# Pls Help macOS: Error could not load Qt platform plugin "xcb" even though it was found

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pls-help-macos-error-could-not-load-qt-platform-plugin-xcb-even-though-it-was-found/9134
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 7, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pls-help-macos-error-could-not-load-qt-platform-plugin-xcb-even-though-it-was-found/9134 "2022-03-07T04:35:46Z")
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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pls-help-macos-error-could-not-load-qt-platform-plugin-xcb-even-though-it-was-found/9134/2 "2022-03-07T09:57:53Z")

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Not a ParaView issue (as I already pointed to you on reddit).

Do not use ParaFOAM, use ParaView:

> [@I want to visualize my OpenFOAM simulation results with ParaView but I'm confused, which version should I use ?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-want-to-visualize-my-openfoam-simulation-results-with-paraview-but-im-confused-which-version-should-i-use/7232):
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> Short Answer: go to [paraview.org/download](http://paraview.org/download) download the last version of ParaView available Use it to visualize your results Long Answer: OpenFOAM ships with a script named paraFoam, which can be used to call ParaView with custom OpenFOAM-specific reader modules, as well as with the standard reader that comes with ParaView/VTK. As stated in the OpenFOAM wiki, There is almost no reason to use these particular reader modules instead of the official binary release. Also, this discourse can…

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