefore we only have the forums.

It is true that some of these problems have been fixed, but they continue to occur randomly and the game experience is greatly affected.
Sometimes they even occur in a very localized way and 100% of the time, such as when trying to enter through the door of certain dungeons.

The macOS logs regarding the crashes that occur made me think of some kind of race condition problem when loading certain assets related to minions and pets.
I have managed to establish a routine of banishing minions and pets before any trip or change of instance but, in addition to being a disastrous game experience, it is not effective 100% of the time.

What solution can we expect?

Yeah, I think that's what frustrates me the most about this as well. I'm fine with changes to the game creating compatibility issues on a less widely-used client -- the Mac OS is one such. I understand improvements designed to improve performance by adjusting how the game renders its assets can sometimes introduce bugs and instability, especially in these the first weeks following the changes.

What I am increasingly annoyed with is the lack of responsiveness or seemingly meaningful interest in the problem, and a tech support response that reads like boilerplate. "We're aware of and investigating the issue" would go a long way here, and for some weird reason it's an uphill climb to simply get that.

In either case, I'll continue to try the workarounds suggested by other Mac users on here, as some of those have already shown more consistent promise and improvements than the usual "a) disable add-ons, b) repair your installation, c) reinstall your game, d) sorry your system isn't supported."

Those suggestions are summarized as follows:

1. Reboot the computer (always a natural first step).
2. Banish or unsummon any combat or non-combat pets, or NPC assistants, before attempting port or instance change. This reduces the frequency of the issue but does not eliminate it.
3. Exit full-screen before attempting port or instance change. I've just started trying this tonight, and so far have been able to instance change without issue by first doing it.
4. If you're getting back-to-back crashes that persist after reboot, sometimes deleting the shaderCache can help. ZOS does have instructions on how to do this (note I usually only delete the shader cache, as deleting UserSettings requires you to reset all of your client-side customizations, though I suspect deleting both might be more effective, I dunno): https://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/31764/kw/shadercache

Yeah and unfortunately this doesn't resolve the issue 100%, even with pets/minions banished and the window re-sized, I'll still get the on-port crashes to desktop pretty frequently.

It feels a little like superstition but I do think the above steps can reduce it somewhat.

I have abandoned the Mac version and moved on to Google Stadia on my Mac, iPad and Tv. Works fantastic with Stadia controller and fiber connection. Got fed up with the frustration of constantly crashing Mac launcher.