diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/RealmAccess.cs b/osu.Game/Database/RealmAccess.cs
index 8574002436..8dbb338980 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/RealmAccess.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/RealmAccess.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using osu.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Development;
 using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
@@ -293,7 +294,18 @@ private void cleanupPendingDeletions()
         /// Compact this realm.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public bool Compact() => Realm.Compact(getConfiguration());
+        public bool Compact()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return Realm.Compact(getConfiguration());
+            }
+            // Catch can be removed along with entity framework. Is specifically to allow a failure message to arrive to the user (see similar catches in EFToRealmMigrator).
+            catch (AggregateException ae) when (RuntimeInfo.OS == RuntimeInfo.Platform.macOS && ae.Flatten().InnerException is TypeInitializationException)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Run work on realm with a return value.
@@ -542,6 +554,11 @@ private Realm getRealmInstance()
 
                 return Realm.GetInstance(getConfiguration());
             }
+            // Catch can be removed along with entity framework. Is specifically to allow a failure message to arrive to the user (see similar catches in EFToRealmMigrator).
+            catch (AggregateException ae) when (RuntimeInfo.OS == RuntimeInfo.Platform.macOS && ae.Flatten().InnerException is TypeInitializationException)
+            {
+                return Realm.GetInstance();
+            }
             finally
             {
                 if (tookSemaphoreLock)