MAC M1 battle net update issue

Like others, I’ve had issues with my MacBook Pro 14 M1(max) getting stuck when the battle.net launcher tries to update WoW. I tried the permissions fix, delete folders fix, I reinstalled twice, etc.
The one solution that worked for me that I haven’t seen posted is using a different network. My home network is a TP Link router and the dns server is pihole running on a Docker image on my iMac. ALL of my issues have been on my home network. When I log onto my friends network or my work network, I don’t have an issue, the game updates smoothly.
Possible the pihole is causing an issue for others?

I’m also running the 12.3 public beta and this release (5) reintroduced the problem with public beta 3 and 4 seemed to not have the problem. Theory two is there is some issue on the Mac side.

Hope this helps others dealing with this really annoying issue.

Sounds like a port forwarding/triggering issue. You might want to ensure your pihole’s firewall is set to allow the proper ports to be open and/or forwarded properly.

Here’s all the ports.

  • TCP Ports - 80, 443, 1119, 1120, 3074, 3724, 4000, 6112-6120, 27014-27050
  • UDP Ports - 80, 443, 1119, 1120, 3478-3479, 3724, 4000, 4379-4380, 5060, 5062, 6112-6119, 6250, 27000-27031, 27036, 12000-64000
Here's a breakdown of each of the games
TCP PORTS UDP PORTS
Blizzard Battle.net desktop app 80, 443, 1119 80, 443, 1119
Blizzard Voice Chat 80, 443, 1119 3478-3479, 5060, 5062, 6250, 12000-64000
Blizzard Downloader 1119, 1120, 3724, 4000, 6112, 6113, 6114 1119, 1120, 3724, 4000, 6112, 6113, 6114
Diablo 6112-6119 6112-6119
Diablo II 6112 and 4000 None
Diablo III 80, 1119 1119, 6120
Hearthstone 1119, 3724 1119, 3724
Heroes of the Storm 80, 443, 1119-1120, 3724, 6113 80, 1119-1120, 3478-3479, 3724, 5060, 5062, 6113, 6250, 12000-64000
Overwatch 1119, 3724, 6113, 80 3478-3479, 5060, 5062, 6250, 12000-64000
StarCraft 6112 6112
StarCraft II 1119, 6113, 1120, 80, 3724 1119, 6113, 1120, 80, 3724
Warcraft II Battle.net Edition 6112-6119 6112-6119
Warcraft III 6112 (Default) and 6113-6119 None
World of Warcraft 3724, 1119, 6012 3724, 1119, 6012
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 PC: 3074, 27014-27050

PlayStation 4: 80, 443, 1935, 3478-3480
XBox One: 53, 80, 3074|PC: 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27031, 27036
PlayStation 4: 3478-3479
XBox One: 53, 88, 500, 3074, 3075, 3544, 4500|
|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare|PC: 3074, 27014-27050
PlayStation 4: 80, 443, 1935, 3478-3480
XBox One: 53, 80, 3074|PC: 3074, 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27031, 27036
PlayStation 4: 3074, 3478-3479
XBox One: 53, 88, 500, 3074, 3075, 3544, 4500|

1 Like