Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException' on Mac OS X

Hello guys,

Wanted to give this game a try on my Macbook — downloaded & installed successfully. However, when I'm trying to run the game, the screen shows for a moment and then 100% crashes with the following exception:

2024-12-17 21:34:51.605 Path of Exile[27977:1534835] Path of Exile root: /Users/user/Library/Application Support/Path of Exile/
2024-12-17 21:34:51.605 Path of Exile[27977:1534835] Path of Exile cache: /Users/user/Library/Caches/com.GGG.PathOfExile/
2024-12-17 21:34:51.605 Path of Exile[27977:1534835] Path of Exile preferences: /Users/user/Library/Application Support/Path of Exile/Preferences/
2024-12-17 21:34:51.606 Path of Exile[27977:1534835] Path of Exile folder set to /Users/user/Library/Application Support/Path of Exile
2024-12-17 21:34:51.904 Path of Exile[27977:1534858] Patching from patch4.pathofexile.com:12995...
2024/12/17 21:34:51 3628271640 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Send patching protocol version 7
2024/12/17 21:34:52 3628271727 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Web root: https://patch.poecdn.com/3.25.3.4/
2024/12/17 21:34:52 3628271728 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Backup Web root: https://patch.poecdn.com/3.25.3.4/
2024/12/17 21:34:52 3628271728 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Requesting root contents 1
2024/12/17 21:34:52 3628271775 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Got file list for "" 0
2024/12/17 21:34:52 3628271777 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Queue file to download: update.dat~260145
2024/12/17 21:34:52 3628271777 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Requesting folder ShaderCacheD3D12.packed 1
2024/12/17 21:34:52 3628271777 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Requesting folder Art 2
2024/12/17 21:34:52 3628271777 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Requesting folder ShaderCacheVulkan.packed 3
2024/12/17 21:34:52 3628271777 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Requesting folder Bundles2 4
2024/12/17 21:34:52 3628271777 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Requesting folder FMOD 5
2024/12/17 21:34:52 3628271777 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Requesting folder Redist 6
2024/12/17 21:34:52 3628271829 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Got file list for "ShaderCacheD3D12.packed" 5
2024/12/17 21:34:52 3628271830 [INFO Path of Exile 27977] Queue file to download: ShaderCacheD3D12.packed/49.dat

... 100+ similar "queue to download" lines and then:

*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[NSBigMutableString replaceCharactersInRange:withString:]: nil argument'
*** First throw call stack:
(
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007ff818cb6b8e __exceptionPreprocess + 242
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007ff81879cf12 objc_exception_throw + 62
2 Foundation 0x00007ff819bfd129 -[NSBigMutableString replaceCharactersInRange:withString:] + 1120
3 Foundation 0x00007ff819c1b661 -[NSConcreteMutableAttributedString replaceCharactersInRange:withAttributedString:] + 359
4 UIFoundation 0x00007ff81da17150 __71-[NSConcreteTextStorage replaceCharactersInRange:withAttributedString:]_block_invoke + 47
5 UIFoundation 0x00007ff81d9dbe54 __NSConcreteTextStorageLockedForwarding + 67
6 UIFoundation 0x00007ff81da1711b -[NSConcreteTextStorage replaceCharactersInRange:withAttributedString:] + 74
7 Path of Exile 0x00000001040aac99 Path of Exile + 15513
8 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007ff8189b7455 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12
9 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007ff8189b87e2 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
10 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007ff8189c4e43 _dispatch_main_queue_drain + 999
11 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007ff8189c4a4e _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 31
12 CoreFoundation 0x00007ff818c84723 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__ + 9
13 CoreFoundation 0x00007ff818c4644f __CFRunLoopRun + 2515
14 CoreFoundation 0x00007ff818c4544c CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 550
15 HIToolbox 0x00007ff82482a413 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 292
16 HIToolbox 0x00007ff82482fd63 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 501
17 HIToolbox 0x00007ff824830029 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 66
18 AppKit 0x00007ff81c5055d3 _DPSNextEvent + 902
19 AppKit 0x00007ff81cf58038 -[NSApplication(NSEventRouting) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 1290
20 AppKit 0x00007ff81c4f6549 -[NSApplication run] + 610
21 AppKit 0x00007ff81c4c97d4 NSApplicationMain + 823
22 Path of Exile 0x00000001040a9863 Path of Exile + 10339
23 dyld 0x00000002048572cd start + 1805
)

libc++abi: terminating due to uncaught exception of type NSException
zsh: abort ./Path\ of\ Exile.app/Contents/MacOS/Path\ of\ Exile


Any ideas what this might be?

The Mac OS is 15.2 (24C101) with all latest updates installed and the machine is Mac Book M1 Pro.