[MODEL]dyld: Symbol not found on macOS 13.x"

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Type of Behavior Issue

Other unexpected behavior

What You Asked Claude to Do

bash: line 158: 26752 Abort trap: 6 "$binary_path" install ${TARGET:+"$TARGET"}
emmaborowski@Emmas-MacBook-Pro-2 ~ % claude
zsh: command not found: claude
emmaborowski@Emmas-MacBook-Pro-2 ~ %
emmaborowski@Emmas-MacBook-Pro-2 ~ %
emmaborowski@Emmas-MacBook-Pro-2 ~ % curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
Setting up Claude Code...
dyld: Symbol not found: __ZTVNSt3__115basic_stringbufIcNS_11char_traitsIcEENS_9allocatorIcEEEE
Referenced from: /Users/emmaborowski/.claude/downloads/claude-2.1.185-darwin-x64 (which was built for Mac OS X 13.0)
Expected in: /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib

bash: line 158: 26776 Abort trap: 6 "$binary_path" install ${TARGET:+"$TARGET"}
emmaborowski@Emmas-MacBook-Pro-2 ~ % claude
zsh: command not found: claude
emmaborowski@Emmas-MacBook-Pro-2 ~ %
emmaborowski@Emmas-MacBook-Pro-2 ~ %

What Claude Actually Did

You're hitting a macOS compatibility issue. The error dyld: cannot load means the Claude Code binary was built for a newer macOS version than you're running.

Expected Behavior

added installation section

Files Affected

Permission Mode

Accept Edits was ON (auto-accepting changes)

Can You Reproduce This?

Yes, every time with the same prompt

Steps to Reproduce

_No response_

Claude Model

Sonnet

Relevant Conversation

Impact

Low - Minor inconvenience

Claude Code Version

zsh: command not found: claude--version emmaborowski@Emmas-MacBook-Pro-2 ~ %

Platform

Anthropic API

Additional Context

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